If approved by the governor, the plan would quite likely face a legal challenge from the taxi industry, portions of which bitterly opposed the bill since it was first proposed in January in the mayor's State of the City address.
Instead of suing companies on behalf of individual plaintiffs, Mr. Scruggs's novel legal approach called for the state of Mississippi to recover from the tobacco industry a portion of what it had spent treating smoking-related illnesses.
One precedent for all these taxes that has been in effect, however, is between commercial TV broadcasters and the film industry: a portion of the revenues from the former has been going into a fund for the latter for years now.
But money for cleanups may be tighter now that the industry-supported portion of Superfund, a trust created to clean up "orphaned" toxic sites, will essentially be depleted this year after hitting a high of almost $4.6 billion in 1996, according to recent projections by the General Accounting Office.
Auto executives at AutoMobility L.A., the industry-only portion of the L.A. Auto Show, believe the rise in deaths is a direct result of distracted driving – namely, texting.
Ford Chief Executive Mark Fields came to town this year to give the kick-off keynote speech at AutoMobility L.A., the industry-only portion of the massive car show, and didn't discuss those things at all.
The mayor was right to ban trans fats, but we should also make the food industry honest about portion sizes.
While Mr. Emmick is not representing clients in the investigation, and said he had no direct knowledge of it, he said that regulators sometimes use such industrywide inquiries as a "cost effective" way of putting an entire business sector — like the pharmaceuticals industry or the portion of the financial industry dealing in sovereign debt — on notice.
The restaurant industry's increased portion sizes have led to accusations that they contribute to food overconsumption.
In the food industry a major portion of thermal energy is required for low temperature applications (below 100 °C).
