Sentences with phrase «concern allegations of»

Each case is different, but all concern allegations of corruption or ethical abuses.

Moore claimed he took the test shortly after losing the special election and that it «concerned allegations of sexual misconduct made against me during the last month of the campaign by Leigh Corfman, Beverly Nelson, and Tina Johnson for «alleged» conduct approximately 30 - 40 years ago.»

One of them concerned allegations of physical abuse against women in the Morman church and Morman women who supported the Equal Rights Amendment.

But that concerned allegations of abuse that began in the late 1990s.

An effective remedy entails access to justice, reparation for theharm suffered as a result of grand corruption, and access to the factual information concerning allegations of corruption.»

The IPCC chairman sought to prevent the media from reporting on a police investigation concerning allegations of sexual misconduct.

The IPCC chairman sought to prevent the media from reporting on a police investigation concerning allegations of sexual misconduct.

Successfully defended application on behalf of the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Company (LawPro) against judgement - creditor concerning allegations of the improvident sale of real property, fraud, negligence and conspiracy.

It advised HQ Theatres and Hospitality on TUPE advice concerning its acquisition of a new theatre and acted for a secondary school in a case concerning allegations of discrimination against a disabled pupil.

It also defended a claim concerning fraudulent account transactions and assisted with issues concerning allegations of solicitor negligence.

The court also summonsed and questioned all available jurors concerning the allegation of racial bias.

Notable examples include acting for accountants in long - running litigation arising out of a failed tax avoidance scheme; acting for the developer and manufacturer of an offshore drilling system following an accident in operation; representing one of the Defendants in Novoship v Mikhaylyuk & Others, concerning allegations of bribery and secret profits; appearing in a substantial LCIA arbitration about the theft of oil stocks in East Africa;, successfully representing a broker in litigation against a former client under a futures brokerage contract in Sucden v Fluxo - Cane [2010] 2 CLC 216; and The «Ekha» [2011] 1 All ER Comm 1077, long - running litigation in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal about an offshore drilling contract.

The BBC has settled with Lord McAlpine over a libel claim concerning allegations of child abuse made on the Newsnight programme which implicated the former Conservative politician.

Fetherston v University of Bradford (ET, October 2014) John acted for the University in a substantial claim concerning allegations of disability discrimination and victimisation.

This comment adds to the earlier post by Martin Olszynski (here) on the Ernst litigation against Alberta Environment, the Alberta Energy Regulator / Energy Resources Conservation Board (AER / ERCB) and Encana Corporation concerning allegations of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing.

The House of Lords recently gave its judgment in Bowden v Poor Sisters of Nazareth and Others [2008] UKHL 32, a Scottish case concerning allegations of childhood abuse.

«Caring, conscientious, experienced, and astute litigator» and team leader Clare Langford led the team acting in a claim concerning allegations of delayed treatment for meningitis resulting in permanent neurological damage; and acted in a claim against an NHS trust concerning poor mental health treatment provided to the client's husband who committed suicide.

Investigations have concerned allegations of: securities, accounting, tax and other frauds; insider trading; corrupt payments; financial reporting and disclosure improprieties; noncompliance with professional and regulatory standards; environmental crimes; pretexting; anti-money laundering violations; and discriminatory conduct.

Represented a national health care provider in a federal health care fraud investigation concerning allegations of overbilling and beneficiary inducement.

Successfully represented Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba American Information Systems, Inc. in proceedings at the United States International Trade Commission concerning allegations of patent infringement by Black Hills Media, LLC and Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc. respectively with respect to certain models of Toshiba televisions, Blu - ray players and tablet computers (and parallel cases filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware).

Represented vendor of subsea levelling tools for turbine foundation piling in claims against main contractor of offshore wind farm for breach of sale and purchase contract; case concerned allegations of kick - back payments and inter-related criminal investigations.

Representation of global aerospace, defense, information and services company seeking to obtain injunctive and monetary relief concerning allegations of conspiracy to misappropriate trade secrets.

Richard is on a small panel of counsel who are regularly instructed by Royal Mail Legal Services concerning allegations of fraud against Royal Mail and Post Office Limited, both by members of the public and employees.

The case concerned allegations of serious sexual misconduct on the part of the claimant, Professor Philipp Bonhoeffer, an eminent paediatric cardiologist, while he was working abroad.

