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After scandals at G4S, Serco and A4E, senior Cabinet Office official says government should take some blame for problems

«After a scandal at America's patent court, it's time for reform»: Timothy B. Lee has this post today at Vox.

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The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

After allegations of phone hacking, fraud and general nastiness surfaced at its highly - profitable News of the World newspaper, the company decided that the best way to starve the scandal of oxygen was to shutter the 168 - year - old muckraking juggernaut.

That would normally be an end of the matter, but not everyone is inclined to take Deutsche's compliance department at its word after a string of governance scandals in recent years that culminated in a $ 630 million settlement for failing to police money - laundering by its Moscow office last month.

A day after berating Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan over the bank's own scandal with phony accounts, Senator Warren took aim Wednesday at Smith, who retired as CEO of the credit reporting agency last week in the wake of the Equifax breach.

After the car companies met with the government at the start of this month, the CEOs of Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW conceded responsibility for the diesel scandal and promised to pay for software upgrades to reduce emissions from affected vehicles.

FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen's new CEO, Herbert Diess, has vowed to build a more ethical culture after the company's diesel emissions scandal and outlined a new structure aimed at streamlining decision - making at the sprawling company.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)-- Volkswagen's new CEO, Herbert Diess, has vowed to build a more ethical culture after the company's diesel emissions scandal and outlined a new structure aimed at streamlining decision - making at the sprawling company.

After a multiyear investigation, the NCAA on Friday announced that it «could not conclude» that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violated academic rules in its fake - classes scandal and that the university would not be sanctioned.

The head of human resources at the billionaire Steve Cohen's hedge fund is leaving four years after he was brought in to help repair the firm's culture in the wake of an insider - trading scandal.

I could not have foreseen how scandal after data privacy scandal at Facebook would intensify the discussion.

Last week, a scandal sprouted on Canada's east coast after it was discovered that part of Frosh Week activities at Saint Mary's University in Halifax included the chanting of a song promoting the sexual assault of underage girls.

Temasek Holdings called on firms it has stakes in not to cross «red line» after a bribery scandal at portfolio company, Keppel Corporation.

The same reasoning applies to athletes losing endorsement contracts: it's no surprise at all that Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Vick lost major endorsement contracts after their respective scandals.

Lawmakers created the choice program in 2014 after a massive scandal involving wait time cover - ups at more than 100 VA facilities around the country.

Whole Foods came under fire for a similar scandal in 2015 after New York City officials found cases of locations overcharging customers for pre-packaged foods at eight stores across the city.

He was thrust into the job in October of 2016 after his predecessor was forced out for his handling of a messy sales scandal at the bank.

McDonald's (MCD) on Monday reported a steeper - than - expected drop in January sales at established restaurants and pinned a big portion of the blame on the after - effects of food safety scandals in China and Japan.

On February 9, 2006, after many scandals regarding financial mishandling at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Corzine nominated Robert Del Tufo, the former Attorney General of New Jersey and U.S. Attorney, as chairman of the board of trustees.

«I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform» Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted after days of the public and government officials waiting for him to speak up about the Cambridge Analytica scandal since it broke Friday.

In contrast to claims being made for his technology in the 2014 contract, Kogan himself claimed in a TV interview earlier this month (after the scandal broke) that his predictive modeling was not very accurate at an individual level — suggesting it would only be useful in aggregate to, for example, «understand the personality of New Yorkers».

Cambridge Analytica has filed insolvency proceedings just weeks after it was embroiled at the center of a political scandal involving Facebook's data protection policies, the 2016 US general election of President Trump and the ethics of online advertising.

Oh crap, just took another look at the complaint, happened in Illinois, this is where a former governor is now serving a 14 year sentence, one scandal after another.

SAN FRANCISCO — In another sign of the turmoil sweeping Uber, the company's president of ride sharing has quit after less than a year on the job, following a string of scandals at the startup and CEO Travis Kalanick's promise to hire a new second - in - command.

«It is not uncommon after a crisis or scandal to recruit from the outside like CPA Australia has done,» says Richard Leblanc, associate professor of law, governance and ethics at York University.

