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The retroactive amendment represents a watershed moment in federal drug sentencing that will likely bring relief to tens of thousands of federal prisoners.

Now as DataTreasury's infringement actions are moving toward trial and the award of substantial damages, banks are asking Congress to legalize its robbery through a retroactive amendment that would allow it to stay pending litigation while it makes another attempt at invalidating the patent.

Mr. Datar and other legal experts argue that the government should use retroactive amendments in special circumstances and only when they are in the public interest.

There was no assurance made to guarantee a stable regulatory environment and that there would not be any more retroactive amendments in general.

Mr. Mukherjee acknowledged Sunday that retroactive amendments to laws was "not ideal," but he added that Parliament has approved such changes before and the Supreme Court has not struck them down.

To its eternal shame the Labor Party supported the retroactive validating amendment, thereby ensuring ongoing punishment to those detained for longer than is reasonable.

The Legislature made that amendment retroactive to the date on which an individual shareholder signed a proprietary lease, effectively eliminating the gap -- from the court ruling in 1985 to the amendment in 1986 -- during which shareholders might have otherwise been able to claim that the tax was illegal.

However, pursuant to the commission's directive, no person may be released under the retroactive application of the amendment until November 1 , 2015

The amendment was made retroactive to January 2003.

But the amendment was not retroactive and did nothing to aid either Mr. Barnett or Mr. Nethercott.

The current amendment makes the changes retroactive to Dec. 1.