Sentences with phrase «against the store owner»

And we're also waiting on judgement on a matter in a remote part of South Australia in an area known as the APY lands, where ASIC has taken action against a store owner for providing credit to Indigenous consumers to buy basic household goods.

Similar financial threats have been levied against store owners in malls in Washington state and Oregon, and, let's face it, probably elsewhere.

By engaging with those groups, the firm was able to prevent the boycott, and by demonstrating the matter was being dealt with swiftly and appropriately (Spar initiated civil action against the store owner), negative media coverage was limited, containing any wider damage to the brand.

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Jewish department - store owners unquestionably influence newspaper policy in cities where they are numerous like New York but the influence is rather negative (against criticism of Jews) than positive (for particular Jews or particular Jewish programs).

David Jones ambassador Jessica Gomes will soon be facing off against Joan Smalls, one of the world's highest paid models, when the department store chain's new owner, South Africa's Woolworths, introduces a slew of new private - label brands.

It is inexcusable that Tony Avella wanted to rename a street after Robert (Sonny) Carson, the convicted kidnapper and racial antagonist who lead the boycott against Asian American store owners.

In testimony in front of the council, small business owners near current Walmart stores testified against the giant.

A lawsuit has been filed by acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood against Bell Pet Company, LLC, and its owners, Theodore and Sheila Bell - who own The Pet Zone store in...

Buoyed by last year's passage of tougher gun laws, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is urging New York lawmakers to go further by requiring firearm owners to securely store their weapons.

She had a vision, a dream, and a goal, and she fought against the men (a sneering store owner, an asshole landlord, even her own father) who stood in her way.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Beeswax (Unrated) Quirky ensemble comedy, set in Austin, Texas, centering on a couple of identical twins, one, a wheelchair - bound paraplegic (Maggie Hatcher), the other, a clothing store owner (Tilly Hatcher) who rekindles a romance with an ex-lover (Alex Karpovsky) in order to get legal help with a lawsuit filed against her by her business partner (Anne Dodge).

«Kings» takes place against the ambitious backdrop of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and opens with a dramatization of the 1991 shooting of Latasha Harlins, the 15 - year - old African American girl killed by a Korean convenience store owner that set the city on edge.

After all, the owner of a regional chain with dozens of stores, its own warehouse facility and the considerable resources of a private - equity investor behind it may consider himself part of the independent class, but is that opinion shared by the single - store operator he is competing against?

These days, for convenience and budgets, some owners forego the exam and take Fido or Fluffy to a pet supply store or a low - cost clinic for a jab of protection against rabies, distemper, parvovirus, and other canine diseases.

Discriminatory bans against the sale of animals by pet stores are poor public policy, and are harmful to pets and pet owners.

There was also a lawsuit in San Diego brought against the city and various animal welfare groups and advocates involved with passing the ordinance, but the claims against animal welfare groups were dismissed and the pet store owner bringing the suit ultimately dropped it against the city of San Diego.

No Need to Store Bones Board certified veterinary dentists at the Animal Medical Center caution all dog owners against using natural bones or synthetic bones made of nylon as dog chew toys.

Brown sees dog owners in her stores seeking specialty booties that go over pets» paws, including ones specific for winter use and another to protect pads against the heat and rough surfaces.

Twenty - four more cities have adopted similar laws since last summer, and a federal lawsuit filed against San Diego by the owner of a Grantville pet store was dismissed in February.

Embattled NJ puppy store chain owner (and owner of a MO puppy mill) Vincent LoSacco dropped his suit against the borough of Emerson, NJ, 7/2016.

At least 1 lawsuit brought by store owners against activists has failed, not including the judge's dismissal of charges in San Diego brought by multiple stores - owner David Salinas against activists, non-profits and individual city council members.

There's an important tool to help in the fight against puppy mill puppies sold through pet stores: They're more likely to be aggressive with their owners, strangers and other dogs.

The California State Legislature, seemingly with a well - meaning, but uninformed prejudice against legally operating business owners, are stomping on the Justice's grave as they march toward passing a bill which would ban pet stores from selling puppies bred by inspected and licensed breeders and forcing them to sell dogs with unknown backgrounds, temperament and health histories.

Edwin Coe LLP is best known for its work in representing large groups of consumers and shareholders as well as acting for small retailers on competition issues; it represented 50,000 Railtrack shareholders in their claim against the Government; 32,000 convenience store owners in their successful challenge against the OFT and the private shareholders in Northern Rock.

For example, when a Miami shopper was taken from a parking garage at The Mall at 163rd Street to a remote location and then raped and robbed, that shopper had a premises liability claim against both the store (Burdine's) and the shopping mall's parking garage owner (Equity).

A Peterborough convenience store owner was vindicated yesterday after the Crown withdrew a sexual assault charge against him midway through the complainant's testimony.

She discovered that the escalator was defective and inadequately maintained and pursued claims against the companies that manufactured and maintained the escalator as well as the department store owner whose employees inspected the operation of the escalator each day.

His firm is known for its work in class actions relating to consumer issues, banking and shares: for example, it represented 32,000 convenience store owners in a successful challenge against the Office of Fair Trading, and 36,000 private shareholders in Northern Rock following the 2008 global financial meltdown.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.