Sentences with phrase «action by the firm»

Trained to identify problems, they do so at every opportunity, whether or not it is appropriate, often blocking any managerial action by the firm.

Start with an all - hands, carefully planned, clearly explained call to action by the firm's leaders that the firm is undertaking a change in how it measures lawyer performance, and especially why it's making this change.

Not exact matches

The corporate watchdog has fined Perth stockbroking firm DJ Carmichael $ 300,000 for actions undertaken by one of its former employees in 2011.

On behalf of the players, the Charney Lawyers, a Toronto - based firm specializing in class - action law, is seeking compensation for time logged by the plaintiffs in the major junior league.

The most recent regulatory action taken in the hopes of reigning in unjustified CEO pay was a rule implemented by the SEC last year, which requires companies to publish the ratio of CEO pay to the median salary of other workers at the firm.

Essentially, they want to see that all these materials adequately and accurately reflect the operations of the firm; that the advisor is meeting his or her fiduciary duty by ensuring that the activities being undertaken in client portfolios are, at all times, in the client's best interests; and that the firm is supervising the activities of its staff and taking corrective actions when and if any deficiencies are found.

The burger firm says it will be able to meet its targets while continuing to grow it business, by taking a range of actions.

While those actions are targeting the private sector, decisions taken by the government during this year's stock market rout — something that wiped around $ 5 trillion from the value of Chinese listed firms — help explain why looking for signs of stock market manipulation remains a popular investment strategy, and not just from local investors.

The firm's 2017 edition of its annual cybersecurity report entitled «Cybersecurity Report: Chief Security Officers Reveal True Cost of Breaches And The Actions That Organizations Are Taking,» provides insights based on threat intelligence gathered by Cisco's security experts, combined with input from nearly 3,000 Chief Security Officers (CSOs) and other security operations leaders from businesses in 13 countries.

By their recent actions, however, both firms seem to be tacitly admitting that they suffer from an embarrassment of riches.

In all likelihood, Chinese leaders will respond to the actions taken by Trump by targeting vulnerable American firms and sectors and following a strategy that minimizes costs to China while maximizing pain to the U.S.

The bureau also been working on rules that would prevent banks and other financial firms from blocking class - action lawsuits by consumers and would require payday lenders to do more underwriting.

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.

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew told The New York Times that the Obama administration was considering executive action to discourage corporate «inversions» — transactions in which American corporations move their tax residency abroad by being «bought» by smaller foreign firms, in order to reduce their American corporate tax bills.

A San Diego Navy veteran has joined with two other Southern Californians to file a class - action lawsuit against Facebook and others in the wake of revelations that the profile information of an estimated 87 million users was obtained without their authorization by a political consultancy firm with...

Attracted by the tremendous returns seen in Gibson Greetings and Beatrice, institutional investors poured billions of dollars into scores of firms, hoping to get a piece of Kravis's action.

The action recognizes the exchange's compliance with Swiss anti-money laundering and know - your - customer codes and will result in ongoing supervision by FINMA to ensure that the firm continues to observe these rules.

RYE, N.H., April 20 / PRNewswire / — Noted antitrust and securities law firm specialist, Berger & Montague of Philadelphia, has been retained by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) in order to assist in its investigation into the alleged manipulation of the gold market.

WASHINGTON — Former president Barack Obama's top campaign aide on Tuesday rejected comparisons between Obama's extensive use of Facebook data to turn out voters in the 2012 election and the actions of Cambridge Analytica, a data and political intelligence firm ejected last week by Facebook in a growing controversy over social - media privacy.

Also in May 2012, Facebook was hit by a $ 15 billion class - action lawsuit by Stewarts Law US, a U.S based law firm, accusing Facebook for violating users» privacy by allegedly tracking their web usage.

Buffett was not apologizing on behalf of actions taken by himself, but those taken by members of investment bank Salomon Brothers, a New York - based firm that had been caught rigging Treasury bids.

The United States and China have agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access for U.S. financial firms and expand trade in beef and chicken among other steps.

Man is held responsible for his actions: Revelation 20:11 - 15; Galatians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 5:10 The very fact that they are suicidal (ready and willing to kill themselves) proves: 1 Samuel 15:23; Romans 5:1 Suicide goes directly against: Matthew 24:13; John 15:1 - 6; Romans 11:22; 1 Corinthians 15:2; Colossians 1:23; Hebrews 3:6, 14; 12:25; and 1 John 5:4 Committing suicide is not enduring to the end: Matthew 24:13 It is not abiding in Christ: John 15:1 - 6 It is not continuing in His goodness: Romans 11:22 It is not holding fast the word: 1 Corinthians 15:2 It is being moved away from the hope of the gospel: Colossians 1:23 It is not holding fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end: Hebrews 3:6 It is not holding the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end: Hebrews 3:14 It is refusing and turning away from Him who speaks from heaven: Hebrews 12:25 It is not overcoming the world: 1 John 5:4 It is being overcome by the world and the devil: 1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 5:18

According to a statement from her attorney, Daniel Quisenberry of Kirtland & Packard, his firm began legal action because Fleener felt convicted by God to speak out.

