Sentences with phrase «company pleaded»

In its defense, the company pleaded that the complainant is not a consumer as the policy had been purchased for profit making purpose and denied all the allegations.

In the SFO - British Aerospace deal, the company pleaded guilty to a relatively trivial Companies Act offence for which a limited court - imposed fine is expected and it also agreed to make a substantial charitable donation.

The company pleaded guilty to seven counts of «selling adultered drugs with the intent to defraud, failing to report that its drugs didn't meet specifications, and making intentionally false statements to the government.»

The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc..

The company pleaded guilty to related offences.

The Charlotte, N.C. - based company pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at its Top of the World and Campbell Hill wind farms outside Casper, Wyo..

He notes that the company pleaded guilty to an antitrust violation last year in a settlement with the Justice Department, a fact he was certainly not obliged to mention.

Finally, on May 13, the company pleaded guilty to seven federal criminal counts of selling adulterated drugs and making false statements to the U.S. government.

The people behind them may be happy to see the company plead guilty provided no charges are laid against individual executives.

It was reported in the press that the company pled guilty to pushing OxyContin by making claims that it is less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications and that it continued to do so despite warnings to the contrary from doctors, the media, and members of its own sales force.

... when you read in the newspaper that a major healthcare company pled guilty, it's not the parent company that pleads guilty.

On Wednesday the directors of the companies pleaded guilty to money laundering.

The problems with such an approach are however evident: for instance, could a company plead ignorance in order to avoid the application of the rules?

Instead, their argument runs: yes, big companies plead guilty and pay a hefty fine for their past misdeeds, but even fines on the scale of those levied on Rolls - Royce and Tesco are affordable to multinationals with vast resources.

In the beginning though, the only references to a Canadian company being fined under the act was Hydro - Kleen Group in 2002 when the company pled guilty to bribing a U.S. immigration officer and was fined $ 25,000.

Not exact matches

The former general manager of the company's engineering and environmental office in Auburn Hills, Michigan was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and violating the Clean Air Act.

The corporate watchdog says former Hanlong Mining managing director Hui Xiao has pleaded guilty to insider trading involving two Perth resources companies.

«The first time a company stands up to charges and takes a position that it's not going to plead guilty, I think there are a lot of inherent challenges that could make securing a conviction very difficult,» says Morrison.

BANGKOK, May 2 (Reuters)- The president of Italian - Thai Development Pcl, Thailand's largest construction company, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to trespassing in a wildlife sanctuary and poaching, a lawyer said.

The company beyond LydianCoin is an advertising - tech firm run by a CEO who in 2011 pled guilty to beating his girlfriend.

Last year, tech company RadiumOne fired its CEO and founder, Gurbaksh Chahal, after he pled guilty to assault.

The company has to prove that Uber, not Levandowski — who is not a party to the case and has pleaded the Fifth Amendment — misappropriated Waymo's self - driving trade secrets.

LEESBURG, Va. (AP)-- An owner of candy company Mars pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless driving but will not serve jail time for causing a crash that killed an 86 - year - old woman.

Ryan A. Brant, the company's former chairman and CEO, pleaded guilty in February to first - degree falsification of business records.

Wang also pleaded guilty to money laundering for transferring the illegal proceeds from Unicorn's account to an account of a new shell company he controlled.

In 2007, three of Purdue's executives pled guilty to felony misbranding at the time of the release of OxyContin, and the company paid $ 600 million in fines.

Mr Bandera, however, pleaded financial hardship after his company went bankrupt and never paid up.

Equal protection under the law means * equal * not asterisk, special pleading if you're a closely held company with specific religious views.

Lucic added that it was not only local Yugoslavian business interests that wanted to suppress the commission's report, but that a large Italian tourist agency had pleaded with Vatican officials, who hold a copy of the report, not to release it because they might thereby bankrupt the company.

In a December 3, 2017 order dismissing the case that is likely to be viewed with some relief by many dairy companies, US district judge Katherine B Forrest agreed with Dannon, noting that a court handling a similar false advertising lawsuit about «non-GMO» claims on dairy products fed GM feed (Gallagher v. Chipotle Mexican Grill) rejected a similar claim at the pleading stage.

Since the Spatini Italian Foods Company discontinued production and sale of its spaghetti sauce mix in December 2006, Internet discussion groups have organized petitions pleading to bring the product back.

Former Winetasting Network (WTN) executive pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges: Martin Christopher Edwards, a former top executive of The Winetasting Network indicted nearly a year ago over nearly $ 900,000 diverted from the Napa company, has resurfaced and pleaded guilty, according to a statement from federal prosecutors Wednesday...

Many independent supermarket retailers would be unlikely to be able to commit to a new entrant in the pleaded market because a significant number of them have exclusive supply arrangements with Metcash, which holds equity in a number of the companies operating stores under the IGA banner, and which is the landlord in respect of a number of stores operated under the IGA banner.

Texas Western and New Mexico State were expected to stage a close game, SMU and PURDUE were not, which explains why a Dallas motel sign pleaded with the Boilermakers to BE KIND TO SMU and only 17,000 appeared at the 75,000 - capacity Cotton Bowl to watch Purdue's Bob Griese and company commit legal murder.

Howe has already pleaded guilty to eight felonies, several of which pertain to the alleged bribery scheme that he testified this week he was a part of with Percoco and executives with two companies.

Howe, who pleaded guilty to numerous crimes after cooperating with prosecutors, became a focus of the trial when he admitted violating his deal with prosecutors by improperly trying to recover the cost of a night at a luxury Manhattan hotel from a credit card company.

Wong's lawyer pled to the community board that his client, who owns a real estate company, is «in the noodle business... doesn't know much about real estate.»

Mr Cable told ITV News that chief executive Moya Greene's comments amounted to «special pleading» - and said the government did not want companies «whinging» about being in a competitive market.

In September, Howe pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and Percoco and Kaloyeros were arrested on federal charges along with six executives at companies that had sought state development work.

In the other, Percoco is charged with taking $ 35,000 in bribes from the Syracuse based COR development company, paid through a shell company set up by another former Cuomo associate, lobbyist Todd Howe, who has already pled guilty to eight felonies and is expected to be a star witness in the trial.

A former energy company executive has pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to bribe a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Pigeon — who for decades has quietly assisted candidates, companies and sitting officials as they navigate the labyrinthine factions of Erie County politics — was arraigned the day after the judge, state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek, resigned from office and pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.

NEW YORK — A former energy company executive has pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to bribe a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

Separately on Friday, Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., a former executive, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of defrauding the company where he worked by misrepresenting that Cuomo's former top aide, Joseph Percoco, had obtained state ethics approval for his wife to work at the firm.

Seminerio pleaded guilty to lobbying on behalf of Medisys Health Network — the parent company of Jamaica Hospital and Brookdale Hospital — in exchange for consulting fees.

A longtime Albany insurance broker has pleaded guilty to bilking investors of his cheese company out of more than $ 1 million, while his wife admitted to filing a false claim after their son's suicide last spring.

A different company — Purdue Frederick pled guilty.

In fact, Purdue Pharma — the company that makes and markets the drug — didn't plead guilty.

Citing people familiar with the situation, the newspaper said former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder pleaded with Nigerian officials last month on behalf of the telecoms company.