Sentences with phrase «companies violate»

Unlike this week's earlier $ 22.5 million FTC settlement with Google, Facebook does not face any financial penalties because the FTC does not have the authority to levy fines when it enters an initial agreement like this one (it can only impose fines when companies violate the agreement).

It's hard to believe that major debt collection companies violate people's consumer rights on a daily basis.

Consumers often complain that online companies violate their privacy — but the problem may be with the consumers themselves.

Also see the BFLG monitoring reports for past examples of how baby food companies violate UK marketing rules and international standards.

But first let me say, just in case there is any doubt, IBFAN is not alone in suggesting that baby milk companies violate the marketing requirements.

You can have a patent for something and then a couple of other companies violate that patent and then you get relief six years later, but by then it's too late.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

It's a bad thing when a company violates its own duties; but it is especially corrosive to work so hard at encouraging other people to violate theirs.

Today the Delaware Chancery Court judge hearing the trial said that before March 28 he'd rule on whether Barry Diller's proposed breakup of IAC into five independent companies violated his contract...

They're also largely besides the point: at the moment, the FDA doesn't have the legal authority to intervene even if a company violates its definition of natural.

Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark is slamming claims that his company violated a trade agreement with the US and says that the airline has nothing to hide.

Android users said the company violated its own privacy policy by disclosing their names, email addresses and account locations to third parties without permission.

The networks successfully shut down Aereo, a more prominent competitor to FilmOn X, when the U.S. Supreme Court in June, 2014 said that company violated the broadcasters» copyrights in retransmitting their programs to subscribers» devices via the Internet.

If people want to complain about a company violating their data - protection rights, they will be able to do so in their home country, even if the company in question is based in another EU country.

In the U.S., Facebook's biggest challenge may come from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the company violated the terms of a 2011 settlement that made privacy assurances.

If the agency ultimately finds that the company violated its previous settlement, it could face steep fines — potentially into the billions of dollars.

The National Labor Relations Board recently upheld a decision by an administrative law judge against Chipotle that ruled the company violated an employee's right to -LSB-...]

The National Labor Relations Board recently upheld a decision by an administrative law judge against Chipotle that ruled the company violated an employee's right to complain about his job when it required him delete tweets that were critical of the company and then subsequently fired him.

If you locate an upstart business or a venture capital company seeking funding, then you'll be able to provide that funding directly without either you or the company violating SEC guidelines.

In a two to one decision, a panel of appeals judges affirmed an earlier decision by Judge James Ishmael, who reversed the Lexington Human Rights Commission's 2014 decision that the company violated the city's fairness ordinance.

The COMPANY violated NO RIGHTS.

Cuomo has received a bill that would amend alcoholic beverage laws to prevent the State Liquor Authority from yanking the license of any New York business because of its determination that the company violated the laws of another state.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) filed a lawsuit against the business and the brothers who founded it, saying the company violated employees» rights by «failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

PASADENA, Calif. — eHarmony, Inc. and the New Jersey Attorney General's Division on Civil Rights (DCR) have settled allegations that the company violated New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by failing to offer a same - sex matching service.

The lawsuit also claims the company violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, a law best known for being used in prosecuting organized crime.

He claimed the company violated state and federal laws.

By not making it clear to students that noneducational entities had access to the information, the companies violated federal privacy policies,...

A U.S. District Court ruled that several off - shore companies violated patents and trademarks owned by Omix - Ada / Rugged Ridge, and had participated in the manufacture of counterfeit products.

If a credit repair company violates your rights, you can sue them for penalties and damages.

In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shutdown 33 credit repair companies because these companies violated Federal laws for credit repair companies.

If a credit repair company violates your rights under the CROA you have the right to sue them for your losses, or for what you have paid.

In some situations you may even be able to sue the company violating your consumer financial rights.

Riot Games has decided to ban League of Legends sponsor G2A from the eSports scene, after the company violated Riot's terms of service.

That plan came to light during a hearing in Exxon's battle with Schneiderman over his office's investigation into whether the company violated consumer fraud laws in connection with climate change - related disclosures.

All three companies violated provisions of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI), who has long advocated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate whether Exxon and other fossil fuel companies violated the RICO statute by disputing the role of fossil fuel burning in global warming, at a recent hearing, asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch if she'd considered using RICO against fossil fuel companies.

Greer's lawsuit alleged that the company violated its own privacy policy.

In some cases truck accidents may occur due to trucking companies violating state and federal laws.

Won ruling that the Walt Disney Company violated workers» rights under the WARN Act when it closed the ESPN Zone without notice, resulting in a $ 485,000 settlement.

Ford tried to claim that the plaintiff failed to identify a standard of care that the company violated and claimed that no other Town Car had experienced a similar gas tank explosion.

If the allegations are true, it is patently clear that the taxi operator and company violated the bylaw above.

When the insurance company violates that contract, you are entitled to file a claim against them for bad faith, in essence allowing you to pursue the coverage you were entitled to and in addition recover damages from them for breach of contract.

The defendant company violated transportation regulations by failing to ask their employee about second jobs which would impede his performance.

Furthermore, if you believe a company violated the FCRA, chances are you are not the only victim.

Most recently, the SEC found that a company violated the whistleblower provisions by entering a separation agreement with a former employee of a subsidiary, who had raised concerns about potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, that prevented the employee from communicating with the SEC by threatening a substantial fine for violating non-disclosure terms.

• In a putative class action complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court, employees of Illinois liquor store chain Binny's Beverage Depot alleged the company violates Illinois» Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Represented the United States in UNCITRAL Rules proceedings under NAFTA defending against a Canadian tobacco company's claim that the master tobacco settlement between forty - six United States states and major tobacco companies violated the expropriation and national treatment provisions of NAFTA.

An AT&T customer sued AT&T on behalf of a putative class, claiming that the company violated consumer protection statutes by failing to adequately disclose certain charges.

Former Ranbaxy Director (and Global Head, Research & Portfolio Management) Dinesh S. Thankur, who filed the whistleblower lawsuit, is the one who brought forward the allegations that the company violated Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practices, leading to the making of subpar drugs and the falsification of drug information.