Sentences with phrase «corporate wrongdoing»

Of all the kinds of corporate wrongdoing, racism is one of the hardest to defend against.

She directs the Firm's Portfolio Monitoring Services, assisting clients in identifying losses in their securities portfolios that were caused by corporate wrongdoing.

He also advises in - house counsel on ethics issues, including conflict of interest, confidentiality, and dealing with corporate wrongdoing.

What made the charge novel was the government's use in this child - porn probe of a law designed to target corporate wrongdoing.

Using class action litigation, consumers can employ economies of scale to confront corporate wrongdoing and obtain a remedy for all those who were harmed.

It is argued that full prosecution is too expensive and too slow to cope with the sophistication and changing nature of corporate wrongdoing.

The directive, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice in the fall of 2015, set out a higher threshold for credit for co-operation in cases of alleged corporate wrongdoing.

That is, if we punish wrongdoing — including corporate wrongdoing — wrongdoers should be less likely to repeat their offences.

We advise corporate clients in relation to criminal investigations into corporate wrongdoing including: Corporate Manslaughter, Failure to Prevent Bribery (contrary to section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010), and the offence of Corporate Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion (contrary to the Criminal Finances Act 2017).

But we'll do better at understanding, and avoiding, corporate wrongdoing if we come to grips with the messier truth.

Public Services and Procurement Canada says addressing corporate wrongdoing protects the integrity of markets and promotes fair competition.

Canadians clearly understand that governments need appropriate tools to effectively weed out and punish corporate wrongdoing.

So it should come as no surprise that business leaders overwhelmingly support the federal government's attempts to police corporate wrongdoing, and to ensure that Ottawa only does business with ethical suppliers.

I had no idea that discussing the ethical implications involved in accepting handouts from Nestle was an attack... and was amused to see them saying that people should «just ask Nestle for all the answers,» as though people hadn't been trying to communicate with Nestle about corporate wrongdoing for over 30 years.

NEW: Lawyer - bloggers from Zuckerman Spaeder cover disputes between companies and their executives — often in the context of criminal investigations into possible corporate wrongdoing.

This new prosecutorial tool would represent a significant shift in Canada's approach towards corporate wrongdoing — one that aligns Canada more closely with global trends.

For various Fortune 500 corporations, investigations of corporate wrongdoing by employees and / or officers.

Baron & Budd shareholder, Burton LeBlanc, is a powerhouse advocate for individuals who have been harmed by corporate wrongdoing, having begun his legal career representing victims of toxic exposure and workplace hazards in his home state, Louisiana.

Dealing with corporate wrongdoing — For more than two years, the Business Council of Canada has argued that Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) should be part of the federal government's arsenal in dealing with white - collar crime.

Are these corporate wrongdoings a whole different species from decent, ethical people like you and me?

Some three in five Canadians (58 per cent) strongly agree that Canada should make it easier for companies to come forward, to cooperate and to self - report any corporate wrongdoing that has been uncovered.

And that's where the fun began, because activists started also using the #nestlefamily hashtag to talk about Nestle's corporate wrongdoing, and to ask why bloggers were attending the event.

The themes — power structures, corporate wrongdoing, feminist rage — resonate in so many of 2017's sociopolitical developments, including Hayek's real - life account of facing Harvey Weinstein's abuse and rage.

Since joining the Los Angeles office of Baron & Budd in 2011, Mr. Pifko's efforts have led to the return of significant sums of money to victims of corporate wrongdoing and affected changes in the automotive, financial services, and food and beverage industries.

Consumers too often suffer the brunt of corporate wrongdoing, particularly in the area of false or misleading advertising, defective products, and data or privacy breaches.

We represent plaintiffs who have been injured by defective drugs, medical devices, and corporate wrongdoing.

Partner and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice group leader Dave Vicinanzo authored this column about the «Yates Memorandum» that revises the Department of Justice's policy that targets individual employees and executives in investigations, prosecutions and resolutions of corporate wrongdoing.

A federal proposal that would allow prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies in certain cases of corporate wrongdoing has been quietly included in the Trudeau government's 582 - page budget legislation.

Jeremy Devereux, a partner in the Toronto office of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LPP, says he believes a couple of trends are emerging in this area as a result of the increased spotlight on alleged corporate wrongdoing.