Sentences with phrase «company in a number of cases»

Historian Robert Proctor plans to testify as an expert witness against tobacco companies in a number of cases brought by smokers in Florida.

Work highlights Represented a global automotive company in a number of cases against large parallel importers.

Not exact matches

«As the baby - boom generation approaches retirement age, the number of cases of impotence will [likely] increase,» noted the company's annual report in 1996.

Schorr cautions that LLCs won't fit every company's needs: «Because of the limited number of states that have enacted LLC statutes, and the lack of case law, companies that do business in a range of states run the risk of encountering a state that wouldn't recognize the limited liability of the partners.»

In his new book, Startup Rising, he makes a strong case for the Middle East, where a surprising number of young men and women are starting tech companies and where global corporations, such as Google, Yahoo and Cisco, are investing.»

New York - based fintech company R3 announced back in 2015 that it had created a consortium with a number of banks to investigate blockchain use cases around securities settlement and payments.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

However, National, RBC and TD still have investment - related companies under OBSI's watch, with the number of overall investment cases opened in 2017 by OBSI totalling 351, up by one from the previous year.

Some cell phone companies are now offering a plan where you can get cell phones for your younger children with up to four pre-programmed numbers and a button to push in case of emergencies.

The company makes taking care of baby's skin simple, by offering a few basic products and keeping the number of ingredients to a minimum.Know that this means you wont get the bubbles, fragrance, or creamy lotions that you might be used to in personal care products, but the trade off in this case is knowing what's in the bottle.

As the number of medical marijuana companies in New York is poised to double to 10, a group of original applicants to the program brought their case against what they deemed an unfair selection system to the state Health Department.

The comptroller also found a lack of oversight of the Excelsior jobs program, saying economic development officials could not verify whether companies actually create the number of jobs they promised, and in some cases could not justify why businesses were granted the tax breaks in the first place.

The Comptroller also found a lack of oversight of the Excelsior jobs program saying economic development officials could not verify whether companies actually create the number of jobs they promised, and in some cases could not justify why businesses were granted the tax breaks in the first place.

You can read about their numerous successes in their list of case studies — number 14 profiles a dating company that saw an increase in registrations thanks to MGID's technological assistance.

This fits into the following syllabi: - A-Level - 3.1.2 - Understanding Different Business Forms IB - 1.2 - Types of Organizations This allows students to practice their knowledge of: - Features of Private Limited Companies Features of Public Limited Companies Advantages and disadvantages of each type in the context of an organization This case study is based on a fictional organization and contains a number of questions.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has pushed the hardest, enacting a law that removes the cap on the number of charter schools in his state, authorizes all universities to register charters and expands an existing voucher program in the state for students to attend private and charter schools (in some cases managed by for - profit companies).

In both cases the charter school management company with no experience working with non-English speaking children was given schools with significant numbers of non-English speaking students.

Sometimes we had just done an asset purchase of a company and everything rolled under the parent company (the former company didn't legal exist anymore but we used the name because of the brand) but in some cases, the «division» was either an acquired or created company that had a separate legal entity that filed their own taxes, had separate Fed ID numbers, D&B numbers, bank accounts, etc..

The government shutdown in October prevented a number of European companies from releasing and marketing their eReaders such as the case with the ImCoSys ImcoV6L, which is also delayed until early 2014.

This can help you to reduce the number of shortlisted companies (in case the list is too big).

This is a greatly simplified example: The numbers will vary significantly depending on the life insurance company, the type of policy you purchase and, in some cases, current interest rates.

That said, SIGTARP gathered data on the TARP, which led to a decent number of small and medium - sized fraud cases, and constrained the open - handed nature of the US Treasury toward financial companies, which could have result in a lot more fraud, and / or higher costs to the taxpayer.

In that case, the FCRA requires the creditor or insurance company to give you a notice that includes, among other things, the name, address, and phone number of the credit reporting company that supplied the information.

Sometimes life insurance companies ask for the social security number of a beneficiary, but in this case it doesn't sound like he is making you a beneficiary of a policy on him.

In most cases, companies that are approved for government lending will offer FHA loans for people with bad credit or a limited number of trade lines.

In most cases, employees can not get access to the retirement money until they have worked for the company for a certain number of years.

And just in case you think I'm simply cherry - picking numbers out of thin air here, it's important to note the company actually generated operating free cash flow (i.e. operating cash flow, less net capex) of EUR 42 million in the past two years — that's an average 8.0 % Op FCF margin!

