Sentences with phrase «brought against commission»

Linklaters partner Jonas Koponen says it could shorten cartel proceedings and reduce the number and scope of appeals brought against Commission decisions.

Not exact matches

Investigators with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission last year began probes into the loss but have not brought any public actions against the company.

As France did not seek the Commission's approval Uber argued that criminal charges brought against two of the company's French managers were not valid.

On March 14, the Security and Exchange Commission brought charges against Holmes and Balwani, alleging that they intentionally misled investors and business partners.

The Commission will bring forward in the next few days a proposal for WTO - compatible countermeasures against the US to rebalance the situation.»

Billionaire cleared on insider trading charges brought against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

People in the ICO space are just focused on the Securities Exchange Commission [SEC], but all along I've said more agencies than just the SEC are going to be involved in bringing actions against ICOs.

Cogburn also ruled that a related lawsuit - by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought against Bank of America, can move forward.

«When the Iranian government brought these trumped - up charges of espionage and other so - called crimes against your brethren, we were outraged but we also were not surprised,» said Leonard Leo, the commission chair.

The joint declaration also asks for international pressure on the UN Human Rights Council — of which Nigeria is a member — to form a commission of inquiry «to investigate the atrocities committed against civilians in general, and against Christians in particular in northern Nigeria, including bringing the perpetrators of violence to justice.»

Peter Kauffmann, who resigned his post as Gov. David Paterson's communications director in the wake of ethics charges brought against his boss by the Public Integrity Commission, has landed a new job in the private sector.

The allegations against the Deputy Commissioners and other staff have not been brought before the Commission only to surface at EOCO.

Despite his frail health, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh on Wednesday showed up at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for his trial which borders on a seven - count charge of criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N400m brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

At stake is not only an Obama break with the Bush - Cheney «dark side» here and abroad, but enough understanding among Americans that this current president has consistently and insistently maintained that he has the power to indefinitely imprison a terrorism suspect who can not be brought before a military commission or into one of our federal courts because the purported evidence against him or her can't be admitted.

Now, if the person «briefed» on Bharara's investigation and sharing insights with the WSJ is to be believed, it appears the US attorney will be satisfied with merely having embarrassed the governor — especially if his office manages to bring some charges against a lawmaker or two that the commission declined to pursue, perhaps, as this story suggests, at the administration's request.

An Abuja High Court has knocked off an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Adariku who was billed to testify against the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in the charges brought against him by the Federal government.

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has cleared the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, (IGP rtd) Mike Okiro of the allegation of N275.5 million fraud brought against by a staff of the PSC.

Jurors also heard briefly about the Moreland Commission, an effort to root out corruption started an unceremoniously ended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but not before some of its work was used by Mr. Bharara to bring the case against Mr. Silver, who Ms. Cohen said sought to hide his behavior from the cCommission, an effort to root out corruption started an unceremoniously ended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but not before some of its work was used by Mr. Bharara to bring the case against Mr. Silver, who Ms. Cohen said sought to hide his behavior from the commissioncommission.

The ethics complaint against Will was brought by two members of the Pike Plan Commission, which oversees the canopy, and Ward 3 resident Andy Champ - Doran, who is running for Will's council seat on the Independence Party line.

The work of the Moreland Commission helped Mr. Bharara's office bring corruption charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who recently stepped down as speaker and whose arrest in January refocused attention on the need for better oversight on ethics.

Bharara trip to Albany not only comes weeks after securing the convictions of the top two state legislative leaders, but also after he said he found insufficient evidence to bring charges against Cuomo and members of his staff for their handling of the ill - fated Moreland anti-corruption commission.

Yet when he had an opportunity to commission a full and independent investigation of the matter after the first complaint, Silver acted with the same lackluster effort that was displayed when negotiating the settlement following the harassment charges brought against Lopez.

No other attorney general, no previous U.S. attorney, no previous district attorney, nor any Moreland Commission ever bothered to bring charges against locals violating the integrity of the electoral process.

