Sentences with phrase «cases against agencies»

One would have limited the time an agency can delay a court - ordered release of information while drafting an appeal to two months; the other would have let judges award attorney fees to individuals who win cases against agencies that deny them information.

The female victims entertained the idea of launching a court case against the agency, but being professional women, they resolved it could ruin their reputations, and decided to simply cut their losses short.

Not exact matches

That figure includes 487 individual cases of alleged insider trading, 365 for stock manipulation, 343 for violations of laws and rules related to financial disclosure, 196 for contempt of the regulatory agency, and another 94 for fraud against customers.

The agency has also subpoenaed Bitfinex and Tether, and continued its case against Patrick McDonnell and CabbageTech Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets).

In February, the agency dismissed charges against six defendants in the case, according to federal court records.

Under the DEA's «distributor initiative,» the agency had begun to make cases against large and small wholesalers.

Paul has tried repeatedly to get law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to pursue a case against Kivimaki, but says he was told that since he was a minor in Finland, there was little they could do.

CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has made a point of taking an aggressive stance against fraud and manipulation in virtual currency spot markets, with the agency filing a number of enforcement actions similar to the fraud case against Patrick K. McDonnell.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of an anonymous customer of the bitcoin exchange Coinbase against the Internal Revenue Service, permitting the unnamed bitcoiner to challenge the agency's summons and proceed with their case anonymously.

Many of the objections put forward by pro-life agencies in Britain against recent euthanasia Bills gave precedence to the «thin end of the wedge» type of argument, often pointing to Holland as a worst case example.

David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, called those court's decisions in the Caucchioli and Pellizotti cases «a significant step in the global fight against doping in sport.»

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a summary judgment in its case against Chicago's vacant building ordinance before the city even files a response to the lawsuit.

I will refer in particular to three criticisms highlighted in the report: the slowness to remove foreign national prisoners from the UK, the concern with the high rate of appeals brought against UKBA's decisions which are decided against the Agency, and the large number of unresolved immigration cases still awaiting decision.

The NDLEA also stated that the former President's wife's allegation was an attempt to take issue with the agency as it had no case against her.

Azibaola and his wife told the court that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the prosecuting agency, had failed to establish a prima - facie case against them.

The latest annual report from the Civilian Complaint Review Board makes clear for the first time that the NYPD is challenging more and more cases and taking so long to do so — an average of almost nine months in the second half of last year — that scores of cases in which the agency already had substantiated allegations against police officers are being bogged down in delays.

The department admitted it faced a # 8.9 million liability for cases of unlawful detention against the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

The lawyer has been standing trial since March 2016 and on Oct. 23, 2017 the agency closed its case against him.

In a tweet last night, Trump criticized US intelligence agencies for delaying a «hacking» briefing, speculating they may need more time to «build a case» against Russia.

In a judgment dismissing the claim, Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Ondo State vs Attorney General of the Federation and 36 Others (2002), that ICPC had a statutory duty to investigate allegations of corrupt practices made against any person or authority in Nigeria and that neither the claimants nor the court has the discretion to stop a statutory agency of government from performing its duties.

But counsel for the EFCC, Oyedepo, insisted that the anti-graft agency had made a strong case against Tarfa, for which he should be called upon to offer explanation.

The anti-graft agency insisted that the said statement would have been vital to its prosecution of the criminal case pending against the defendant before the Federal High Court.

In the wake of the scandal, JCOPE staffers will be paying «closer attention» to financial disclosures, though officials for the watchdog agency declined to say how it missed crucial information in Bharara's case against Percoco.

In the address, May said the move by the Liberal Democrats to vote against the draft Communications Data Bill had meant the National Crime Agency had to drop «at least twenty cases» - including some where children's lives were at risk - due to missing communications data.

But unlike many, the several agencies and officials who regularly monitor, regulate, or litigate against the mayoral administration are put in an awkward situation, annually appealing for funding in a dynamic that can hamper their ability to carry out charter - mandated duties and, in some cases, lead

It was learnt that although the anti-graft agency had challenged Justice Nganjiwa's suit at the Supreme Court, it decided to also write to the NJC so that fraud cases against other judges would not be scuttled.

All the Orange County legislators were provided with documentation of factual cases of civil forfeiture abuse; law enforcement agencies and local municipalities using the proceeds of forfeiture properties, cash and cars to balance their budgets; articles from conservative think tanks like The Heritage Foundation against this law and public comments from citizens, attorneys and former police officers expressing their view against this law.

