Sentences with phrase «bribery over some of the state»

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Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.

Two co-defendants at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo gloated that their alleged bribery scheme helped them get one over on an «S.HEAD» state official,...

The ex-state pension official busted in a sex - drugs - and - rock -»n' - roll bribery case completely flew under the radar of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — who on Thursday said Navnoor Kang was fired over...

This has become almost routine in the state Legislature: In early 2015, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on charges of extortion, fraud and bribery, barely four months after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver resigned over federal charges that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

The ex-state pension official busted in a sex - drugs - and - rock -»n' - roll bribery case completely flew under the radar of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who said Navnoor Kang was fired over his management style, not the alleged corruption.

NEW YORK CITY — The arrests of state Sen. Malcolm Smith, Queens City Councilman Daniel Halloran and two GOP bosses on bribery charges has thrown a cloud over an already - weak Republican Party and the GOP candidates vying to be mayor.

Former Governor Odili is asking for the sum of six billion naira in damages for alleged character defamation by Dakuku Pererside over his comments that Dr. Odili played a role in the alleged bribery of Supreme Court Judges that gave judgement in favour of the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike.

Six continuous months of corruption trials kick off on January 22, when Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco faces bribery charges for allegedly soliciting over $ 300,000 from companies doing business with the state.

The ex-state pension official busted in a sex - drugs - and - rock -»n' - roll bribery case completely flew under the radar of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — who on Thursday said Navnoor Kang was fired over his management style, not the alleged corruption.

The Rivers State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Finebone, told one of our correspondents that the APC had earlier petitioned the NJC over the allegation of bribery in the judiciary.

White Collar Crime Lawyer Thomas C Gallagher has been defending People accused of embezzlement, forgery, bribery, fraud, theft and property crimes for over 30 years in Minnesota State and Federal Courts.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

(1) extending negligent misrepresentation beyond «business transactions» to product liability, unprecedented in Texas; (2) ignoring multiple US Supreme Court decisions that express and implied preemption operate independently (as discussed here) to dismiss implied preemption with nothing more than a cite to the Medtronic v. Lohr express preemption decision; (3) inventing some sort of state - law tort to second - guess the defendant following one FDA marketing approach (§ 510k clearance) over another (pre-market approval), unprecedented anywhere; (4) holding that the learned intermediary rule does not apply whenever a defendant «compensates» or «incentivizes» physicians to use its products, absent any Texas state or appellate authority; (5) imposing strict liability on an entity not in the product's chain of sale, contrary to Texas statute (§ 82.001 (2)-RRB-; (6) creating a claim for «tortious interference» with the physician - patient relationship, again utterly unprecedented; (7) creating «vicarious» breach of fiduciary duty for engaging doctors to serve as expert witnesses in mass tort litigation also involving their patients, ditto; and (8) construing a consulting agreement with a physician as «commercial bribery» to avoid the Texas cap on punitive damages, jaw - droppingly unprecedented.