Sentences with phrase «as market abuse»

This work covers a broad area of law: contract, conflict of laws, company law, tax, financial services, securities regulation and also the darker side of business such as market abuse, money laundering and commercial fraud.

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European regulators have accused companies such as Google of everything from abusing their market dominance to mishandling customer data.

The shock of the downturn and anger about the abuses that drove it promise to accelerate preexisting trends toward reduced materialism, commitment to sustainability, higher expectations of corporate social responsibility, and resentment of cynical marketing that treats people as soulless and mechanical consumers.

Since Mr. Xi came to power, China's leadership has recentralized power to focus on anti-corruption and abuse of power by officials, as well as developing big plans for market reform and opening the country to foreign investment.

Economists are rightly skeptical of moral arguments about market abuse, as such arguments are usually followed by legislation that protects companies of the old, stodgy type from young upstarts or that just feathers a nonmarket or quasi-market nest.

Don't forget, EVERY author / agent / publisher who markets via the US emergent brand is responsible for this culture of abuse — those who did not participate in it, stood by silently as it happened.

They lead to the abuse of power which is clearly seen, for example, in the abuse of the free market principle as discussed in Chapter 4.

«Instead, Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors,» she added.

As Dreamworks sends Shrek into the ring to take on Disney for the children's fantasy market, Mark Greene considers the use and abuse of fairy tales.

When this is understood, Hart's litany of capitalism's supposed abuses — pollution, the confiscation of property, unsafe working conditions, etc. — can be seen not as the inevitable result of unchecked market behavior but as a profound betrayal of the very taboo against the initiation of force that capitalism depends on.

The cocoa commodity market is rife with poverty and human rights abuses, including child slavery, as well as environmental impacts such as rainforest destruction.

However, the deal has yet to go through as Wenger looks to do some late business and quieten the criticism and abuse that he has received in recent weeks for a lack of spending and activity in the market.

Although marketed as a cute kids film, Kindergarten Cop is marred by being excessively violent, and in some cases, even promoting it as a solution to real - life problems (an ineptly handled child abuse subplot rears its ugly head on a couple of occasions).

If at some point in the future, Amazon were to abuse its market power, that would create an opportunity for another platform to compete and offer better terms — just as high prices opened the door in the past for B&N in the 80s, and Amazon more recently.

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The combination of the 100bps extra cost of the discount window over the policy rate and the haircut would be a sufficient incentive not to abuse the discount window if there were a meaningful market price at which the securities offered as collateral could be valued.

«In Kitten Squad, players liberate abused animals while also learning how they can help animals in the real world, such as by going vegan and boycotting the circus,» says PETA Vice President of Marketing Joel Bartlett.

I think the fans deserve the limited «Old Hunters» edition Japan is getting, the Souls games are so special I don't associate them with generic box arts and simple «GOTY» editions, that's some abused marketing strategy for casual games, I would double dip to get the limited edition, simply as that, generic box art and packaging + DLC voucher is not exactly making my wallet nervous when I already got the original Bloodborne Collector's Edition.

Its reliance on mining for resources, for instance, has made Africa and its people vulnerable to low - wage labour abuse as well as a range of other factors beyond their control, as dictated by international economic markets.

While forest advocates often cite abuses by carbon cowboys and risks of market corruption, few speak with authority on the financial safeguards that would need to be in place as prerequisites before any new market mechanisms of Durban are implemented (5).

Our UK Investigations and Criminal Litigation lawyers advise on all aspects of criminal and regulatory investigations, working across jurisdictions on white - collar crime matters such as fraud, insider dealing, market abuse, bribery and corruption, cartel defence, and corporate investigations.

HM Treasury seems genuinely uncertain as to whether or not to preserve them, particularly as there exists the further uncertainty of more changes to the market abuse regime following an impending review of MAD by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR).

As Floyd Norris wrote in «Keeping derivatives in the dark» in the New York Times on Nov. 26: «Opaque markets breed insider profits and abuse of investors.

We are unique to the English Commercial Bar, members of Chambers are market leaders in corporate and individual commercial crime such as fraud, bribery, money laundering, sanctions abuse and insider trading.

She has significant expertise handling, fraud, false accounting, bribery / corruption, money laundering and terrorism matters as well as acting in relation to market abuse, disclosure and listing obligations for listed companies.

Any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or in a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market in so far as it may affect trade between Member States.

Orange Caraïbe had abused its dominant position on the French Antilles and French Guyana market for mobile telecom by several exclusive practices, such as exclusivity clauses for its independent distributors in those regions and loyalty «rebates» for its customers, by offering mobile phones for free with long term contracts.