After the US / Russiam election meddling scandal, Wikileaks documents, probably Voting is one of the most critical issues to look at.

Biden's first presidential run was derailed by a plagiarism scandal, and the former vice president will face much more scrutiny after the publication of Breitbart News Editor - at - Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer's blockbuster new book, Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.

Cambridge Analytica has filed insolvency proceedings just weeks after it was embroiled at the center of a political scandal involving Facebook's data protection policies, the 2016...

Facebook's stock is at an eight - month low after the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, which could lead to regulation of the social network.

The mileage scandal at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is widening after the Japanese government ordered sales halted on eight more models after finding mileage was falsely inflated.

Soon after the financial scandal broke last year involving Ivan Boesky, the Wall Street arbitrager, I spoke with a dean of Harvard University's Business School at a suburban Boston church.

She writes, «After all, there are charges of sex abuse that prove to be true» just look at the scandal that has overtaken the Roman Catholic Church.»

Having grown up catholic (catholic schools and all) and later getting disenfranchised from the church due to the hypocrisy and scandals, and then becoming a «devout» atheist after rejecting all the mythology and dangers of organized religions, I have to admit that the current pope at least is trying to be reasonable.

He's just good PR aimed at trying to lure North American and European Catholics back into the fold after all the scandals, it seems.

A supposed «legendary» manager of a world famous club who year after year does not even notice the dreadful defence and constant mistakes costing us many points, is a scandal at top level.

By his teens he was spending his off - hours at pool halls and in the pavilion at Fenway Park, where even after the Black Sox scandal the gamblers still held sway.

An explosive run as a rookie head coach at Louisville, demanding and then abandoning a 10 - year contract for the NFL in a moment that helped cement his heel persona, a superstar NFL player sent to federal prison, a midnight flight to take over a SEC program shortly after, an employee sex scandal that imploded a potential BCS title contender, and finally, a chance to keep his family together in one state and restart his career.

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The England international, now 23 and going nowhere after being hailed as the next big thing so recently, is certainly a wasted talent at the moment at the Emirates Stadium, and for whatever reason, Arsene Wenger has been unable to harness his ability and drive him to improve his consistency, as well as his well - documented off - the - pitch disciplinary problems after yet another smoking scandal last week.

Robert E. Kelly, professor or political science at Pusan National University in South Korea, was interviewed live on the BBC World News this morning to talk about the president of South Korea having been forced out of office last night after a months - long corruption scandal.

China's milk industry is struggling to restore consumer confidence after a series of scandals, the worst of which was in 2008 when milk and infant formula laced with the industrial chemical melamine killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill.

Foreign infant formula is a highly coveted item in China after a 2008 scandal when tainted infant formula from a domestic provider left at least six children dead and damaged public trust.

Foreign milk powder surged in popularity in China after a 2008 scandal in which at least six infants died and 300,000 children fell ill after drinking domestic milk powder formula tainted with a toxic chemical, melamine.

Suffolk County is also home to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who is seeking a full term at the top post after succeeding the scandal - scarred former Sen. Dean Skelos as GOP leader last spring.

Of course, after the roller coster of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, the David Paterson dysfunction and the state Senate coup, simple competence takes on a whole new meaning at the Capitol.

This revelation comes barely a day after the Chief Justice's Committee instituted to investigate the scandal had publicly issued a hearing notice to the judge, who was captured on video allegedly receiving bribe at Zongo Junction in Accra.

10:19 - To drum up on things a little, here's our damage report from after the first phase of the phone - hacking scandal, looking at the main players and how they were affected.

Senator Jim Tedisco, who has been a lawmaker at the Capitol since 1983 and was a key figure in 2008 in demanding the resignation of then - Governor Eliot Spitzer after it was revealed he was caught up in a prostitution ring, bemoaned his experience in dealing with another Albany scandal.

Disgraced Assemblymember Vito Lopez lost his position as Housing Committee chair after a sexual - harassment scandal last year — but despite opposition from tenant groups, the omnibus property - tax - break bill he tried to push through at the end of the 2012 session became law at the end of January.