Schneiderman, who once represented financial firms in private practice, has used the Martin Act to pursue his «Insider Trading 2.0» initiative, obtaining multimillion - dollar settlements from financial institutions such as Deutsche Bank, BlackRock, and Barclays, as well
as settlements with banks such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs over deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis.
As the settlement with the publishers has been approved, consumers should soon start to see refunds — most likely issued in the form of credits on their accounts — for ebooks purchased during the time period of the stated collusion.
Not exact matches
As part of the proposed
settlement, the company said it would change how it decides employee compensation and promotions in addition to providing women and minorities
with more training and mentoring.
May 1 - Jacob Jacobson agreed to resign
as Xerox Corp's chief executive
as part of a
settlement of a lawsuit brought by the company's shareholders that raised questions over Xerox's agreed deal
with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp, a New York court filing showed on Tuesday.
Xerox — CEO Jeff Jacobson and most of the company's board will step down
as part of a
settlement with major Xerox shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.
It is an emerging area of intense interest for banks and other financial companies
as well
as technology developers,
with potential uses in a range of financial transactions including securities
settlement and payments.
Andrea Mackris and Rebecca Gomez Diamond, both of whom reached sexual harassment
settlements with Bill O'Reilly, have joined a defamation lawsuit against the former host and Fox News on Wednesday, asserting that statements that he and the network made «depicted them
as liars, political operatives and extortionists.»
That might seem like a huge stroke of luck for any company, but Johansson signed on after controversially severing her ties
as an ambassador
with human rights and aid organization Oxfam, which has long opposed Israeli
settlement in the West Bank.
As part of its
settlement with the government, JDI Dating has agreed to change its business practices and refund more than $ 616,000 to customers.
They argue that without proper (and expensive) preparations for the reintroduction of borders, such
as customs points and truck parks, the U.K. has no fall - back position if it can't agree a
settlement with the EU.
THE Federal Privacy Commissioner has effectively set a new standard for the debt collection industry
as a result of a
settlement with Alliance Factoring.
With as many
as 160,000 apartments to be completed in Australia's major cities by the end of next year, some forecasters are becoming concerned about «
settlement risk».
Comcast is restricted from making business decisions related to Hulu
as part of its
settlement with the U.S. government when it acquired NBC Universal.
But Andrew Crocker, a staff attorney
with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that the number of government requests to technology companies has been increasing since 2014, when data first started to become available
as part of a
settlement between technology firms and the government.
BNP Paribas (BNP), the France - based bank, intends to cut its dividend and sell billions of euros in bonds
as it looks to a $ 9 billion
settlement with the U.S. government.
Icahn had already received permission to buy
as much
as 35 % of Herbalife stock in July, which he announced the same day the nutrition products company reached a controversial
settlement with the FTC that imposed restrictions on its business model but stopped short of calling it a pyramid scheme.
Specifically, SHKRELI, assisted by GREEBEL and others, defrauded Retrophin by causing it to: (i) transfer Retrophin shares to MSMB Capital even though MS ~ B Capital never invested in Retrophin; (ii) enter into
settlement agreements
with defrauded MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare investors to settle liabilities owed by the MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare funds (the «MSMB Funds») and SHKRELI; and (iii) enter into sham consulting - agreements
with other defrauded MSMB Capital, MSMB Healthcare and Elea Capital investors
as an alternative means to settle liabilities owed by the MSMB Funds and SHKRELI.
Blankfein served in Goldman's top spot for more than 12 years and his tenure features both the 2008 financial crisis (and multimillion - dollar
settlements with the government over allegations that Goldman had lied to investors)
as well
as all - time highs for its stock price.
It's likely, however, that Buffett would have disagreed
with Fox's efforts to reportedly sweep the allegations under the rug, silencing women who leveled accusations against O'Reilly
as well
as former Fox chairman Roger Ailes
with settlement payments that ran in the millions of dollars.
Halunun received $ 3.5 million from Uber
as part of his client's
settlement with the company.
As discussed in note (c), results of operations for the first quarter of 2018 were impacted by an $ 897 million pre-tax charge related to
settlement of a previously disclosed lawsuit
with the State of Minnesota and a $ 217 million measurement period adjustment relative to the accounting for the 2017 enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
In 2003,
with $ 80,000 of her
settlement as seed money, Schuback launched the company Independent Empowerment to sell the bib and other products customized for the disabled.
Xerox (XRX) CEO Jeff Jacobson and most of the company's board will step down
as part of a
settlement with major Xerox shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.
A wise people, seeing the situation for what it truly is, would grapple
with these harsh truths, determine a way to stop fighting literally on the other side of the world, and seek a
settlement, not
as victors, but
as an honorable people.
Miller reiterated that GE's newly raised reserve is based on those discussions
with the Justice Department,
as well
as a «review of
settlements by other banks.»
As consumer debt exploded there, the debt
settlement business grew
with it and complaints about the sector soon followed.
Ms. McGowan reached a
settlement with Harvey Weinstein after a 1997 festival encounter that she has since described, on Twitter,
as rape.
The photo op, celebrating a technological wonder built
with the help of American dollars, came
with considerable symbolism
as Mr. Obama sought to showcase support for Israel after years of tensions over Jewish
settlements and how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.
