Sentence examples for heightened standard from inspiring English sources

Moreover, this heightened standard will result in a huge number of costly legal challenges to local regulations.

Using the heightened standard "makes no sense," Mr. Hungar said, and "ensures the enforcement of invalid patents".

That heightened standard, Justice Kennedy wrote, requires employers to show that the tests were not relevant to the jobs at issue or that other "equally valid and less discriminatory tests were available".

At the district court trial, the judge told a jury that it should find the patent invalid only if Microsoft could satisfy a heightened standard, that of presenting "clear and convincing evidence" of invalidity.

Mr. Hungar went on to say that the patent law at issue in the case was not enacted until 1952, and did not require the heightened standard even if the 1934 opinion had.

If the government is able to prove all of this to a judge by "clear and convincing" evidence -- a heightened standard, but short of "beyond a reasonable doubt" -- it may hold such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous or a state assumes responsibility for them.

In some states there are heightened standards of review for inequitable actions by majority shareholders in small, privately held corporations – the action is called oppression.

This week, if the House approves Citigroup's legislation and another bill that would delay heightened standards for firms that offer investment advice to retirees, the tally would rise to eight.

A1 Standards Set on Jail Health New York City is demanding that Prison Health Services, which just got a three-year, $313.7 million contract to deliver medical and mental health services to 13,500 inmates in city jails, agree to stringent staffing requirements, heightened standards of care and steep financial penalties for any failures.

Seeking to avoid a repeat of previous failed efforts, New York City is demanding that a company it is hiring to deliver medical and mental health services to 13,500 inmates in city jails agree to stringent staffing requirements, heightened standards of care, and steep financial penalties for any failures.

The new government regulations reflect the technological advances and heightened standards already in effect, according to the oil industry's Center for Offshore Safety.