In 1949, in the aftermath of two devastating global wars, new Geneva Conventions were developed to codify the laws of armed conflict and to limit the activities of combatants with respect both to other combatants and to non-combatants.

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Not least of these is how cyber operations across national borders are dealt with by the laws of armed conflict and their reliance on principles such as proportionality, neutrality, distinction between combatants and non-combatants, and military necessity.

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The section also includes a conflict of laws interpretation caluse that provides that if there is conflict between any provision in this section and PPACA, the provision should be interpreted as an intention to comply with federal requirement s.

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Finally, federal law preempts state laws that conflict, as in the case of Prop. 37, and federal appeals courts have found repeatedly that mandatory labeling must pertain to issues of health or safe use.

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Anyway, after Mr. Lew had left NYU to work at Citi, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged in 2007 that the school's payments from Citi had not been adequately disclosed to students and that the school's policy toward Citi created a conflict of interest and violated state laws.

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According to a four count criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York yesterday and unsealed today, Dennis Lerner, 59, also violated federal conflict of interest laws by seeking a job with that bank while he was examining it, and then improperly seeking to influence his former colleagues at the IRS in their dealings with the bank.

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Kerr also pointed out that there's a conflict of interest when the executive branch, which oversees law enforcement in the state, is in a position to block laws that would limit the powers of law enforcement.

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