Sentences with phrase «against the commission for»

On Wednesday in Kumasi, the protesting groups held a demonstration against the Commission for allegedly failing to either compile a new register or validate the existing one.

After his suspension, Potter brought an action against the commission for constructive dismissal, at which point the board decided the action amounted to a resignation and terminated his employment.

I have used many approaches to compensate my assistants, according to their needs: a draw against commissions for a short time, a small salary plus commissions, or on a percentage basis.

Not exact matches

The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is the latest setback for Uber, which is facing a divided board of directors and angry shareholders after an investor lawsuit was filed against the company's ousted chief executive.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called Altaba after its email and other digital services were sold to Verizon Communications for $ 4.48 billion last year.

The judge in the death - penalty case against a suspected USS Cole attacker has found the the chief defense counsel for military commissions, Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, in contempt, according to a report from the Miami Herald.

The CRTC is asking respondents whether they'd be willing to pay $ 5 per month to cover increased internet usage costs for a particular online service if it didn't count against their data cap, which looks like a direct reference to a net neutrality complaint currently in front of the commission:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in the absence of a specific prohibition against discrimination for being gay, has extended its enforcement in a similar way.

The European Commission is taking legal action against Ireland and Luxembourg for allegedly giving sweetheart tax deals to companies like iPhone maker Apple and burger chain McDonalds that allowed them to shift profits from other EU nations.

The Commission will bring forward in the next few days a proposal for WTO - compatible countermeasures against the US to rebalance the situation.»

The Federal Communications Commission, in a report to for seven Democratic senators, said it had reviewed the cases, which involved wireless carriers exempting streaming video from counting against customers» monthly data limits, a practice known as zero rating.

«We stressed the need for enforceable, bright - line rules to protect the open internet and guard against anti-consumer and anti-competitive activities,» he wrote, adding that Amazon opposed the commission's proposed change.

Aitken also piled onto actions initiated by America's Federal Trade Commission against consumer - products marketers for making misleading representations.

Ackman, who has been betting against Herbalife stock for the past four years, made the allegations during a presentation to his investors Wednesday about why he was still shorting the nutrition products company even after Herbalife's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last week.

In June 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed civil charges against Corzine for using funds from MF's customer accounts for corporate purposes.

On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

A federal judge has fined Apple $ 25,000 per day for failing to produce court - ordered documents to Qualcomm for use in its defense against a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit.

Two trade groups and about a dozen technology companies signed a letter to the Trump administration late last week calling for the continuation of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Qualcomm over patent licensing.

In what may emerge as a groundbreaking case of South Korean regulators imposing fines against a cryptocurrency exchange for data breach violations, BTC Korea.Com, operator of the Korea - based Bithumb exchange, has found itself in the crosshairs of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC).

Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit today against CLA Estate Services, Inc. and CLA USA, Inc. for operating a «trust mill» by misleading hundreds of Washington seniors about estate planning, and persuading them to purchase high - commission...

Citizens United lost a suit that year against the Federal Election Commission, and scuttled plans to show the film on a cable video - on - demand service and to broadcast television advertisements for it.

Texan regulators have had a lot on their plate: in addition to the filing against Bitconnect in early January by state officials, the state's banking commission also clamped down on AriseBank, for violating the law and using the term «bank» in its name, when it was not registered to do so.

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Judge Brendan Shannon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., indicated he would sign off on the plan, subject to changes, despite attorneys for the U.S. trustee and Securities and Exchange Commission arguing against the broad protections offered to third parties that could shield them from future litigation.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday it had settled the 3 - year - old lawsuit and the money will go to those that may have been discriminated against when looking for jobs at Seasons 52.

This became especially important against the backdrop high commissions of the bitcoin network: in addition to instant payments without waiting for confirmation and potentially higher level of user privacy, one of the main advantages of LN is the decrease in transaction costs.

On Monday, for example, news surfaced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against a Dallas - based financial firm seeking to launch what might be the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history.