A number of operational features were required to implement such an overnight reverse repo, or ON RRP, facility: It would need same - day
settlement; 16 the operation would need to be run predictably, every day, and
as late in the day
as possible, to give lenders time to bargain
with other counterparties using the outside option of investing
with the Federal Reserve; 17 an appropriate spread below IOR would be required to ensure that the facility neither induced large changes in the structure of money markets nor lost the ability to support interest rate control; 18 and the operations would need enough unused capacity that lenders could credibly propose to leave borrowers that did not offer an adequate interest rate.19
Also on Wednesday, Starbucks announced that it had reached an agreement
with Nelson and Robinson that will include an undisclosed financial
settlement «
as well
as continued listening and dialogue between the parties and specific action and opportunity.»
Revelations of Wells Fargo's problems
with small - business customers come almost a month after it reached a $ 190 million
settlement over opening
as many
as 2 million accounts in retail customers» names without their knowledge.
(The late British economist Angus Maddison credited open trade
as one of three factors that mattered to income growth and poverty reduction, along
with innovation and
settlement of relatively sparse areas.)
«Since 2006, more than a dozen banks have reached
settlements with the Justice Department (United States)
as restitution for violations related to money laundering.
States have just a few more days to decide whether to join the
settlement, and an announcement of a pact could come
as early
as next week, people familiar
with the talks said.
As with the $ 1 billion
settlement last year, Uber didn't budge,
with former CEO Travis Kalanick vehemently objecting to such a deal.
The standing of the Australian dollar
as a world currency is recognised by its inclusion in the first wave of currencies (along
with the US Dollar, euro, yen, Swiss franc, pound and Canadian dollar) in the Continuous Linked
Settlement System for foreign exchange settlement that is due to come into operation in 12 — 18 months&ra
Settlement System for foreign exchange
settlement that is due to come into operation in 12 — 18 months&ra
settlement that is due to come into operation in 12 — 18 months» time.
As part of the
settlement, Trulia agreed to drop the breach of contract lawsuit it filed against Move in February, after ListHub announced it had terminated its syndication agreement
with Trulia in the wake of Trulia's acquisition by Zillow.
as to Shares deliverable on the exercise of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, or in
settlement of Performance Units or Restricted Stock Units, until the delivery (
as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of Walmart of a duly authorized transfer agent of Walmart) of such Shares, give the Recipient the right to vote, or receive dividends on, or exercise any other rights
as a stockholder
with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise (in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) of the related Plan Award;
Shkreli funded the Merrill Lynch
settlement — and avoided the filing of the confessions of judgment — by causing a $ 900,000 investment in Retrophin equity securities made by MSMB Healthcare to be recharacterized
as a «loan,» causing the «loan» to be repaid
with interest, and using the «loan» proceeds together
with other money taken from Retrophin to pay Merrill Lynch.
(CNN)-- Two black men whose arrest last month at a Starbucks spurred allegations of racial bias say they're happy
with the
settlements they've reached
with the city of Philadelphia and the company — and that they hope the incident is remembered for positive outcomes such
as an anticipated program...
on a pro forma basis, giving effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection
with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated
with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied
as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection
with a qualifying initial public offering,
as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection
with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock
as of December 31, 2016,
as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the
settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award,
as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.
the disposition of shares of common stock to us, or the withholding of shares of common stock by us, in a transaction exempt from Section 16 (b) of the Exchange Act solely in connection
with the payment of taxes due
with respect to the vesting or
settlement of RSUs granted under our equity incentive plans or pursuant to a contractual employment arrangement described elsewhere in this prospectus, insofar
as such RSU is outstanding
as of the date of this prospectus; provided, that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act will clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that such disposition to us or withholding by us of shares or securities was solely to us pursuant to the circumstances described in this clause;
The pro forma consolidated balance sheet data gives effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection
with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated
with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied
as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection
with this offering,
as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection
with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock
as of December 31, 2016,
as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the
settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award,
as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.
Later, Giuliani said in an interview
with The Washington Post that when Cohen paid the
settlement to actress Stormy Daniels, he knew he would eventually get paid back by Trump,
as he was for other expenses.
As a result of the product recall, the Company established reserves that include cost estimates for customer refunds, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments and rework of component inventory
with the contract manufacturer, write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment, and legal
settlement costs.
Deutsche Bank has reached a $ 95 million
settlement with Maryland stemming from the housing crisis that will funnel $ 80 million to provide new mortgages or mortgage relief to eligible consumers
as well
as help finance affordable housing.
Later, Giuliani said in an interview
with The Washington Post that when Cohen paid the
settlement to Daniels, he knew that Trump eventually would pay him back,
as he was reimbursed for other expenses.
In what is described
as South Africa's largest class - action
settlement, mining companies have agreed to resolve a lawsuit
with gold miners who contracted lung diseases.
Last week, the E.U.'s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, gave 10 Downing Street a two - week deadline to provide clarity on withdrawal issues, including its financial
settlement as it leaves the E.U. Barnier also said that contingency plans exist should the Brexit talks
with the E.U. collapse.
The actual amount transferred may differ from the agreed - upon dollar amount of the transaction
as a result of: the allowable delivery variance of + / - 0.01 %, in accordance
with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's Good Delivery Guidelines for To - Be-Announced (TBA) trading of agency MBS; periodic net
settlement of purchases and sales; principal paydowns; and accrued interest.