The government was expected to win easily - and even if it had lost, the result would not be binding on ministers.
If that occurs, will the decisions made during an injunction-governed draft still be binding on the NFL and players for this season?
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The government calls for a new procedure so the Strasbourg court can offer advisory opinions that would not be binding on national courts.
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If the administration negotiates this agreement - whether you call it a treaty or not this agreement - is it going to be binding on the next president?
One crucial element to the Annan proposals is that they are designed to be binding on the parties as different sections are agreed, so there will be no backsliding.
The vote will not be binding on the government (that's because it's a backbench debate triggered under a new mechanism which allows petitions with more than 100, 000 signatures to be given Commons time).
Objections raised by the panel - the Government Advisory Committee (Gac) - will not be binding on net address regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), but the organisation must produce "well reasoned arguments" if it decides to deny any request.
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During a debate on the government's energy and climate change policy on 2 November 2010, Lord Lawson, a prominent climate change sceptic, poured scorn on the idea that there would be a binding world agreement on cutting carbon emissions.
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The EU agreed at a summit in June to create regulators that would be able to impose binding rules on national authorities such as the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Labour rebels, who fear greater freedom from local authorities could mean a "back-door" return to academic selection at age 11, want a national code on admissions to be made legally binding.
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The vote, you won't be surprised to learn, isn't binding on the uk government but, whatever the economic arguments, George Osborne will face strong political opposition from some in his own party should he press ahead with local pay deals.
Using US data, we find that adopting say-on-pay, a regular non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation (similar to issue 1 in the Swiss referendum, although it will be a binding vote in Switzerland) and removing staggered boards (similar to issue) along with other corporate governance improvements unambiguously improves firm value on average, as reflected by the stock market.
Since one court's rulings are not binding on another, a single legal question can be tried separately thousands of times.
Perhaps the vote, on both sides of the Atlantic, should be made binding.
Whether this is so in law may depend on whether such kickbacks can be proved to be a binding contract, rather than a vague indication of intent.
Canada pledged internationally to meet its commitment on the Kyoto Protocol, which was supposed to be legally binding.
The government will amend company law so that shareholder votes on big businesses' prospective remuneration plans for executives will be binding - as opposed to the current system of advisory votes (which have the power to embarrass companies but not to compel them).
Prime Minister David Cameron has described lobbying as "the next big scandal" and the UK government is consulting on whether the current voluntary system should be replaced by a legally binding register.
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If the dispute cannot be resolved using these mechanisms, then the matter will be referred on the next business day to a disputes resolution task force for a binding decision.
Mr Summers called on sovereign wealth funds to be transparent about their investments and strategy, and sign a binding code of conduct.
The lignin acts as a glue, binding the cellulose fibres together, so an enormous amount of chemical and mechanical effort has to be expended on removing it.
Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this contest.
We will be lobbying for a clear road map for the SDGs and one that prioritizes women's representation, binding agreements on universal access to reproductive health and pledges to deliver those services.
Setting a limit on companies' emissions beyond which they must buy offsets is not thought to be on the cards, but hopes are growing that China will commit to some kind of non-binding target, possibly at the Copenhagen climate-change summit at the end of this year.
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