Sentences with phrase «as corporations conduct»

Data volumes continue to grow and data sets are increasingly complex as corporations conduct their business and communications in multiple languages.

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Cloud computing is not only changing the way large corporations do business, as it is also changing the manner in which SMB owners like you conduct their business.

Social Finance: Unlocking the Potential for Developmental Lending, a new research report conducted my firm Impakt, reveals that the Indian Business Corporation, a company owned by the three treaty areas of Alberta, has pioneered an approach called «developmental lending» that is providing aboriginal entrepreneurs such as Ms. Saliwonczyk with capital to create new businesses, or maintain or expand existing ones.

However, these tax savings apply only to C corporations, and the majority of small business is conducted as one form or another of pass - through entities — partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs) taxed as partnerships or S corporations.

Scandals can pertain to large - scale corporate conduct involving the cooperation of many people (such as the Volkswagen emissions - falsification scandal), to an individual corporate decision (as when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of one of its drugs from $ 13.50 to $ 750 per pill), or to illicit behaviour by an individual (such as a corporation's CEO).

At one extreme are the practically oriented, massive research projects conducted by think - tanks such as the Hudson Institute, the Institute for the Future, and the RAND Corporation.

«Governments as well as powerful corporations must adhere to respect human rights and be accountable for their conduct measured by human rights standards».

(7) A similar poll conducted in 1980 for the American Research Corporation in Irvine, California, and published in a report titled «Profile of the Christian Marketplace,» found that as many as 40 million adults watch some religious programs on a reasonably regular basis.

Before selecting India, corporations should conduct due diligence with credible cross-country comparable data to understand the local landscape, as well as local consumer preferences.

As Samuel and King pointed out, the courts have recognised competition, by its very nature, is deliberate and ruthless, and so their examples of conduct (such as a corporation gaining an advantage through R&D and innovation, or as a result of economies of scale) would not be regarded by the ACCC or the courts as a lessening of competition, even if the conduct caused competitors harm or forced them to exit the markeAs Samuel and King pointed out, the courts have recognised competition, by its very nature, is deliberate and ruthless, and so their examples of conduct (such as a corporation gaining an advantage through R&D and innovation, or as a result of economies of scale) would not be regarded by the ACCC or the courts as a lessening of competition, even if the conduct caused competitors harm or forced them to exit the markeas a corporation gaining an advantage through R&D and innovation, or as a result of economies of scale) would not be regarded by the ACCC or the courts as a lessening of competition, even if the conduct caused competitors harm or forced them to exit the markeas a result of economies of scale) would not be regarded by the ACCC or the courts as a lessening of competition, even if the conduct caused competitors harm or forced them to exit the markeas a lessening of competition, even if the conduct caused competitors harm or forced them to exit the market.

During nearly two decades as a premier trial attorney, Philip Cohen has defended individuals and corporations accused of criminal conduct in more than 30 federal and state jurisdictions throughout the country.

Mr Lewis is also calling for a full independent inquiry into the conduct of the British press as a result of the phone hacking scandal, in which News Corporation is heavily implicated.

In addition, the report from the Hedge Clippers says that last year, as part of Cuomo's tax reform package, lawmakers ended the «corporate minimum tax,» which might «result in some very large corporations paying a minuscule amount of tax relative to the volume of business they conduct in New York.»

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

A pioneer in civic education, the Citizenship Education Clearing House (CECH - pronounced «check») has been conducting programs in citizenship education since the late 1960s, when Teresa M. Fischer and a small group of associates launched CECH as an independent non-profit corporation.

The principals participate in the initiative in a number of ways, including serving as Distinguished Principals; completing NISL's Executive Development Program (EDP); receiving coaching from Distinguished Principals; or serving as control principals in a randomized controlled trial conducted by RAND Corporation.

During the pilot phase of the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) Advanced Credentialing System (ACS) Project, these extra responsibilities involve coaching other principals as part of the pilot credentialing program and study conducted by RAND Corporation and funded by a federal Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant by the U.S. Department of Education.

Elementary school students with high levels of attendance in voluntary summer learning programs — defined as at least 20 days of a five - to six - week program — experienced benefits in math and reading, according to new RAND Corporation findings from the largest research study ever conducted on summer learning.

The researcher hired by the Times, Richard Buddin of the RAND Corporation (who conducted the work as a project independent of RAND itself), also published his work as a «white paper,» which provided the template from which Briggs and Domingue worked.

Amazon has been pointed out as the villain in a tax evasion scenario while every major corporation conducting business in Europe lines up in Luxembourg, with companies like Starbucks, Google, and others setup operations in what is essentially a tax haven.

D. (1) No license shall be issued unless the commissioner, upon investigation, finds that the financial responsibility, character, and fitness o f the applicant, its owners, its partners if the applicant is a partnership, its members if the applicant is a limited liability company, and its officers and directors if the applicant is a corporation, are such as to warrant a belief that the business will be conducted honestly and fairly within the purposes of this Part.

FThere is a great deal of debate in the scientific literature as to whether the studies conducted by the major corporations promoting GMOs are sufficient to prove that they are safe for human consumption.

The #ExxonKnew campaign has gained enormous traction in the public mind and many want to know why the corporation started out as such an honest broker in the 1970s, conducting its own climate science research, and then doing an about - face in the 1980s, blatantly denying the reality of global warming and working with other groups to manipulate public opinion so as to thwart a rational public response.