In the act of conceiving of God (an act made necessary by His removal of «His way from human sense») we conceive, bring into being, put into place, a landscape in which actions are labeled «possible,» «desirable,» mandatory,» «unthinkable,» and so on; and each time one of those actions is taken or avoided or not seen as a possibility, that landscape becomes ever firmer in its configurations and ever more resistant to a basic alteration.

But some of the parents, survivors and others affected by the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were more interested in firm action to prevent future assaults than a presidential visit.

For more than 50 years as a full - service brokerage firm, Carlin Group has built a solid reputation in the industry by developing a foundation based on trust and action.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who was questioned by MPs yesterday (19 April) on the aims of the government's 25 Year Environment Plan, has been hinting at a ban on plastic straws since February, but in terms of legislative action, Scotland is a few steps ahead of England: Scottish Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham announced firm intentions to ban plastic straws in February.

The Australian Financial Review can reveal that, following a court hearing last Friday, the class action law firm will release to the ASX an annual notice of meeting and explanatory material, including an independent experts report by KPMG that finds the recapitalisation to be «fair and reasonable».

By staying firm and clear, you help your child become accountable for their actions.

Thankfully, I was raised by a former «hippy» who gave me a firm foundation of attachment parenting before there was such a term... I was blessed to have many younger siblings and watched attachment in action... and took part, of course.

Let him KNOW you understand: Acknowledge your child's desire to continue playing, followed by a firm statement and an action that promotes compliance, «I bet you wish you could stay in the pool forever, but it's time to go now.

A similar case was recently filed in California (by the same class action firm - Milberg) against Frito - Lay — the snacks division of food and beverage giant PepsiCo.

The case is just the latest in a series of actions against scientists, including a writ against Peter Wilmshurst, heart specialist at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, by American firm NMT Medical, for suggesting medical trials into one of its devices had been described inaccurately.

For him, «History may well mock those who expected that an NPP government, led by the paragon of the rule of law, will take firm action against criminal elements who were recruited by the NPP to foment violence as part of the push for power.

The action forced the firm to downsize its workforce of mostly young graduates by 70 % and scale down its operations.

The federal subpoena issued in late April seeking information about the actions of certain Executive Chamber employees on behalf of a number of companies mentions two firms that were represented by Howe at 2013 state governmental meetings, according to records and a person with knowledge of the document.

The investigation, acknowledged by Cuomo's office in late April, appears to center on the actions of Joe Percoco, Cuomo's former executive deputy secretary, and Todd Howe, a consultant and lobbyist who previously worked for the Albany - based law firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna.

«As referred to in the Complaint, the Firm did not know that any referrals brought to the Firm by Mr. Silver related in any way to the alleged actions on his part to benefit the referring doctor».

The donation came months after Coffey's then - law firm, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman, was hired by Petro for a class action pension lawsuit against Freddie Mac.

The global community should surely now take firm action to bring Iceland to its senses by imposing strict sanctions on trade until they mend their ways and show themselves worthy of trust.

For the CSP and VPF components, the «activity flows» describing the checks to be performed by the EUREP, audit firms, PA and banks consist of more than 50 actions.

The freshman senator was criticized by Republicans and some good government groups last summer after the Daily News revealed that soon after taking office he pressed state Workers Compensation Board officials to take action favored by his multi-million-dollar law firm.

By working in good faith, across the aisle, Assembly Republicans are firm in their belief that optimistic talk about job creation can be turned into concrete action.

Mr. Percoco has been charged with taking at least $ 315,000 in bribes from the executives, paid to Mr. Percoco's wife through a third party and through a company operated by Mr. Howe, in return for taking official actions on the firms» behalf.

The county restarted foreclosure actions against suburban properties in 2012 by hiring an outside law firm to do that work.

An executive for Glenwood, a development firm founded by the 100 - year - old Leonard Litwin, are expected to testify that the senator pressured the developer to help his son and the developer did so because of concerns that Skelos would take action to hurt the company.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking its own steps to ensure teens are no longer jailed at Rikers after reaching a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society and a number of private law firms.

The firm said it will seek guidance from regulators to establish a proper firewall when it is hired by candidates and independent political action committees involved in the same campaigns.

The Buffalo News and WGRZ say Collins» actions involving an Austrailian biotech firm, Innate Immunotherapeutics, are the subject of a probe by the...