Sentences with phrase «against minorities seeking»

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the New York attorney general's office can investigate whether national banks discriminated against minorities seeking mortgages.

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Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.
In this essay, I have referred only to the book of Genesis and thus have chosen not to mention the prohibitions against homosexuality included in Leviticus, for it seems to me that what is at stake now is not homosexuality, which is a fact, a reality, whatever my view of it as a rabbi might be, but the risk of irreversibly scrambling genealogies, questions of legal and social status (the child - as - subject becoming child - as - object), and identities — a confusion that would be harmful to society as a whole and that would lose sight of the general interest in seeking the advantage of a tiny minority.
Represented a regional construction firm and its owner in a five - year federal grand jury investigation of minority business enterprise fraud, persuading federal prosecutors not to pursue criminal charges or seek civil remedies against the firm or any of its employees.
Obtained summary judgment in complex litigation against a national cable television firm brought by a minority owner of a large cable television franchise seeking millions of dollars for breach of contract, fraud, and other torts.
Successfully defended international company against self - dealing claims brought by minority shareholder in $ 150 million business valuation dispute in which, after one week trial, the minority shares were valued at less than ten percent of amount sought.
Just as good men need to speak out against sexist jokes, remarks that objectify women and to challenge male supremacists who seek to use the children in order to maintain what they believe is their male privilege to control women, good mental health professionals also must speak out against the minority in their profession who routinely hurt women and children whether out of greed, sexism or ignorance.
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