Sentences with phrase «actions against the interests»

But judging by the USDA's repeated actions against the interests of vulnerable animals over the last year, it's time to recognize an alarming but obvious truth: Under the Trump administration, the USDA has not merely turned a blind eye to animal cruelty — it has become complicit in it.

Not exact matches

Against a background of ongoing trade tensions between China and the US, China's own Ministry of Commerce responded on April 17 by saying that it hopes the US can deal with this situations in a legal way, and that it will be prepared to take action in the interests of ZTE.

Living up to expectations, Mr. Goelman announced a slew of enforcement actions over the past three years including a $ 120 million penalty against Goldman Sachs for interest rate product manipulation, a $ 250 million penalty against Citibank also for interest rate product manipulation and a $ 5 million penalty against Jon Corzine for unlawful use of customer funds.

According to Bullard, «the DOL has laid out in detail written documentation examples of material conflicts of interest and the firm's program for mitigating them, which is a virtual roadmap — and also an evidentiary motherlode for bringing both arbitration claims and class actions against firms.»

«Full transparency of fees and conflicts of interest is critical in the private equity industry and we will continue taking action against advisers that do not adequately disclose their fees and expenses,» said Andrew Ceresney, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, in a statement.

In 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed an administrative action against Erik T. Voorhees, for violating Securities Act Section 5 for publicly offering unregistered interests in two bitcoin websites in exchange for bitcoins.

Unsealed documents related to a class - action lawsuit filed on April 29 against Facebook's board allege that director Marc Andreessen had conflicts of interest related to the company's plan to create a new class of stock.

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.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans became the sixth plaintiff to lob a complaint against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule when the insurer filed a suit in late September challenging the class - action waiver requirement under the rule's best interest contract exemption, or BICE.

Now there might be another reason such action is against their best interests - it might be an illegal as well as an immoral act, and they might get caught and penalised.

He thinks that the recent swell in political interest is due to more churches getting involved in social action over the past 20 years, from running foodbanks with the Trussell Trust to working with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) in alleviating debt.

But this is no justification for taking action that is against the interests of most Mexicans as well as most persons in the United States.

The first page of the latest installment in Superman's never - ending battle against evil (Action Comics # 786 for those interested in the number) opens with a familiar cliché: «Look, up in...

Slater and Gordon and litigation funder IMF Bentham are tying to drum up interest in a class action against Brambles.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

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The resulting conflict earned Hart a sample of Boyd's bodily fluid in his face and it will now be interesting to see if the FA decide to take action against Boyd upon review of the footage.

How very interesting it was to sit down and watch Manchester United in Champions League action against Olympiacos, putting in a much better performance than that of three days previously against Liverpool (you know, the one in which we won 3 - 0?

Establishing adequate mechanisms to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest in nutrition action.

The CIP includes action areas for Member States, WHO and other actors and recommends «to create a supportive environment for the implementation of comprehensive food and nutrition policies» and calls for Member States to «establish a dialogue with relevant national and international parties and form alliances and partnerships to expand nutrition actions with the establishment of adequate mechanisms to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest».

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Doubtlessly, there are also lots of accusations, allegations and rumour against certain persons in the party which cases appears not excite the interest of the powers that be to attract the same measure of action as earlier meted out to others - KENNEDY AGYEPONG AND HIS ILKS.

The case, which was brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and North East London Migrant Action (NELMA), is one of several legal battles against Theresa May's «hostile environment».

Theresa May said she wanted to be able to take action against those «who are acting in a manner that is not conducive to the public good and who are acting in a manner that is seriously prejudicial to the nation's interests.»

11:53 - The two bits I find most interesting are the clamping down on cutting agents used in illegal drugs and the action against «invasive non-native species that pose serious threats to biodiversity».

«Taxpayers have already lost,» said Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R - Eastchester / New Rochelle), reacting to the need for both the Westchester County Executive and Board of Legislators to hire outside counsel because of a conflict of interest created by actions of Chairman Ken Jenkins and the Democratic County Legislators in siding with the CSEA union in its lawsuit against Westchester County.

Interesting that the BJP has done badly after a year in which it has spoken out and even been involved in violent action against women, particularly in trying to apply pressure on Indian women to wear certain types of clothing or acting independently.

The national interest would see Britain take action against a financial sector which has ruined its economy and now demands public austerity for its own mistakes.

Budget padding also amounts to corruption as the action is against the public interest.

Ghana's domestic oil importers said on Friday they may take legal action against the government to recover interest on an outstanding debt of $ 384 million that presents an early headache for the incoming government.

«Action against the climate crisis has been stymied by pressure from the same special business interests that are wrecking our economy, depressing wages, and pressing Congress and the White House to repeal labor rights and protections.

And that campaign, involving all sorts of organizations that have lobbied against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by special interests to attack the science of climate change, to prevent policy action from being taken to deal with the problem.

The committee schedules an open hearing on the day before the Council meeting at the AAAS Annual Meeting to give interested persons an opportunity to speak for or against proposals or resolutions submitted for possible Council action.

Recent media reports and polls have highlighted the challenges the pope faces, including resistance within the clergy, a divided flock who may not share his views or his deep - seated concern, and those Catholics who see this moral call to action going against their private interests.

In his ludicrous appeal for charitable donations in Jan. (http://www.gofundme.com/1v39s) to set up PSI as a Community Interest Company (CIC) so that they could take legal action against Agencies of English - speaking Governments he claimed ``..

It allows me to measure all potential actions against the goal and helps to lessen my tendency to get side tracked by shiny objects, exciting ideas, or interesting offers.

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Powerful accusations of heresy are made against the queen but the ailing Henry has little interest; a chastened Lord Surrey faces the ultimate penalty for losing 600 men in an ill - advised action that nearly reignites war with France.

By the time the movie gets to the final climax, basically where every last character is suddenly together in a big obviously - in - a-warehouse-set with an impending action scene pitting them all against each other, I had completely lost interest in the story.

In such a forum, balancing can play a key role and they argue that the proper method for assessing the new counter-terrorism laws, from a human rights perspective, is to adopt a «balancing approach» according to which the importance of the relevant human right is weighed against the importance of the societal or community interest in deciding whether to take legislative action (or, from the position of a judge, in deciding whether a certain law is valid).

Despite the courts having played an integral role in serving as a check against states not acting in the interests of all students for nearly four decades, Sessions» campaign against judicial oversight of legislative actions prevented the judiciary from resolving inequities in the Alabama education system.54

Very interesting what you say about the «lack of corrective action against unruly students and placing responsibility on the teachers» — how familiar!

«Working on Watch Dogs was enormously interesting to me because its world offers the convergence of cyberpunk and the edgy tech reality of our times; it all plays out with action and energy against the inner city backdrop that I thrive in» said John Shirley.

By listing a renters insurance interested party instead of a renters insurance additional insured, you preserve your right to take action against them for something that's potentially covered under the policy.

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Please remember that refusal or failure to pay may result in legal action against you by The Lender in an attempt to collect the loan amount, interest and costs of collections.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

He was against actions to increase federal higher education funding before 2010, and he voted to take away politics form the important process of determining interest rates in 2013.

In this case, the plaintiff's lead attorney argued that Smith should be personally liable because his actions were negligent and against the best interests of the corporation.