While contending that the order of the court had not been vacated or appealed by the agency, the governor added that the agency's action showed desperation and political partisanship, as it had earlier petitioned against Justice Taiwo asking that the case be transferred to Akure, Ondo State.

The mission of CFS is to provide excellent laboratory services in support of the administration of justice and public safety for the citizens of Ontario by: 1) providing scientific examinations and interpretations in cases involving injury or death in unusual circumstances, and in crimes against persons or property; 2) presenting independent objective expert testimony to courts in Ontario; 3) conducting research; and 4) presenting educational programs on forensic science for agencies using forensic science services.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)-- not part of WADA — for instance, built a 2004 doping case against sprinter Michelle Collins in part on indirect evidence, including years of urine tests that showed «extreme fluctuations» in her testosterone levels.

In Guitierrez - Brizuela v. Lynch, a 2016 immigration case, Gorsuch waved a red flag against the «Chevron deference» — a doctrine under which courts are supposed to defer to federal agencies on interpretations of rules that developed from a 1984 decision, Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council.

Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), which has led the lobbying against the caps, said: «I'm delighted that the government and the UK Border Agency in particular have listened and responded to our concerns.»

Despite the perilous odds stacked against them in vaccine court, the evidence of a vaccine / autism link is so strong that vaccine court judges and government agencies have now recognized at least two theories of how vaccines cause autism: the Vaccine - to - ADEM - to - ASD link in Bailey Banks» case, and vaccine - induced aggravation of an underlying mitochondrial dysfunction that caused full - blown autism in the Hannah Poling case.

«EPA Settles PFOA Case Against DuPont for Largest Environmental Administrative Penalty in Agency History.»

Russia bans Jehovah's Witnesses group — MOSCOW, Dec. 9 (UPI)-- The Russian Supreme Court's judicial chamber for civil cases has upheld a ban against a southern Russian branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses... the agency said.

As a result the government against the recruitment agency has filed no case.

In particular, these handouts cover the following specific content about tuberculosis in South Africa: Case study of one communicable disease, such as malaria or tuberculosis, at a country scale, either an LIDC or EDC, including: o environmental and human causes of the disease o prevalence, incidence and patterns of the disease o socio - economic impacts of the disease o direct and indirect strategies used by government and international agencies to mitigate against the disease and respond to outbreaks.

New York State's highest court, ruling on two cases in which children were allegedly misdiagnosed as retarded, last month rejected in one case the concept of «educational malpractice» as legal grounds on which to redress such plaintiffs» grievances against public agencies.

Friedrich's case made it to the Supreme Court, where a majority of justices seemed ready to rule in her favor and against the constitutionality of agency fees.

This is crucial to the Friedrichs case because the First Amendment protects against compelled political speech, and the CTA — like many public sector unions — takes mandatory agency fees from nonmembers to cover its collective bargaining costs.

The Justice Department's case against Apple hinges on so - called «agency pricing.»

However, from what I understand the DoJ case against the 5 publishers and Apple will only affect the agency model for those 5 publishers.

The term «agency pricing» may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Department's antitrust case against Apple and five major book publishers for colluding on prices as a defensive move against Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).

They are all really scared to be talking to each other on the record because of the global collusion cases levied against them for establishing «Agency Pricing.»

A case against Amazon wouldn't make any sense unless it could be shown that Amazon's behavior was causing higher prices — but the reality is that the publishers are the ones whose behavior is leading to higher prices (the publishers who settled get two years of «modified» agency pricing).

According to the CRA, 8.6 per cent of Canadians who filed their tax returns last year did so after the April 30 deadline, triggering penalties, interest and in Schaefer's case, warning letters, phone calls and even his missing returns completed for him against his will by the federal government agency.

The Commissioner of Competition, the federal agency tasked with advocating for the rights of Canadian consumers, won their abuse of dominance case against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) after fighting for years to have sales data made accessible to the public.

We are looking for expert witnesses in a case against debt rating agencies, investment banks and lenders.

If you opt not to pay, based on the debt's age, collection agencies may no longer have a case against you.

At the center of the bureau's effort is its case against Navient, a spinoff of Sallie Mae, which the agency accused in 2017 of steering low - income borrowers into higher payments than they needed to make, misallocating payments and failing to provide customers with clear information about cost - saving options.