CPALL Stock Exchange of Thailand — April 21, 2016 In December, 2015, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») issued fines totalling THB 34 million against six individuals for insider trading by unfairly using inside information to purchase shares of Siam Makro Public Company Limited (SET: MAKRO)(«Makro») just before CP ALL announced its acquisition plan of Makro in April 2013.

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.

Plaintiffs in the court case that threw out the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule declared «complete victory» against the rule and said the way is now clear for the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a new standard that would apply across financial disciplines.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

Its logic was stated in a recent filing by the SEC against The DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), a now - defunct Ethereum - based provider of «Smart Contracts» for venture capital investors, and appears to cut to the core of issues the Commission has with many similar ICOs.

In upholding the prohibition against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriage.

In August, the World Evangelical Alliance's Religious Liberty Commission criticized president Joko Widodo for doing little to fight against the country's Islamic extremists.

The problem with interpreting «biblical principles» as moral absolutes without taking the mitigating circumstances into consideration is that there is no room for compassion or mercy, which leads to the commission of sins against the law of love, which transcends and surpassingly fulfills all other laws.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, for example, noted in its 2015 annual report the increase in reports of violence in India in recent years and observed that a «climate of impunity» against wrongdoers appeared to exist in a number of Indian states, «exacerbating the social and religious tensions among communities.»

Walter Cardinal Kasper, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, put it very well last May when he said that the Catholic Church had weakened itself by «cutting itself off from its Jewish roots for centuries... a weakness that became evident in the altogether too feeble resistance against the persecution of the Jews.»

If you are surrounded by jelly - faced toddlers or thousands of longing hungry souls, or if you lift your head to find yourself in a hospital or a back alley or a church or an orphanage or your own suburban kitchen, if you are given a voice for dozens or only one other soul, you are a minister, feel it, say the words, roll them against your teeth: you have been commissioned for the work of the Gospel, in Christ Jesus, you have.

For months they railed against the so - called proposals «to license journalists,» even though Recommendation Number 50 of the MacBride Report specifically states that «the commission does not propose special privileges to protect journalists in the performance of their duties, although journalism is a dangerous profession,» and neither the UNESCO Secretariat nor any member state had formally advocated the licensing of journalists.

If it was wrong for the Internal Revenue Service to make threatening noises against church groups opposing the Vietnam war, then it would be wrong for the Federal Communications Commission to start harassing broadcasters for airing the political views of another set of church groups.

For example, both the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have been accused of ignoring or discriminating against other minorities.

The joint declaration also asks for international pressure on the UN Human Rights Council — of which Nigeria is a member — to form a commission of inquiry «to investigate the atrocities committed against civilians in general, and against Christians in particular in northern Nigeria, including bringing the perpetrators of violence to justice.»

The law of England wisely and religiously concurs that no man hath a power to destroy life but by commission from God, the author of it, and as their suicide is guilty of a double offence, one spiritual, in evading the prerogative of the Almighty and rushing into his immediate presence uncalled for, the other temporal against the King, who hath an interest in the preservation of all his subjects [Commentaries, Book 4, Chapter 14].

The competition watchdog is set to launch its first criminal cartel cases against a series of high - profile Australian companies seeking multimillion - dollar fines and up to 10 years» jail for senior executives, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has warned.

At the international level the FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (the inter-governmental body that sets standards for all foods) has produced international guidelines for Production, Processing, Labeling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods to guide producers and to protect consumers against deception and fraud.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Limited (Ramsay) for alleged anti-competitive conduct involving misuse of market power and exclusive dealing in the Coffs Harbour region.

Finally came the news that Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), will investigate Coles and Woolworths for alleged «unconscionable conduct» in the form of bullying tactics against food and grocery suppliers over prices and supply contracts.

For media and commentary see, for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 201For media and commentary see, for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 201for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 2016).

It is against the rules of the California boxing commission for a manager to be a promoter, but Flaherty's promotions have been an open and ignored secret for years.

Starting running back Marion Grice was out of commission for this game — and might not be available next week against Stanford either — but Arizona State did not end up needing him, racing to a 30 - 7 lead by halftime.