Sentences with phrase «fair trading case»

Not exact matches

The system seems especially important today in light of big cases where the US is trying to unilaterally impose tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and Canadian aircraft for allegedly violating rules governing fair trade.

In any case I would not be objective nor would it be fair if I did not highlight some of the other forms of investment theories that play a role in the mind of the trading world in general.

In the case of the binary trading, except high or low options, the strike prices are set by the broker and even if you have a fair idea on how an underlying asset will behave, you can not place an order to be executed at certain price points.

Ann ensures that each Grace Case offers you not only fair - trade, artisan - crafted heirlooms that changes the worlds for so many of our sisters, but Ann also offers creative ideas and resources of how to use these heirlooms to continue to give grace forward in your own life, to your people, and your community — so you, as a GenEsther, get to be the gift, for such a time as now.

The most we can do as consumers is to be conscious of these issues and take what steps we can, in this case, we can choose to purchase from companies with the fair trade logo.

It empowers me, as I realize that while enjoying delicious fair trade gourmet products I can also be supporting single mothers in Nicaragua, for example (in case of Pitaya Plus raw frozen dragonfruit).

The case dates back to 2007 when the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleged that leading supermarkets and dairy processors including Tesco, Asda, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman colluded to fix the prices of certain milk, butter and cheese products in 2002 and 2003.

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With the use of case studies, Fair Trade USAand West Africa Trade Hub will explain how sustainable production can generate positive impacts on social communities.

In case you didn't know, October is Fair Trade and Co-op month and in honor of this great month, Equal Exchange has rolled out some new products!!

«No one should be afraid of competition and I would say absolutely not, in this case fair trade just means you've got to play by the same rules and I don't believe it would hurt our industry at all.»

«It's just a little better than carbon neutral,» notes Constantz, who will make his case to the industry at large at the World of Concrete trade fair in February.

Since the Amazon buyer has an obvious expectation that their data is not going to be made available in such a way, and since every buyer has a seller, then it should be, as a matter of fair trade, the case that every seller has, at least, a similar expectation of privacy.

While we think the arguments certainly make sense, when the Office of Fair Trading looked at them in 2009, it didn't believe they had a realistic chance of success so wasn't willing to take on another case.

Not that many realised then, but a report in April 2006 by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was crucial in supporting reclaimers» cases.

For one they are a certified binary options broker that sticks closely to fair binary options trading guidelines; unfortunately that is not always the case in the binary options trading industry.

Region's travel trade appear to be slow on the adapting to consumer online needs It is fair to say that the Middle East travel trade is an individual case when it comes to operations and customer...

It used to be that if you turned up to craft shows or trade fairs that the sales and commissions would come flying in, but that's no longer the case.

And, in case you missed it, we showcased a New Collector's Guide for Art Basel Week; we featured highlights from the permanent collection at Cooper Hewitt: Smithsonian Design Museum; we uncovered the trending booths, artists, and artworks at Art Basel, and trending designers, booths, and works at Design Miami / Basel; Hans Ulrich Obrist & Klaus Biesenbach shared insights on their «14 Rooms» exhibition; Art Basel curators Gianni Jetzer and Florence Derieux spoke to us about the sectors they spearheaded at this year's fair; and we highlighted booths and artists at Art Basel and Design Miami / Basel including Annely Juda Fine Art at Art Basel Booth, new Jeff Koons sculptures at Almine Rech's Art Basel booth, and designer Chris Schanck's new works at Johnson Trading Gallery at Design Miami / Basel.

This is not a top - down program but one run in each case by a democratically elected Fair Trade worker committee that decides how the funds will be used, whether designated for social, economic and environmental community projects like private health care or a child care center, or as a cash bonus that gets workers directly closer to a living wage.

Just a quick scan around my coop reveals tons of healthy, super food snacks conducive to thin figures — from the bulk bins heaping with nuts, granola and dried fruit to the dairy case stocked with low - fat and vegan yogurts to even the chip and candy aisle dishing up Nori rice cakes, locally - made and raw kale chips and almost every organic and fair trade chocolate bar known to man.

John appeared as junior counsel on behalf of a SME in a high profile case in which the Office of Fair Trading sought, amongst other things, to prove that gym membership contracts were subject to the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

He has experience in a broad range of antitrust matters, acting for leading companies in a range of transactional and behavioral practices cases in the U.K. Office of Fair Trading / Competition Commission (now combined in the Competition and Markets Authority) and at European Commission level.

