Sentences with phrase «action against the law»

Panama's public prosecutor against organised crime said there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

Panama's public prosecutor against organized crime said Wednesday there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

Natan Hospitality Indonesia is not liable to any illegal conduct or actions against the law of the Republic of Indonesia.

«Despite these multiple approvals, TWU now faces the necessity of legal action against the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Nova Scotia Barristers Society, and now the Law Society of British Columbia, related to their disapprovals of TWU's law school based upon the University community's religious beliefs,» said a press release.

With 14 class actions against law schools, the launch of scamblogs and LSAT takers referred to as suckers, perhaps it's time that law school applications come with warning labels.

The court granted summary judgment and dismissed the action against the law firm.

In Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corporation, Strathy J. refused to summarily dismiss a class action against a law firm, and held that the law firm may be vicariously liable under the Partnership Act for alleged breaches of s. 131 of the Securities Act by one of its partners in his capacity as a corporate director.

Defeated a class certification action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures that would have involved over 9,000 foreclosures and tens of millions of dollars in exposure.

Mr. Heffernan defeated a class certification in a putative class action against law firms and major mortgage lenders for allegedly wrongful foreclosures, which protected clients from tens of millions of dollars in potential exposure for more than 9,000 foreclosures.

Those dealers later joined together and launched a class action against law firm Cassels Brock.

The ABA's Bar Passage Data Spreadsheet should put to bed, finally, any doubts about the correlation between LSAT scores and bar passage rates, and provides strong support for the ABA's recent enforcement actions against law schools with exploitative admissions standards.

Not exact matches

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

«Now that a few of the misdeeds against the Trump Movement have been partially revealed, I look forward to updating my pending legal action in opposition to DOJ this weekend in preparation for Monday's next small step on the long, potholed road toward helping to restore law and order in our great country.»

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

«But enforcement goes hand - in - hand with education, and we will take action against anyone who operates irresponsibly to the full extent of the law.»

In 2009, the Obama administration ordered federal prosecutors not to prioritize legal action against medical marijuana dispensaries that comply with state laws.

The civil action against Panther Energy Trading of Red Bank, N.J., and owner Michael J. Coscia, is the first time the CFTC has used the anti-spoofing authority, which is contained in Dodd - Frank law.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a consumer rights action law firm that also represented consumers in a recent $ 400 million lawsuit against Apple (aapl) for price fixing, filed the New York lawsuit.

These do not appear to be fake accounts, and since they don't seem to have violated any laws or Facebook policies, the company does not appear to be taking any action against them.

I have asked the SEC's Division of Enforcement to continue to police this area vigorously and recommend enforcement actions against those that conduct initial coin offerings in violation of the federal securities laws.

We protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices and take action against companies that break the law.

I also caution market participants against promoting or touting the offer and sale of coins without first determining whether the securities laws apply to those actions.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

The SEC brings numerous civil enforcement actions against firms and individuals that violate securities laws every year.

Various law firms filed a class action lawsuit last week against Westminster - based brake company Knorr - Bremse AG and its local Pennsylvania rival Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. on behalf of employees affected by their «no poach» agreements.

A law firm filed a class - action suit against Groupon for allegedly imposing illegal expiration dates on its vouchers.

Among his other accomplishments, he led a group of 20 law firms that prosecuted cutting - edge class action cases against financial institutions, such as Countrywide, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, concerning destructive negative amortization loans that unknowingly caused borrowers to assume tens of thousands of dollars of additional debt.

That's what law firm Nichols Kaster calls the $ 1.3 billion retirement plan at the center of a proposed class action against Fujitsu Technology and Business of America Inc..

In the four weeks since Florida passed a «red flag» law authorizing police to seize weapons from people who could pose a threat to themselves or others, law enforcement officials in Broward County have taken action against 13 people.

«Failure to do so,» Mr. Harder added, «will leave my client with no alternative but to institute immediate legal proceedings against you and, should that occur, she would pursue all available causes of action and seek all available legal remedies to the maximum extent permitted by law.»

According to law, unless the creditors file a case in the court, they are not allowed to take action against people who have gone bankrupt.

Third, it advocates for governmental actions to promote blockchain's success, such as calls to enact laws that give blockchain the same type of support as the internet had in its early days or to consider blockchain to meet the President's stated goals of building an internet more secure against foreign attacks and generally «doing cyber better.»

During that time CFPB (at Cordray's direction) brought a civil enforcement action against a California attorney, Chance Gordon, for alleged violations of consumer protection laws.

Bartz argued that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act would now pre-empt state law under the rule and that the rule improperly created a private right of action that could set up class - action lawsuits against insurance companies and agents.

Each year the SEC brings hundreds of civil enforcement actions against individuals and companies for violation of the securities laws.

The European Commission said on Wednesday it would start legal action against Poland over a law reforming the judiciary that undermines the independence of judges and therefore breaks EU treaty rules.

This is consistent with prior messaging given that Chairman Clayton requested on December 11 that the SEC's Enforcement Division «vigorously» enforce and recommend action against ICOs that may be in violation of the federal securities laws.

For example, the actions against Yukos and Khodorkovsky should be an investor red flag about Russia's commitment to rule of law and protection of shareholder and investor rights.

RYE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, U.S.A., Monday, Feb. 8, 1999 — The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee has formally incorporated itself in Delaware and has begun negotiating with law firms interested in undertaking its lawsuit against the Wall Street investment houses it accuses of illegal collusion to control the price and supply of gold, other commodities, and certain related financial securities.

Australia's financial regulator is taking action against deceptive and misleading initial coin offerings (ICOs), citing «a serious breach of the Australian law.»

While there's technically no law against it, if you default, your lender could still choose to take legal action should they find out that you've used the money for something other than what you agreed to.

In the past year, the SEC expanded its action against the business kryptowalutowym, which perceives as not przestrzegajace of the securities laws.

Putin's actions, in open breach of international law and UN treaties, led to a protracted conflict in Ukraine, the imposition of western sanctions against Russia, and Russia's expulsion from the G8 group of countries.

Amnesty, even in its weakest forms of non-enforcement of the law and deferred action, without corresponding action to tighten the border and control unlawful immigration, leads directly to the current human crisis as thousands of desperate children (and adults) attempt to enter the United States on the promise that the administration will take no action against them.

What some are fighting against are the harmful actions that turn into laws that flow from said beliefs.

How do you measure that action against God's law?

Would those of you speaking up against law enforcement actions at LAX have spoken up as forcefully then?

That was the whole point — that one could be driven to revolutionary action by standards of justice that are higher than the law, and against which the law is judged.