Not exact matches

Such contrasts can be seen when looking at the steady tattoo of allegations concerning mass atrocities leveled at Qaddafi of Libya (but after his demise never confirmed), compared to the almost complete failure to cover the uprising in Saudi Arabia — or ongoing human rights outrages there.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Tesla highlighted preventative measures it takes to counter racial discrimination in the workplace, such as compulsory anti-discrimination courses, regular in - person spot training sessions upon the submission of an allegation or complaint, as well as a dedicated team that is focused on «investigating workplace concerns, recommending corrective actions and assisting managers with implementing those actions.»

Connecticut judge Anne Nevins insisted his activity had raised some concern over «allegations of nondisclosure and lack of transparency.»

The allegations about Cambridge Analytica have drawn concern concern over whether Facebook data were used to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the Brexit vote.

Lucie Tedesco, commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, said she is concerned by the allegations and issued a statement reminding the lenders of their obligations to obtain prior consent before increasing credit limits and providing clients with new products.

This seems to mean trusting Beijing's assurances that Ottawa should have no cause for concern about allegations of pervasive serious human rights abuse in China, or about Chinese cyber espionage threatening Canadian security.

Uber's chief of human resources, Liane Hornsey, tells USA TODAY a 200 - session listening tour of the company after allegations of pervasive sexism found employees concerned about pay and performance reviews, but not sexual harassment.

The previously unreported incident is the first sign that serious concerns about Ronny Jackson's conduct had reached the highest levels of the White House as far back as September — months before White House aides furiously defended Jackson's professionalism, insisted he had been thoroughly vetted and argued allegations of misconduct amounted to unsubstantiated rumors.

Former Uber software engineer Susan Fowler, who made explosive allegations of sexism and harassment at the ride - hailing company in a post on her personal blog that led to an internal investigation, said her request to transfer to another team to avoid her harasser was rejected because of retention concerns.

Her allegations get at a core concern about the Trump presidency: that he may have used (indeed, may still be using) his money and power to make sure the ordinary rules of human behavior don't apply to him.

«The Secretary - General is also concerned about allegations that UNMISS did not respond appropriately to prevent this and other grave cases of sexual violence committed in Juba.

We take the allegation that any member of our community has been mistreated in any way to be a matter of grave concern.

An allegation can concern embezzlement, pouring out of toxic waste / human waste into public waters, building safety code violations, stating that those with AIDS should accept «god's punishment and simply die», and on and on.

While a response to allegations is necessary, our priorities would be out of sorts if we were only concerned with vindicating ourselves in the public arena.

Furthermore, by characterizing allegations of child abuse as a sad case of «disunity» and «strife» within the church and urging his fellow Christians not to ask too many questions about the situation, Challies only perpetuates the painfully common narrative that those who raise concerns about abuse in churches are troublemakers, out to sow disunity and dissention, and that we are wise to keep this matters quiet.

He added: «It is hard to encapsulate in words the sense of panic and powerlessness that must have been induced in him on August 14 2014 when he realised that the BBC were relaying instantaneously and indiscriminately around the world highly sensitive and damaging information concerning himself - all based upon an allegation of serious criminal conduct which he knew to be entirely false.»

The Vatican's expressed «great concern» about corruption in Italy, after allegations the mafia, politicians and a former terrorist made millions of euros by exploiting migrants and gypsies.

«Quite frankly, any time an institution — a Christian institution — responds or defends its behavior as it relates to sexual abuse allegations with quoting laws and hiding behind constitutions, it causes me concern,» said Tchividjian, a law professor and grandson of Billy...

The other day, Christianity Today posted an outrageous interview with Saeed Abedini concerning his ministry, his marriage, and the allegations of abuse against him made by his wife, Naghmeh.

Officially, Emory University said in a written statement: «The allegations regarding the conduct of Professor Michael Broyde are concerning to the Law School.

As neighbouring countries respond to hundreds of thousands of Muslims that have fled Myanmar amid allegations of ethnic cleansing, a charity has told Premier that Christians should be concerned about what is going on.

They included the church prioritising reputational concerns over the safety of children when allegations against the clergy came to light.

«I never received any allegation, report or concern about McCormack during his seminary years at Mundelein that involved sexual abuse of anyone,» he says, rejecting reports by the Chicago Sun - Times newspaper, Chicago public radio station WBEZ and the Catholic - focused Spero News.

«From the start we had significant concerns about the validity of the allegations about the foster carers; for example, one allegation was that they did not speak English, even though that is a prerequisite for any foster carers.»