* P Blumberg, ‘ Reflections on Proposals for Corporate Reform Through Change in the Composition of the Board of Directors: “ Special Interest ” or “ Public ” Directors ’ ( 1973 ) 53 Boston University Law Review 547

Although not strictly " class action litigation " as it is understood in American law, Public Interest Litigation arose out of the wide powers of judicial review granted to the Supreme Court of India and the various High Courts under Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution of India respectively.

The sort of remedies sought from courts in Public Interest Litigation go beyond mere award of damages to all affected groups and have sometimes ( controversially ) gone on to include Court monitoring of the implementation of legislation and even the framing of guidelines in the absence of Parliamentary legislation.

Public Interest Litigation has now broadened in scope to cover larger and larger groups of citizens who may be affected by Government inaction.

* Public Interest Litigation, a similar system adopted in India

Most important of these is Software in the Public Interest, the owner of the Debian trademark and umbrella organization for various other community free software projects.

In September 2003, the Public Interest Watch ( PIW ) complained to the Internal Revenue Service, claiming that Greenpeace USA tax returns were inaccurate and in violation of the law.

IETF activities are funded by meeting fees, meeting sponsors and by the Internet Society via its organizational membership and the proceeds of the Public Interest Registry.

Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the Public Interest ( Sexual Cultures ).

* In the Public Interest is a Resource Center on privatization and responsible contracting.

*" Neo-Lysenkoism, IQ and the press " by Bernard Davis, The Public Interest

In the United Kingdom, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 provides a framework of legal protection for individuals who disclose information so as to expose malpractice and matters of similar concern.

It is based on the UK's Public Interest Disclosure Act.

In 2003, the Law Commission of India recommended the adoption of the Public Interest Disclosure ( Protection of Informers ) Act, 2002.

In August 2010, the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010 was introduced into the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India.

* Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 from Her Majesty's Stationery Office

* The Center for Science in the Public Interest is established.

" Interest groups seeking favor with Washington lawmakers, such as car dealers, have often sought to portray their interests as allied with Main Street rather than Wall Street, although analyst Peter Overby on National Public Radio suggested that car dealers have written over $ 250 billion in consumer loans and have real ties with Wall Street.

In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U. S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the " Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy " ( OCCUPIED ) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.

" The National Information Infrastructure: A Public Interest Opportunity.

* Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest ( Early Career / Senior )

* the Public Interest Directorate advances psychology as a means of addressing the fundamental problems of human welfare and promoting the equitable and just treatment of all segments of society ;

" Jeremy Bentham and the Public Interest ", in J. Lively & A. Reeve ( eds.

The BCCI scandal was one of a number of disasters that influenced thinking leading to the Public Interest Disclosure Act ( PIDA ) of 1998.

In Minnesota, Human Rights Campaign pressed for an advisory ruling regarding anonymous PAC spending from the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Commission.

* Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, Washington State government agency.

In September 2010, Paul Bowler was a witness in an employment tribunal case brought by a member of staff of the University under the ‘ whistleblowing ’ legislation-the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

He has successfully legislated the State Scholarship Law, the Disclosure of Interest Act, the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, and the Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder.

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ( c. 23 ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that protects whistleblowers from detrimental treatment by their employer.

The Public Interest Disclosure Bill was introduced to the House of Commons by Shepherd in 1997, and given its second reading on 12 December before being sent to a committee.

After being passed by the Commons it moved to the House of Lords on 27 April 1998, and was passed on 29 June, receiving the Royal Assent on 2 July and becoming the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.

The list of " prescribed persons " is found in the Public Interest Disclosure ( Prescribed Persons ) Order 1999, and includes only official bodies ; the Health and Safety Executive, the Data Protection Registrar, the Certification Officer, the Environment Agency and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

The Secretary of State did pass such an instrument, the Public Interest Disclosure ( Compensation ) Regulations 1999, but Section 8 has now been repealed under Section 44 of the Employment Relations Act 1999.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act ;

The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act was enacted to provide a process for public sector employees when disclosing abuses and wrongdoings within the federal government and protection of these employees from reprisals.

Grand Master Lu made headlines during an investigation by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission into his cash donations to then-Governor Gary Locke, who Lu had hoped would run for the White House.

# REDIRECT Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

She was one of the leaders of the campaign for Initiative 276, passed in 1972, which created the Washington Public Disclosure Commission, and required disclosure of campaign contributions by candidates for elective office.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111-148 ) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

( 2006 ) Private and Public Protection: Civil Mental Health Legislation, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press

( 2006 ) Private and Public Protection: Civil Mental Health Legislation, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press ISBN 1-903765-61-7

" Comparative Public Policy of Ozone Layer Protection .” Political Science ( NZ ) 45 ( 2 ): ( December ): 186-197.

* Amazon. com, " When the Public Works: Generating Employment and Social Protection in Ethiopia " Peter Middlebrook, Lambert Academic Publishing.

* Mosquitoes chapter in United States Environmental Protection Agency National Public Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual

He taught at the University of Virginia, where he founded the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression ; UCLA ; Florida State University ; the University of Tennessee ; and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (" Virginia Tech "), where he was affiliated with the Center for the Study of Public Choice ( CSPC ).

* Lice chapter in United States Environmental Protection Agency and University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences National Public Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual

The Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 (), also known as the ' Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act ' ( in the Senate ) and ' Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act ' ( in the House ) and more commonly called Sarbanes – Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law that set new or enhanced standards for all U. S. public company boards, management and public accounting firms.

* Opinion on Video Surveillance in Public Places by Public Authorities and the Protection of Human Rights and Opinion on Video Surveillance by Private Operators in the Public and Private Spheres and by Public Authorities in the Private Sphere and the Protection of Human Rights, Venice Commission, 2007

The project was supervised by Croydon's Director of Environment, Culture and Public Protection, Steve Halsey.

Those companies are the Environmental Protection Agency, the local police department ( VPOs-Village Police Officers, VPSOs-Village Public Safety Officers ), and the health clinic.