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, had his appeal struck out on Monday by an appellate court sitting in Kaduna against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Justice Sanusi Tukur of the High Court slammed the sentence on Saulawa after finding him guilty of advance fee fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

14604 Re: Carl Paladino v. State Education Department Dear Judge Feroleto, Attorney Grievance Committee, and Judicial Conduct Commission: On September 11, 2017, my attorney, Dennis Vacco, Esq. brought an action against the State of New York Education Department for a temporary restraining order and ultimately a permanent injunction to stay the Order of the Superintendent of the State Education Department removing me from the Board of Education of the City of Buffalo pending a trial on the matter.

Ndam is the third witness the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has brought to testify against the PDP spokesman, who alongside his firm, is answering to a seven - count criminal charge that borders on criminal breach of trust and illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N400million.

As part of the deal to kill the commission Cuomo and the Legislature installed Sugarman as the head of an office charged with finding violations of campaign finance law and bringing cases against violators.

You would observe that there were instances when the commission brought 200 charges against an alleged criminal but could not prove a single charge.

For its part, Pakatan Rakyat has brought a case against the Elections Commission before the High Court which is currently under review, accusing the elections body of gross incompetence, however international opinion has long since accepted the results and moved on, with both the United States and China accepting the result immediately following the poll in early May.

The commission proposal would require states to define procedures by which complainants would bring grievances against local districts or the state itself to a state agency.

Two companies have settled a complaint brought against them by the Federal Trade Commission that they sold personal information about high school students to commercial marketers, without first warning pupils that private businesses would get that data.

According to the Consumer Federation of America, the Federal Trade Commission brought four lawsuits in 2012 against fraudulent collectors who collected millions of dollars in «phantom» debt that did not exist or was not owed to them.

The Federal Trade Commission has brought numerous enforcement actions against debt settlement firms and has warned consumers to be wary when selecting one.

This material was made public in the suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission against American Financial Benefits Center, AFB, AF Student Services, Ameritech Financial, Financial Education Benefits Center, and Brandon Frere.

WASHINGTON D.C., HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania ---- The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission on November 18, 2014 rejected a complaint brought by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness against Pennsylvania State House of Representatives majority leader Mike Turzai.

The Humane Society of the United States asks the Federal Trade Commission to bring enforcement action under federal consumer protection laws against 17 retailers for false advertising of fur garments.

In a US International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought against client MediaTek Inc, Asia's largest fabless semiconductor company, a WilmerHale trial team secured a significant victory.

Julie Green and Howard Cooper obtained a complete affirmance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of a 2008 trial court victory in a case brought on behalf of Judge Leon A. Kendall of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands against the judicial conduct commission of the Virgin Islands, called the Commission on Judicial Discommission of the Virgin Islands, called the Commission on Judicial DisCommission on Judicial Disabilities.

«The impediments to women of bringing discrimination claims against their firms to court are great,» said Wendi S. Lazar, a partner at Outten & Golden in New York City who testified on behalf of the women's commission.

Not surprisingly, the European Commission decided to challenge the aforementioned rules and bring an action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 258 TFEU against Belgium.

It is not quite so easy: the Commission would certainly have brought an enforcement action against the UK, and in such an action the Court decides the case.

After his suspension, Potter brought an action against the commission for constructive dismissal, at which point the board decided the action amounted to a resignation and terminated his employment.

The news comes as the LSC confirms plans to appeal the judgment in the judicial review brought against the unified contract by the Law Society, R (on the application of the Law Society) v Legal Services Commission.

The Competition Commission has brought proceedings against ten construction and engineering companies on 14 August 2017 for anti-competitive price fixing and market sh..

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Although both the Kingdom of the Netherlands and ING brought actions against that new decision, pleading that the Commission had erred in its application of the private investor test, the parties withdrew their actions.

The 10 - week civil fraud case centred on a number of claims against Boreh brought by the Republic, alleging corruption and bribery relating to a number of contracts, and consultancy and commission payments.

Retained by the Ontario Securities Commission in the CCAA proceedings commenced by Sino Forest and coordinated those proceedings with the enforcement proceedings brought by the Ontario Securities Commission staff against Sino Forest, certain of its directors and officers and its former auditors