Sentences with phrase «whether by private firms»

Whether by private firms or by government, capital investment generates multiple and cascading economic benefits: spending power and job - creation in the short - run, productivity and innovation in the long - run.

Not exact matches

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Carolina - based private security firm hired by Texas - based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners won't be banned from North Dakota, though a judge is still weighing whether TigerSwan operated illegally in the state during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline and might be subject to fines.

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

The biggest march — in Washington, DC — drew anywhere from 200,000 to 800,000 people, depending on whether you believe the low - end number put out by the private firm Digital Design & Imaging Service or the high - end number from march organizers.

«The problem is the more underhand activity, whether it is employed by consultants, think tanks, law firms, in - house lobbyists or private individuals.

Speaking from an introvert's point of view, it seems to me that private practice partnerships are geared towards extroverts, who are fuelled by interactions with people (whether clients or their law firm colleagues).

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, injury by defective product or asbestos exposure; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, white collar criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, or injury by defective product; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

It's even used by private insurance investigation firms to get a basic idea of what the claimant is up to and whether they're engaging in PIP fraud or other types of insurance fraud.