Exposure Draft Bill for comment - Criminal Penalties for Serious Cartel Conduct (January 2008)(with Caron Beaton - Wells) First draft bill - modified bill passed in 2009
with significant amendments
The Commission has proposed one resolution to the House of Delegates which was adopted (
with a significant amendment).
Not exact matches
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated
with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the
significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace
with developments in technology;
amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Senate voted 100 - 0 for an
amendment sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat, and Senator Mark Kirk, a Republican, that would allow President Barack Obama to sanction foreign banks found to have carried out a «
significant financial transaction
with the Central Bank of Iran».
If reviewers rejected the last allowed
amendment, researchers had no choice but to start over
with a new idea, or
with a very
significant reconfiguration of the old idea.
«One of the most
significant amendments deals
with the role of charter schools, and Democrats are in agreement on this.
MASSP is working
with the bill sponsors on
amendments to the package to make sure that the requirements neither impose additional burdens on schools districts nor create
significant disincentives for prospective teachers.
In any of the circumstances referred to above we will not therefore be liable for the cost of any service (such as, but not limited to, flights, hotels and connecting rail travel) which is purchased in connection
with any holiday but which is not booked through us, or for any related expenses such as cancellation charges or
amendment fees for any service which can not be used or has to be cancelled or amended as a result of our having to cancel or make a
significant change to any holiday.
In any of the circumstances referred to above we will not be liable for the cost of any service (such as, but not limited to, flights, hotels and connecting rail travel) which is purchased in connection
with any holiday but which is not booked through us, or for any related expenses such as cancellation charges or
amendment fees for any service which can not be used or has to be cancelled or amended as a result of our having to cancel or make a
significant change to any holiday.
The fermentation aspect of CFR's methanogenic anaerobic fermentation, MAF, could produce — literally — a
significant fraction of the total current consumption of energy — renewably — along
with sufficient, nitrogen and renewable carbon based — soil
amendment - soil biologically augmented — organic fertilizer.
At the same time, the State Department is working to slash global emissions of potent industrial greenhouse gases called HFCs through an
amendment to the Montreal Protocol; the Environmental Protection Agency is cutting domestic HFC emissions through its
Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program; and, the private sector has stepped up
with commitments to cut global HFC emissions equivalent to 700 million metric tons through 2025.
In the later case of Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council [2006] UKHL 25 Lord Hoffmann said that the «any neighbourhood within a locality» requirement (added by the CROW
amendment) was «obviously drafted
with deliberate imprecision which contrasts
with the insistence of the old law upon a locality defined by legally
significant boundaries» (para [27]-RRB-.
According to the Ontario government, the purpose of the
amendments is to improve efficiency of the employment standards complaints process, and to help reduce the
significant backlog of complaints currently on file
with the Ministry of Labour (estimated at over 14,000).
This new
amendment may also see more creative uses of the AC benefit for those individuals that require a
significant amount of care and would prefer a family member to be home
with them.
The
amendments may increase the likelihood of success during mediation as only judges or lawyers
with at least ten years of «
significant» experience in medical malpractice litigation are eligible to act as mediators.
Now, the
amendments introduced by Bill C - 36 are
significant, and even go so far as to change the aims of the new prohibitions to discourage «the exploitation that is inherent in prostitution» — this
with a view perhaps to affecting the constitutional analysis of the new prohibitions.
While we maintain great respect for students» First
Amendment free speech rights, we are also cognizant that school officials are tasked
with making difficult decisions and bear
significant responsibility in educating our children.
The 2012
amendments to the Copyright Act, combined
with the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Alberta (Education) et al. v Access Copyright carved out a small but
significant fair dealing allowance for schools.
The recent changes will have a
significant impact on employers as, consistent
with the original set of proposed
amendments, virtually all of the new revisions predominantly benefit employees.
The
amendments also propose some
significant changes
with respect to the applicable regime for arbitrations seated outside India.
New Employee Statutory Rights The government of Ontario passed
significant amendments to the Employment Standards Act
with the introduction of Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 on November 22, 2017.
Notable mandates: principal negotiator and senior legal counsel to the Algonquins of Ontario in ongoing treaty negotiations in a land claim that covers most of eastern Ontario, including the nation's capital, and in which more than 1.2 million people reside; representing USW Local 2251, the largest local union at Essar Steel Algoma Inc., in the Algoma CCAA restructuring; two
significant insurance coverage appellate victories, Urbanmine Inc. et al v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company et al and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada v. Intact Insurance Company; acting for North American Fur Auctions, successor to the original Hudson's Bay fur trading business, in connection
with the
amendment, restatement and re-syndication of a credit facility to include Export Development Canada; acted for La Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Québec
with respect to credit facilities to finance the construction of a highrise condominium complex containing an affordable housing component
«Although the Supreme Court term that went into summer recess last week was fairly uneventful for the First
Amendment, the respite may be brief,
with significant First
Amendment issues looming on the Court's docket for the fall.»
Another
significant theme that can be found within recent
amendments to the rules is guidance on how to deal
with vulnerable populations.
When we're working
with an Act that has had
significant amendments passed, but not yet brought into force, I'll often make a prospective consolidation to help our lawyers advise their clients on forward - looking strategies.
It also identified other statutes that required
significant amendment or review to ensure compatibility
with the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).
Significant amendments to the Comprehensive Claims Policy were announced in December 1986, following an extensive period of consultation
with Aboriginal and other groups.