Sentences with phrase «high profile cases make»

High profile cases make headlines, but behind those is the daily abuse so many people with a learning disability face.

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High - profile discrimination and harassment cases like those of Ellen Pao, a former junior partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Whitney Wolfe, a co-founder of Tinder, have made headlines but little change in the culture.

High profile edge cases, like the sexual harassment allegations at Uber, have the unfortunate effect of making ongoing diversity and gender equality issues seem insignificant in comparison.

To make his case, Stewart examines four high - profile cases from the past decade — Martha Stewart and the insider trading of ImClone stock; Lewis (Scooter) Libby's role in outing CIA operative Valerie Plame; Barry Bonds's association with Balco; and the collapse of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

From allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to the court case against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi stemming from complaints of abusive behaviour both inside and outside the workplace, recent high - profile cases of harassment and violence have made it clear that many organizations struggle to uphold appropriate standards of conduct within their ranks.

So while high profile mergers like ICE's purchase of NYSE Euronext, or NASDAQ's purchase of the Philadelphia, Boston, and OMX stock exchanges may make it seem like the industry is consolidating, this is actually not the case.

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Four high - profile cases from the United Kingdom are currently making their way through the European Court of Human Rights.

The major driver for increased suspicion was found to be «high profile» cases of food fraud, such as the 2013 horsemeat scare, which saw horse meat make its way into food products that were marketed as beef throughout Europe.

Clubs generally make a list of potential targets in a particular order of preference so that In case the high profile targets are missed, there are still options out there.

The 28 - year - old has the powerful physique that would make him an ideal Premier League weapon, Chelsea's acquisition of Diego Costa perhaps being a similar case in point, and Bacca may well be tempted by a high - profile move to Man United.

Only Shaz has the rights to release any thing and with it being such a high profile case, any slip up by any medical professional would likely make the news.

Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who made his name battling the Catholic Church in sex scandal cases, is bringing his high profile to Buffalo in search of sex abuse clients there.

The Better Together campaign enjoyed what was surely its most high profile endorsement this afternoon, after Barack Obama made the case for Britain to stay together.

Better Together campaign enjoys its most high profile endorsement, as Barack Obama makes the case for Britain to stay together

Speaking in an interview with Kwame Tutu on frontline on Rainbow Radio, Supt. Cephas Arthur said he was sad that a legislator could make such scandalous statements over a high profile case involving the murder of a colleague MP.

He maintained that, before his assumption of office, the State was a no go area for travelers because of high profile cases of kidnappings and armed robberies.The Police Commissioner also stressed that his proactive measures have reduced the tide, making the State safer for the people.

The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Abdullahi Bako, who made the presentation on behalf of the Commission explained that the amendment had become necessary given the fact that the Commission is restricted by its extant law to prosecute cases only in State High courts which has hampered its prosecutorial effectiveness because high profile defendants often wield substantial influence within a stHigh courts which has hampered its prosecutorial effectiveness because high profile defendants often wield substantial influence within a sthigh profile defendants often wield substantial influence within a state.

Hare counters that if money was his goal, he could have made much more by testifying in high - profile criminal cases as some of his colleagues do.

There are also a few high profile cases, such as Sandy, where the European group made more accurate predictions than the American GFS.

With such a high - profile case, Chief Inspector Dreyfuss (Kline, The Emperor's Club) hatches a plan to make himself famous; he enlists the aid of the department's most inept bumbler, Clouseau, in order so that he might take over and become a national hero once the investigation is seen as botched.

Billing itself as «In The Suspenseful Style Of Fatal Attraction And Unfaithful,» Asunder is every bit the rushed, formula production moldering on a shelf somewhere until either one of its stars hits it big (see: Ordinary Decent Criminal and Colin Farrell) or, as in this case, a higher - profile film with a similar theme makes an impact, thus giving the folks in marketing a hook.

From high - profile cases that make international news to individual incidents dealt with by single teachers, school - based bullying has been called a crisis, and cultural sensitivity around the topic...

From high - profile cases that make international...

A few weeks ago, 40 states and the District of Columbia jumped into the high - profile education competition known as Race to the Top, submitting applications up to 1,000 pages long to make their case for a share of $ 4.35 billion in federal prize money...

The high profile case study writing service provider has been in the online based writing sector for quite a long time and the experience has made it one of the best in the industry.

Some of these REITs — and Vornado has been a high - profile case of this in recent years — have evolved away from pure landlording and have moved to become «deal making» growth vehicles in which property speculation is as important (or more so) than collecting rent checks.