Most of the time when corporations experience a catastrophe such as a chemical plant explosion resulting in fatalities, they look to outside entities to conduct the attribution analysis.

In finding that the circumstances described above would justify piercing the corporate veil, the Court endorsed earlier decisions that held that the corporate veil could properly be lifted when those in control of an otherwise validly incorporated corporation «expressly direct a wrongful thing to be done», or when a corporation «is completely dominated and controlled and being used as a shield for fraudulent or improper conduct.»

The continued focus on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on conduct by affiliated entities of US corporations impacts our investigations work, as we know that ethics issues that arise need to be viewed not just as potential violations of local law and not just as local employment - or labor - issues, but need to be reviewed and addressed with the scrutiny applicable in the US under our corporate ethics standard.

Anyone who's consulted a lawyer about forming a business has heard this speech: If a creditor comes after you for business activities that you've conducted through your corporation or LLC — that creditor can reach only the corporation's or the LLC's assets — not assets that you own as an individual.

It is not sufficient in the high court's analysis that the corporation is already subject to suit in California as a result of its conduct in California to most of the people in the suit.

As corporations and insurance companies become stronger and stronger and get their politicians to pass laws that protect their conduct and to limit their liability and damages exposure, they get away with more and more resulting in more people getting hurt.

The disputes between private entities (usually multi-national corporations) and States are conducted as investor - state dispute settlement (ISDS) and have been the subject of much controversy in recent years:

The corporation's conduct was not outrageous as it was merely enforcing the provisions of the condominium documents and the Act, as it was required to do by the Act.

Some examples are where the corporation is used as a shield for fraudulent or improper conduct, where the shareholder treats itself and the corporation interchangeably, where the corporation is created to deflect monies from their proper use, and where the company is a sham, cloak or alter ego.

He has conducted internal investigations for public and private companies and served as outside general counsel for litigation for a publicly traded corporation.

The corporation then arranged for a plumber to attend to conduct the plumbing repairs on the same day as the court application was scheduled.

I am satisfied that Mr. Dewji's conduct, as the sole director and officer of the defendant corporations, was oppressive, high - handed, callous and unfairly prejudicial to the rights and interests of the plaintiffs.

Attempting to exclude Hu from the Company and purporting to expel him as a director was indeed oppressive conduct contrary to section 248 of the Business Corporations Act.

In fact, personal injury need not refer to a physical injury, but rather encompasses all types of harm a person could suffer as a result of negligence or intentional conduct by another person or entity, such as a corporation or employer.

Of note with respect to the issue of damages is that the court declined to award punitive damages, notwithstanding Justice Boswell's finding, in paragraph 23 of his reasons for decision, that, «Mr. Dewji's conduct, as the sole director and officer of the defendant corporations, was oppressive, high - handed, callous and unfairly prejudicial to the rights and interests of the plaintiffs.»

Alexei has developed a strong track record of conducting corporate internal investigations for major corporations, as well as their senior management and top executives, and advising on all aspects of bribery, corruption and fraudulent activities.

Legal advice for important life events such as purchasing real property, having a child, or starting or reorganizing a corporation can also guide you as to how to conduct your affairs, consistent with your existing agreement and relying upon it, making it more likely to withstand a court challenge.

[39] The conduct of the Defendant corporation is outrageous because Altus got mean and cheap in trying to get rid of an employee as they approached arbitration for the determination of any adjustment in the asset purchase agreement price.

We have extensive experience conducting high - stakes internal corporate investigations of alleged employee and management misconduct and potential violations of federal and state laws, as well as advising corporations and their boards in responding to law enforcement and regulatory inquiries.

This should be seen as troubling by organizations as sentences imposed on corporations for criminal negligence will not distinguish between the conduct of a relatively low level representative and one in the upper echelons of the management structure.

As part of the many changes implemented through the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, the province has developed mandatory forms aimed at streamlining how condo corporations conduct their affairs.

As part of the settlement of that review, the corporation had obtained a letter from the College specifying the decision of the Discipline Committee was directed at the conduct of the former employee, not that of her employer.

Regarding Accountability, we represent two Mexican corporations in unrelated service fields, both of which suffered from unlawful conducts that resulted in a serious breach of contract from continued non-payment events in the first case (topping USD$ 400 million over 2 + years), and in the inability to continue operating as an on - going concern in the second case.

The language of «principles» as opposed to «policy» or «practice» clearly suggests belief rather than conduct, and the upcoming educational (CPD) requirements, on equality, diversity and «inclusion» (the latter being a term that is undefined in the case law but which has variously been defined by the Working Group (in the report) as «making a better space for everyone» and (on the definitions website) with reference to RBC's corporate policy — which we can celebrate as the first time that a corporation's principles have been incorporated by reference into legal requirements!

Corporations have been recognized as subjects of Constitutional guarantees, but also capable of engaging in criminal conduct & responsibility (previously restricted to individuals only).

He is dual qualified as an English barrister (1999) and French avocat (2007) and has conducted international arbitration proceedings in English and French on behalf of governments and multinational corporations.

The conduct was exactly as the trial judge described — it lacked honesty, lacked good faith, and was not in the best interest of the corporation.»