If you believe climate sceptics, a huge body of evidence involving the work of tens of thousands of scientists over more than a century should be thrown out on
the basis of the alleged misconduct of a handful of researchers, even though nothing in the hacked emails has been shown to undermine any of the scientific conclusions.
Not exact matches
Code
of Professional Conduct for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants: This code informs both IBCLCs and the public
of the minimum standards
of acceptable conduct; exemplifies the commitment expected
of all holders
of the IBCLC credential; provides IBCLCs with a framework for carrying out their essential duties; and serves as a
basis for decisions regarding
alleged misconduct.
The DOE is also streamlining procedures for borrower defense relief, which allows a debtor to object to the repayment
of a student loan
based on a school's
alleged misconduct.
Brandon Boyer, the former Independent Games Festival chair, has been removed from the board
of Juegos Rancheros, an Austin -
based independent games community due to
alleged allegations
of sexual
misconduct.
As the article describes, Daniel Elia, a former disgruntled client
of Buffalo
based law firm, Damon & Morey has created a website, damon-moreymisconduct.com, to broadcast Elia's complaints about the firm's
alleged misconduct, such as charging unreasonable fees and failing to disclose a conflict
of interest when the firm represented Elia and one
of his creditors in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case.
The necessity
of such immunity (as well as the limits
of such immunity where a plaintiff
alleges bad faith conduct) is illustrated in the Ontario case
of Deep v. College
of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario, 2010 ONSC 5248 (September 23, 2010), where the College revoked the claimant's certificate
of registration
based on findings
of professional
misconduct and incompetence.
Civil courts have taken a hard line on the legal effect
of acquittals, finding they are generally irrelevant to a civil suit for damages
based on the same
alleged misconduct and, therefore, are inadmissible.
A possible exception to that approach would be tweets
alleging misconduct on the
basis of an obvious misperception, which might usefully be corrected through a response
of the type described below.
We have advised a number
of individuals who were subjected to disciplinary proceedings on the
basis of alleged regulatory misdemeanours and advised an investment banker dismissed for gross
misconduct on his claim against his former employer and his application to the FSA for approval for his new role.