"Egregious misconduct" refers to actions or behavior that are extremely bad or shocking. It describes conduct that is highly offensive, unacceptable, and goes beyond what is considered normal or reasonable.
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In the face
of egregious misconduct, the judicial council can make a recommendation to the government that the judge be removed from office.
Usually, cause is reserved for the most
egregious misconduct such as theft, repeated dishonesty, and serious sexual harassment.
The Anglo - Canadian legal system has long recognized the possibility of awards of costs in civil cases being made against counsel personally, though only
for egregious misconduct of the case.
In its decision issued Nov. 27, the law society hearing panel noted: «Misappropriation of client trust funds is perhaps the
most egregious misconduct a lawyer can commit.
The nursing home elder abuse lawyers at the Strom Law Firm take an aggressive approach to confronting the kind of
egregious misconduct found in nursing home abuse and neglect cases.
But Keaton says that crime lab scandals fall into two categories: those involving fraud or
other egregious misconduct, which are few and far between but suggest a complete breakdown in the integrity of a lab; and those based on human error, which are far more common but much easier to identify and correct.
They were a team that stood up to a prosecutor who had engaged in what the court
called egregious misconduct; a team that listened to him and exposed the junk science that helped lead to his conviction; a team that humanized him before a judge with the courage to correct a grave injustice.
Malice means that someone from your company intentionally caused your accident,
while egregious misconduct means that the danger was known but was not addressed.
[FN7] In a later filed memorandum, the judge explained that «the defendant here engaged in
egregious misconduct by threatening [appointed counsel] and his family with serious bodily harm and even death.
The Force follows the Oakland Police Department as its new chief, Sean Whent, attempts to reform a department famous both locally and nationally
for egregious misconduct.
At its heart, the Weinstein scandal is a cautionary tale illustrating that the irresponsible use of NDAs renders corporate leadership complicit in a pattern
of egregious misconduct...»
«Dr. Sherman engaged in affirmative and
egregious misconduct» throughout the patent prosecution, Judge Middlebrooks wrote.
«Instead, anxious to cover for its star witness, the government refuses to acknowledge that Bonomo's
egregious misconduct has any bearing on his credibility, his incentives to testify, or his motivations for past conduct, and it accuses the Skeloses of trying to «harass» Bonomo by issuing subpoenas for the evidence supporting DFS's findings.»
However, the Skeloses» lawyers argue that the DFS order last July shows that Bonomo engaged in «
egregious misconduct» and hid it from the government.
Partnership used to be like tenure — once you were in, you were secure (apart from
egregious misconduct).
How can we as a profession maintain our moral authority to regulate members if we abdicate responsibility on
this egregious misconduct such as this?