Sentences with phrase «because of the watchdog»

Eisai and Pfizer — which market Aricept — were unable to properly challenge NICE's decision because of the watchdog's refusal to allow access to the economic model, the court ruled.

Not exact matches

The liberal - funded watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington complained to the GSA that it should terminate its deal or take legal action because the president had violated the conditions of the lease.

The campaign finance watchdog group Common Cause has argued that the hush money payment was made in service of Trump's presidential campaign because it bought silence on a controversy that could have hurt his prospects.

See also Lucy Barbour, «Competition watchdog ACCC head Rod Simms (sic) denies claims an «effects test» would be «economically dangerous» (ABC Rural, 18 August 2014), in which the ACCC Chairman defends the ACCC's proposed effects test (and is also reported as saying that the current case against Coles was brought under the unconscionable conduct provisions rather than under s 46 because the misuse of market power prohibitions is a law that exists only between competitors...)

On the plus side, it wasn't as cruel as comments made by «AA's self - appointed moral watchdog, who is never trite or boring because he has 1000's of creative ways of saying the same thing.

The tax watchdog group Barrington Enlightened Taxpayers Association endorsed the measure because of the Park District's financial track record and the area's need to preserve open space.

The future strategic tanker aircraft has seen a # 336 million increase in cost because of fuel price inflation, but a failure to take advantage of opportunities to cut the overall bill on the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was criticised by the public spending watchdog.

Perhaps because of the legendary dysfunction at the state Capitol through the years, New York has no shortage of government watchdog groups.

Board member Ken Olisa talks to us about why MPs shouldn't need to sleep in their offices and how some mistakes were inevitable because of the rapid creation of the watchdog.

Schools across England are in crisis, parliament's spending watchdog has concluded, because of a failure to persuade disenchanted teachers to stay in the profession.

He could beat the Republicans over the head with the LLC loophole because the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Senate Democrats support closing the loophole, as do all of the watchdog groups and independent experts and editorial boards,» said Kaehny.

Asked if relations between the Legislature and his administration are fraying — perhaps because of his quiet lobbying for former IG Ellen Biben to become leader of an independent ethics watchdog, his push for more executive control over the budget or just the natural devolution of good feelings — Cuomo noted that love isn't the real motivator.

«We need a strong county comptroller because that's the watchdog» on the rest of county government, including the county executive, district attorney, sheriff and Legislature, he said.

The watchdog says 9,200 servicemen and women left early last year, half of them because of the impact their work - particularly deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq - had on their family life.

A new standards watchdog has to monitor the condition of private rented property because so much of it is in «poor condition and is poorly managed», according to the Law Commission.

Yesterday the Office of Rail Regulator watchdog ruled that Network Rail was in breach of its licence because of «poor performance and high levels of delays», prompting shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle to call for its corporate governance structure to be reformed.

Patients were put at risk of cancer and other serious harm because of a botched # 330 million NHS outsourcing deal, the spending watchdog has found.Patients were put at risk of cancer and other serious harm because of a botched # 330 million NHS outsourcing deal, the spending watchdog has found.Patients were put at risk of cancer and other serious harm because of a botched # 330 million NHS outsourcing deal, the spending watchdog has found.

A senior member of the campaign group has also been reported to the Metropolitan Police because the watchdog said it had «reasonable grounds to suspect» they had committed criminal offences.

But fiscal watchdogs and Republicans point out that unemployment is down in part because of a decline in job seekers upstate (i.e., people moving away).

The watchdog has been a thorn in the side of Brussels, publishing a series of critical reports on wasteful spending and refusing to sign off the EU's budget for 18 consecutive years because of concerns about fraud.»

'' [Labour] believes it has a case to cut off the flow of Ashcroft's millions during the campaign because the peer is still subject to an inquiry by the official spending watchdog, the Electoral Commission.»

Canada is set to badly miss a 2020 target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, in part because of its failure to regulate the booming oil and gas sector, Parliament's environmental watchdog said

Surgical mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) to correct falling pelvic organs in women should be immediately recalled because of painful side effects, a watchdog group said.

In a statement, the government watchdog said sites were shut because they didn't keep records of user registrations, they intentionally leaked user information, and spread pornography and vulgar content.

Ignoring the visual effects of this blockbuster would also be a violation of the Prime Directive, because they are so good, you sometimes forget you're not actually in the control center of the universe's most formidable watchdog vessel.

watchdog and project car might go thru a low sells because alot of people will already have it on there other console already.

Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said it was likely the watchdog removed the dates because of «embarrassment» over the length of time between inspections for some schools.

But figures from the education watchdog show the vast majority of inspections are carried out as part of Ofsted's own targeting of schools, either as part of a planned cycle or because of concerns about results or behaviour.

The watchdog warns that just 60 per cent of schools will be «on formula» by 2019 - 20 because of a 3 per cent cap on how much any school can lose over the next two years.

The Ofqual exam watchdog in England has already warned that GCSE English, maths and all science results are likely to «look different» with grades possibly dropping this year because of changes to the exams and the patterns of entry.

Dachshunds make great watchdogs because they are suspicious of strangers and have a loud bark.

According to the release, the consumer watchdog said that it's concerned with the name of the business because it implies that it can rid borrowers of their debt.

Pekingese Temperament Partly because of their stubbornness, the Pekingese can be an excellent watchdog.

Because of his origins, Jack Russells can be vocal and they also make good watchdogs.

It will make a good watchdog but, because of its friendly personality, a terrible guard dog.

Because of this, Malamutes make good deterrents but poor watchdogs.

They are popular as family watchdogs because they bark a lot at strangers but guard members of their family as part of their pack.

They also make excellent watchdogs, because they possess exceptional intelligence and keen senses of hearing and smell.

Probably because of their laid - back, non-aggressive nature, Greyhounds do not make particularly good watchdogs.

The Weimaraner makes a better watchdog than almost any other breed of sporting dog because he is aggressive and quite fearless.

It also has been called the Anubis - the «Watchdog of the Dead» - in part because a full - sized statue identical to the Ibizan Hound of today was found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamen when it was discovered in 1922.

They are quite clean animals, and are used as watchdogs because of their alertness.

They make excellent watchdogs, but poor guard dogs because of their small size.

Since the Consumer Watchdog suit, and because of new regulations, companies today generally do a better job of disclosing how these reward cards work.

As New Mexico Watchdog reporter Jim Scarantino has written in a series of articles, the majority of EIB members — including (and especially) its chairman, Gregory Green — have conflicts of interest because they represent (and are paid by) activist groups who jointly brought the petition before the EIB.

Environmental watchdogs are increasingly pointing out funds as dubious, because of investments in different energy companies.

«I don't buy the argument that the incentive with regard to any particular company is diluted, because so many issues - like backdating, expensing options, etc. - apply across the entire sector,» says corporate - governance watchdog Nell Minow, co-founder of the Corporate Library research firm.