Sentences with phrase «against contracting abuse»

Republican County Executive Edward Mangano and the county legislature's GOP majority say an investigations commissioner who is hired, and can be fired, by Mangano is an appropriate safeguard against contracting abuse.

Not exact matches

«After Dean Skelos was charged in 2015, my office thoroughly reviewed Nassau's contracting processes and recommended the establishment of an independent inspector general and modern conflict - checking procedures to guard against corruption and abuse,» she said.

The payment of GHc 620,000 for the services of four consultants and the abuse of single sourcing procurement in the award of a tree planting contract to ACI constructions, were issues of financial malfeasance that were also brought up against the officials who appeared before the Committee.

Paladino filed a lawsuit against Buffalo Public Schools in July 2012, citing abuse of executive session and lack of transparency in the process of awarding a contract to the district's new superintendent.

For example, Schneiderman's office created a «Taxpayer Protection Bureau» to more diligently root out abuses, fraud, and theft committed against taxpayers whether it be through fraud in government programs, investments, or contracts.

As I chronicled here, the district was caught flat - footed earlier this year when a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing students revealed that, under the terms of a contract negotiated with United Teachers Los Angeles (the local union), complaints against educators that don't result in disciplinary action are disregarded after only a few years (unsurprisingly, the teacher in question had a long paper trail).

[37] But how was Ms Doerr's action against her paralegal advisor, (effectively for breach of contract and / or negligence in relation to execution of the paralegal's duties under the retainer relationship), an abuse of process?

We handle a broad range of labor and employment litigation matters, including contract disputes, wage and hour claims, workplace sexual abuse claims, discrimination matters, noncompete litigation, defamation, wrongful discharge, and whistleblower / qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act and Virginia's Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.

The law has over the years found defences against abuse of such contracts.

3/4/08 - Former defendant Anthony Ciolli filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court against the plaintiffs, their lawyers, and other defendants for wrongful initiation of civil proceedings, abuse of process, libel, slander, false light invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contract, and unauthorized use of name or likeness.