As we are into the latter half of 2017, Daniel speaks on the development of the Exchange over the last 12 months and where opportunities have arisen, most notably as a result of Market Abuse Regulation and further interest globally in what it can provide institutional investorAs we are into the latter half of 2017, Daniel speaks on the development of the Exchange over the last 12 months and where opportunities have arisen, most notably as a result of Market Abuse Regulation and further interest globally in what it can provide institutional investoras a result of Market Abuse Regulation and further interest globally in what it can provide institutional investors.

investigations by local regulatory bodies, covering a wide range of issues, including governance, remuneration, complaints handling, insider dealing and market abuse, as well as enforcement more widely, including cross-border regulatory investigations

Reviewable matters include mergers and restrictive trade practices, such as refusal to deal, resale price maintenance, exclusive dealing, tied selling, market restriction and abuse of dominant position.

He advises banks, corporations and individuals on major fraud, corruption, bribery, unfair trading, money laundering, sanctions, extradition, market abuse and regulatory matters, as well as civil recovery of losses.

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. is reporting that on May 16, 2017, Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition issued a decision stating that firm client Sofia Airport's conduct in the ground handling services market can not be defined as an abuse of dominant position.

From April this year my role expanded to Company Secretary, which as well as participating in Board meetings, involves working on the Annual Report and Accounts, preparing for the AGM and recently, ensuring our governance procedures comply with the EU Market Abuse Regulation, which came into force in July this year.

The Act prohibits agreements or arrangements which restrict or distort competition (such as price - fixing or bid - rigging), it also prohibits providers or purchasers from abusing a «dominant market position» for example by restricting patient choice, refusing to supply services, applying different terms to different commissioners without proper justification, or excluding competitors from access to an essential facility, such as a hospital.

The FCA's enforcement activity ranges from pursuing allegations of criminal conduct such as insider dealing, misleading statements, breaches of the general prohibition and money laundering, to regulatory breaches of the FCA's Principles for Businesses and Approved Persons, as well as proceedings for market abuse.

The team has particular experience in the defence of financial services fraud, market abuse, multi-jurisdictional white - collar crime allegations, corruption allegations, criminal cartel allegations and sanctions / export control work, as well as internal investigations.

In particular, under the Market Abuse Regulation, EU securities law authorities shall exchange and provide each other with information as well as carry out on - site inspections or other investigation activities upon request of other EU securities law authorities.

However, (i) Consob has a general duty to inform the competent public prosecutor of any facts it ascertains within its supervisory activities that may constitute a criminal offence and (ii) with respect to market abuse violations, the Italian Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 (TUF) sets forth a broader duty of mutual cooperation between public prosecutors and Consob, including, inter alia, exchange of information, documents and data, as well as sharing reports on investigations.

(viii) in case of market abuse violations committed in the interest of or for the benefit of a company, monetary sanctions against the company in which the offender works as a director, manager, legal representative or employee (see question 6);

More importantly, the industry will have to think hard about how to align these developments which are specific to the insurance sector to other broader regulatory changes, such as the new general data protection regulation, the market abuse regime and the changes to the anti-money laundering framework, as well as keeping abreast with parallel guidance, technical standards, and similar pronouncements being issued by the local and European regulators.

The type that avoid taxes, destroy competition, dominate the markets, undermine democracy and as per recent headlines, abuse their control over consumer data.

«Instead, Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors,» Vestager further added.

If you are working for an IT security company, I have a message for you: the term «identity theft protection» is way overused and even abused as a marketing term.

Earlier this week, European regulators formally accused Google of «abusing its dominant position» in the EU mobile market with Android, but the timing of today's announcement is apparently coincidental, as both companies say that they've been in talks to drop their mutual complaints since before those charges were filed.

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[64] According to Alvin J. Primack, the motivation for creating and distributing sexts (e.g., pleasure, relationship building) differs from the motivation for creating and distributing child pornography (e.g., abuse, exploitation), and the market of circulation is generally different between the two as well.

«The tribunal ruled that TREB, as an incorporated trade association, does not compete with its own members in the real estate brokerage market and therefore can not be found to have contravened the abuse of dominance provision,» says the bureau.

Roger as I stated it was slanted towards Australians who were being abused by US Turn key companies and AU marketing guys and for Us investors in Turn key investments the equivalent is the LA based marketing folks that own nothing and just act as middlemen thereby driving up the prices to the investor..

It's whether you represent a monopoly and abuse your position as a dominant market force.