Under the backup withholding provisions of Section 3406 of the Code, distributions of taxable net investment income and net capital gain and proceeds from the redemption or exchange of the shares of a regulated investment company may be subject to withholding of federal income tax in the case of non-exempt shareholders who fail to furnish the investment company with their taxpayer identification numbers and with required certifications regarding their status under the federal income tax law, or if the Fund is notified by the IRS or a broker that withholding is required due to an incorrect TIN or a previous failure to report taxable interest or dividends.

This will also have a phone number of the minibus company, in case you change hotels or flights.

Keep «a list of phone numbers for your credit card companies in case your wallet is lost or stolen, so you can immediately put a hold on those accounts,» says Greenberg.

GameStops partner company, ThinkGeek, then proudly displayed a number of not very appealing bundles (to most of us anyway) on their website which lasted nearly an hour in most cases.

There are a lot of layers to uncover in this case: A conspiracy at the company running EDEN; reports of a ghost haunting the social network; and the cyberspaces being overrun by rogue hackers and ever - growing numbers of Digimon.

«If numbers could be generated for how many deaths per year were caused by each degree rise in global temperature, for instance, a similar case could be made against a particular company that produced or emitted a known percentage of the carbon load contributing to global warming.»

MaRIUS will use scenario modelling and case studies across a number of scales, from household to national, in order to understand both the drought impacts at a local level right as well as the institutional decision making by governments and water companies.

A number of offices and practice groups were kept busy advising The Jordan Company regarding the acquisition of the Borchers business segment from Vectra; while New York - based partners led advice in this case, practice head Julian Lemor led assistance on the German side.

In a surprising number of cases, pharmaceutical companies have been made aware of risks and dangers associated with a drug prior to its being brought to market.

Also, according to a report released by State Farm insurance company, California led the pack when it came to the number of dog bite claims (527) and the payout in these types of cases ($ 20.3 million) during the year 2012.

Whether it's lazy solicitors buying - in claims from ropey claims management companies, or some large «factory - style» law firms heaping a staggering numbers of cases onto their unqualified staff — it all -LSB-...]

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With career experience of over three decades and an exposure to the capital market for over two decades, I have witnessed the development of the Chinese capital market and participated in a number of land - marking and ground - braking cases; some even managed to bring the company back to life.

It was used recently by Barclays, which received 100 % discount on its fine for cartel behaviour relating to the pricing of loan products for professional services firms, and by a number of construction companies involved in a major bid - rigging case who received reduced fines for their co-operation.

For example, a cruise ship company that hires an appropriate number of deckhands to patrol the ship's walkways and clean debris and spills is likely acting reasonably; in this case it may be difficult to recover compensation for a slip and fall injury you sustain.

Whether it's lazy solicitors buying - in claims from ropey claims management companies, or some large «factory - style» law firms heaping a staggering numbers of cases onto their unqualified staff — it all boils down to the same thing: personal injury claims being treated as meaningless numbers.

In the case of litigation hold software, they ran into issues of budget restrictions and IT department restructuring, as well as an effort to reduce the number of applications the company uses.

Last year also marked a five - year - low in the number of defamation court cases brought against traditional media companies, with just 27 recorded.

Uber have been clear and single minded in their legal status in a number of cases around the globe: they're not a taxi firm they are a technology company.

On the other hand, at the bust end of financial cycles, when finding a new job has become increasingly difficult, the wish to continue working for companies has triggered a significant increase in the number of claims seeking dismissals to be declared null and void due to violations of fundamental rights or, in case of collective dismissals, due to the existence of procedural errors that could lead to the same conclusion: annulled dismissals.

In this case, which Advocate General Kokott called «of fundamental importance for future trade relations between the European Union and a number of dynamic emerging countries, such as the People's Republic of China» (AG para. 1), the Grand Chamber of the ECJ dismissed the Council's appeal of a General Court judgment in favor of the Chinese companIn this case, which Advocate General Kokott called «of fundamental importance for future trade relations between the European Union and a number of dynamic emerging countries, such as the People's Republic of China» (AG para. 1), the Grand Chamber of the ECJ dismissed the Council's appeal of a General Court judgment in favor of the Chinese companin favor of the Chinese company.

The case was settled soon after solicitors received the software; by using the latest 3D technology, the company created a 3D model of the real - world environment, animated 3D models of the vehicles involved and provided tools for users to move around, interact with the scene and witness the incident from a number of different positions; including placing the user in the drivers» seats and from known witness locations in order to validate or invalidate statements.

At his blog Recording Industry vs. The People, Ray Beckerman, a lawyer who defends people sued by record companies for unlawful file sharing, has posted a fascinating transcript of a June 17, 2008, motion hearing in Boston before U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner, who is presiding over a number of consolidated RIAA cases.