A former chief trial attorney for the Division of Enforcement of the SEC, Neil has litigated dozens of cases involving allegations of financial fraud, fair value improprieties, market manipulation, insider trading, accounting irregularities and proxy violations.

Ms Proudlock also has experience of defending criminal cartel cases, having been part of the team that successfully defended the first contested Office of Fair Trading prosecution under the Enterprise Act 2002.

[31] In R v. George, [32] a case against certain British Airways executives concerned with a cartel offence involving alleged collusion with Virgin Atlantic, this issue arose in circumstances where the relevant Virgin Atlantic executives had admitted the offences and were given immunity from prosecution by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The most recent UK competition case concerning MFNs is the hotel online booking case (Case CE / 9320/10) in January 2014, in which the CMA (then the Office of Fair Trading) did not make a final infringement decision, but accepted binding commitments from Booking.com, Expedia and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to address its competition concerns in relation to the online offering of room - only accommodation by online travel agencies (OTcase concerning MFNs is the hotel online booking case (Case CE / 9320/10) in January 2014, in which the CMA (then the Office of Fair Trading) did not make a final infringement decision, but accepted binding commitments from Booking.com, Expedia and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to address its competition concerns in relation to the online offering of room - only accommodation by online travel agencies (OTcase (Case CE / 9320/10) in January 2014, in which the CMA (then the Office of Fair Trading) did not make a final infringement decision, but accepted binding commitments from Booking.com, Expedia and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to address its competition concerns in relation to the online offering of room - only accommodation by online travel agencies (OTCase CE / 9320/10) in January 2014, in which the CMA (then the Office of Fair Trading) did not make a final infringement decision, but accepted binding commitments from Booking.com, Expedia and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to address its competition concerns in relation to the online offering of room - only accommodation by online travel agencies (OTAs).

He acted for the Consumers» Association in Burgess v Office of Fair Trading [2005] CAT 25, the first case in which the Consumers» Association intervened in an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and for the claimant in Network Multimedia Television Ltd v Jobserve Ltd, the first case in which a UK court granted an interim injunction to restrain a contravention of the Chapter II prohibition under the Competition Act 1998.

In its Judgment of 18 October 2012 in case C - 428 / 11 Purely Creative and Others v Office of Fair Trading, the CJEU was confronted with the interpretation of consumer protection rules in the field of aggressive commercial practices in a distant sales scenario.

In addition, our employment lawyers also litigate restrictive covenant and trade secret issues, employment contract disputes, employment tort action cases and other statutory causes of action such as claims asserted under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and Whistleblower statutes.

Michael represents employers and a broad range of companies and organizations in various business disputes, including trade secret cases; non-compete issues; discrimination, harassment and retaliation; the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN); and other federal and state statutes, as well as claims based on breach of contract.

In cases where respondents retained outside counsel for a regulatory investigation, UK respondents named the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as the most active regulator, followed by the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission.

Kristen's litigation experience includes representing individual and corporate clients in cases involving claims of breach of contract, consumer fraud, unfair trade practices, violation of federal and state credit reporting laws, violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, professional negligence, business torts, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, violation of wage and hour law, and violation of non-competition and confidentiality agreements.

In April this year judgment was handed down in the first part of the eagerly awaited test case brought by the OFT against the UK's leading high street banks seeking a ruling on the fairness of their unauthorised overdraft charges (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)-RRB-.

In Winnipeg's case, that's probably a fair trade - off for floods, blackflies, and locusts (ok, «skitters»).

The case comes a week after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced it will push for a High Court declaration on whether the rules in the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083) apply to overdraft charges.

This case arose in 2004 when the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) asked the High Court to rule on whether s 75 applied to goods bought overseas.

A very interesting illustration of the principle in my tweet, below, came in the bank overdraft case where the Supreme Court ruled, according to the law governing the Office of Fair Trading, that the OFT could not look into the fairness of bank overdraft charges.

In a blog post earlier this year, Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger likened these digital assets (coins or token) to tickets needed to go on rides at a fair — but in this case, the ticket also has a value and so you can also simply trade it as you would a stock or other investment.

In a case representing the first time the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged a background screening company that delivers reports to employers with violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a leading background screening firm, also known as a consumer reporting agency («CRA»), has agreed to pay a $ 2.6 million penalty to settle charges that it violated the FCRA multiple times.