In two high profile cases, the CFPB and Florida's Attorney General shut down student loan debt relief company College Education Services and, separately, filed a lawsuit against Student Loan Processing US for running illegal debt relief services that, «exploited vulnerable student loan borrowers, made false promises about their debt relief services, and charged illegal upfront fees.»

While there's been no discussion as to how exactly the decision to also make a PS4 version of P5 came about, I strongly felt that Sega (Atlus» new parent company), Sony, or both would really want to see such a high - profile game reach a wider potential audience (and, in Sony's case, bolster the amount of PS4 games that would hold interest for Japanese consumers).

If a lawsuit costs $ 1000 to bring, but 90 % of people will breach the contract if you never sue, while only 1 in 100,000 will breach if you sometimes bring high profile lawsuits, it could make strategic sense to sue in a small dollar case even though the individual lawsuit isn't a profit center.

The firm successfully argued that the government needed to follow due legal process in order to trigger Article 50 and commence Brexit negotiations, but given the high profile and divisive nature of Miller's legal challenge, the firm's PR team had to rigorously monitor media coverage and make certain the key message was reported accurately — that the case was about process not politics.

Lord Neuberger went on to make clear that although, at times, he strongly disagreed with some Strasbourg judgments, there were very few of its decisions which he considered «misconceived», re-emphasising that the occasional, high profile cases such as prisoners voting rights, regardless of whether the Strasbourg judgment is misreported, hardly represents the preponderance of fair, sensible and logical decisions.

Masters and district judges need to make an example in a few high - profile cases, one of which might perhaps reach the Court of Appeal, which can modify practice across the board by repeating the kind of expectations it articulated in Cowl v Plymouth City Council; Dunnett v Railtrack; Halsey v Milton Keynes NHST; and Burchell v Bullard.

He has been involved in high profile cases relating to telecommunications, electronics and software, making him a strong strategic fit for both the IP practice and the TMT sector group.

Akhil Markanday Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2013 Key cases: Representing Almacantar, the owner of the iconic Centre Point building in London's West End, in defending an interim injunction application brought by its tenant, Paramount; successfully led on a series of high profile injunctions to prevent Occupy London protestors from occupying land belonging to a number of Berwin Leighton Paisner's key clients.

Mark Ridgway Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Representing Pfizer group company Warner - Lambert in its pan-European enforcement efforts in relation to its second medical use patent for its blockbuster drug Lyrica; acted for Novartis Pharmaceuticals on a multijurisdictional biotechnological patent dispute relating to the blockbuster drug Lucentis; advising Blackberry on several high profile, global patent disputes.

Mahmood Lone Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2014 Key cases: Advising a leading global financial institution on high profile FX investigations pursued by multiple regulators, prosecutors and antitrust authorities across four continents; successfully represented a major financial institution on an FCA investigation into alleged market abuse in relation to trading on a securities market.

Georgina Rowley Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Acting for the US defendant on the high profile jurisdiction litigation brought in England by James Petter against EMC Corporation, which is currently heading for the Supreme Court.

Phillip Ashley Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2014 Key cases: Acting in significant High Court disputes for a variety of major oil companies, including GdF Suez, Shell and Premier Oil (concerning assets in UK); acting on one of the UK's highest profile High Court oil and gas disputes, between subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips and Centrica relating to the purported termination of transportation and processing services for a $ 700m development by ConocoPhillips.

It has successfully represented numerous high - profile clients, including athletes in all major sports, politicians, movie directors, chefs, and the like, making sure that their reputations are intact after the case is concluded.

Sometimes, plaintiffs - side tort litigator Max Kennerly takes readers on fun trips through high - profile civil cases — the Trump University case and Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, for instance — writing about the actual law involved or bad decisions made by participating lawyers.

What special considerations must you make in dealing with high profile / celebrity divorce cases?

Her efforts and results achieved in high - profile, high - asset and high - conflict divorce cases have made our firm a first - call resource for many successful business owners, executives, musicians, licensed professionals and their spouses when they need family law guidance and advocacy.

In Ryan's case, «his high profile makes him very attractive.

Scott Turow's provocative 2007 ABA Journal cover story, «The Billable Hour Must Die», Cravath Partner Evan Chesler's «Kill the Billable Hour» column in Forbes in 2008, and Seyfarth Shaw Chairman Steve Poor's more recent observations on the firm's Rethink the Practice blog are just three examples of the many high profile law firm leaders convincingly making this case.

Dean v Abercrombie & Fitch: direct disability discrimination, harassment and failure to make reasonable adjustments Successfully represented claimant with prosthetic arm in a high - profile case against fashionable clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch.

Two recent high - profile class action cases make clear the need for employers to ensure, among other requirements, that the process used to gain consent from employees and candidates prior to initiating a background check is in line with FCRA rules.