Sentences with phrase «attorney general called»

The Attorney General called the bill

Jamie became a local hero and the State Attorney General called him personally to assure him that he would not be prosecuted.

Six months later the Attorney General called and everything changed.

Back in 2010, the Connecticut Attorney General called Amazon's $ 9.99 pricing scheme potentially anti-competitive.

Cost - of - living increases would be automatic, avoiding what the attorney general called «the vicissitudes of Albany sausage - making.»

The attorney general called that proposal a violation of checks and balances and «also likely unconstitutional.»

The attorney general called for voter reform after 1,500 people complained about the April election.

In this era of marijuana legalization and opioid overdoses, it was encouraging to see the attorney general call attention to drug education for the young.

In today's edition of Press Clips: The New Jersey attorney general calls the Hunterdon fine the «largest ever imposed» in the state; Ballast Point opens its Virginia tasting room; Kevin Durant cracks open a few Bud Lights; and more.

The duo have been at each other's throat in the past few days with the former Attorney General calling the undercover journalist a «criminal», claiming he is running a «fraudulent and unregistered» company — Tiger Eye PI.

NY Daily News: Green party candidate for Attorney General calls for investigation into lobbyist working for FreshDirect

In an echo of Campbell's reckless optimism in 2006, the 2014 plan was also based on a host of what the attorney general calls «unrealistically optimistic assumptions», including the idea that new contributions to the endowment would pour in at unprecedented levels, despite the fact that large numbers of students, faculty, and alumni were up in arms at the end of free tuition, and were less likely than ever to support Bharucha's administration.

A group of Democratic state attorneys general calling themselves «AGs United for Clean Energy» have mounted a vicious campaign of RICO investigations — RICO is a racketeering law — specifically targeting Exxon and climate skeptic think tanks.

It is encouraging to see nearly every state's attorney general call on the Senate to pass patent reform.

Not exact matches

McGahn subsequently called then - Deputy Acting Attorney General Dana Boente last April and asked him to convince Comey to exonerate Trump, but the request fell on deaf ears, according to The Post.

State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

Kalanick called for an independent investigation of those issues, and the company hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to help.

The findings of the investigation headed by former Attorney General Eric Holder will be made public, board member Arianna Huffington said in a call with reporters on Thursday afternoon.

In April, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman sent a letter to a group of large retailers asking for more details on how they operate «on - call» shifts.

A third case, called Pruitt v. Burwell, was brought by Oklahoma Attorney General, Scott Pruitt in 2011.

Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subsequently turned the floor over to the attorney general, who went on to say that he had consulted with senior Justice Department staff prior to his testimony about what he called a «longstanding policy» regarding communications with the president.

In response to the lawsuit, the Weinstein Company's board of directors called many of the allegations leveled against them «inaccurate,» and said that «any suggestion that the Company or its Board somehow impeded or discouraged the buyer's access to the New York Attorney General is untrue.»

Last May, following Trump's surprise firing of James Comey as FBI director, the two were among 180 former prosecutors from the district who signed a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a special counsel.

Yates, the former acting attorney general, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee earlier this year that she had had «two in - person meetings and one phone call» with McGahn in January about Flynn's contact with Kislyak.

Dominic Grieve, who was attorney - general under May's predecessor David Cameron, has called the bill an «astonishing monstrosity.»

When the Russia investigation began picking up steam last summer, so did Trump's attacks on his hand - picked attorney general, whom he called «weak» and «beleaguered» in a string of tweets.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the caravan «a deliberate attempt to undermine our laws and overwhelm our system,» pledging to send more immigration judges to the border to resolve cases if needed.

Late last year, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer heralded what he called «a new era of FCPA enforcement.»

Shareholders may also raise questions over the very high interest rates the bank charges to financially strapped customers who resort to so - called payday loans, which are in the sights of state attorneys general.

He has repeatedly called Sessions — who recused himself in March from all matters relating to the 2016 campaigns and the Russia investigation after it emerged that he had not disclosed his conversations with Kislyak — a «weak» attorney general, and urged the DOJ and Republicans to investigate Clinton and the Democrats for their alleged «collusion» with the Russians.

The calls come amid probes by the DOJ and the Swiss Attorney General's Office into corruption at FIFA after the indictment of 14 execs in May.

Because he perceived that her independence was compromised by a private talk with Bill Clinton, Comey nudged aside Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make the call about not prosecuting Hillary.

Rudy Giuliani called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to «step in» and place the Justice Department «under investigation» for allegedly wiretapping Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, according to a report TAttorney General Jeff Sessions to «step in» and place the Justice Department «under investigation» for allegedly wiretapping Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, according to a report Tattorney Michael Cohen, according to a report Thursday.

To keep a step ahead of emerging scams, the Call Center also collaborates with a number of key leaders and community partners including the Attorney General's Office, the Federal Trade Commission, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, the Washington State Crime Prevention Association, the Better Business Bureau, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

-- INDIVIDUAL STATES: Attorneys general in several states have launched or called for investigations.

That call for transparency was echoed Saturday by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey who announced that her office would be launching an investigation into the situation.

He criticized Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing the Russia investigation, and called Mr. Mueller's team «the most biased group of people,» who he said were mostly Democrats and some Republicans who had worked for President Barack Obama.

In April, the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, sent a letter to more than a dozen retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, J. C. Penney and Victoria's Secret, requesting more information about on - call scheduling and questioning whether such practices were legal.

Millstein had four in - person meetings, a phone call, and some email correspondence with his friend, Deputy Attorney General Cole.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday called again for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against drug traffickers who cause overdose deaths.

Rudy Giuliani is wasting no time as Trump's new lawyer, calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in on the Michael Cohen case and comparing the investigators to «storm troopers.»

30 November 2017: First attorney general of the financial affairs» prosecution counselor Mohamed Fouda on Thursday called for drafting an international legislation to combat dealing with the digital currency bitcoin, considering it a means to finance terror groups.

See http://janebryantquinn.com/2010/09/have-an-annuity-with-lifetime-income-guarantees-dont-give-it-up/ I have written negatively about equity - indexed annuities (which the industry likes to call «fixed annuities,» even though they aren't fixed), due to lack of disclosure, hidden fees and, yes, abusive sales, as several lawsuits by attorneys general can attest.

Jones says he recently renewed his call for insurers to offer insurance products for California's legalized cannabis industry in the wake of published reports that President Trump has abandoned Attorney General Jeff Sessions» policy on federal law enforcement of cannabis.

The Federal Court of Appeal recently affirmed this approach to environmental regulation in a case arising out of Alberta called Syncrude Canada Ltd. v Canada (Attorney General).

President Barack Obama and his first attorney general Eric Holder called for an honest conversation about race.

Thursday on Fox News Channel's «Fox & Friends,» Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election andattorney Rudy Giuliani called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election andAttorney General Jeff Sessions to step in with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and end it.

In its most recent resolution on the subject, the Episcopal Church declared in July 1988 that hard - core pornography abuses the self - images of women, children and men, and urged congregations to support then — Attorney General Edwin Meese's report with its call for stricter and tougher enforcement of already existing laws against pornography.

Several members of the United States» Congress are calling on the Egyptian attorney general to free a...

One irate member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, called on Israel's attorney general to look into pressing charges against those responsible for the Holocaust garb.