Sentences with phrase «engaged in violations of laws»

Federal regulators sent Navient an official letter in August 2015 indicating that an amalgamation of investigative evidence suggests that the company has engaged in violations of laws that were developed to protect student loan consumers.

Not exact matches

The four were picked up in one of the mines in Obuasi busy engaging in galamsey, an act that was in violation of Ghana's mining laws and in apparent disobedience of an ultimatum given by the Lands Minister for all illegal mining activities to cease.

The Minority side of the Committee, comprising of Dr. Dominic Ayine and James Avedzi, concluded that, the Ministry of Trade engaged in multiple infractions including breaches of the public financial management law and multiple ethical violations.

The commutation is conditioned upon Mr. White not engaging in subsequent violation of law.

Clearly, that isn't to say that some landlords don't also engage in conduct that may constitute a violation of county or criminal law.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold Real Plans harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising out of: (1) your breach of this Agreement; (2) any User Content; (3) any activity in which you engage on or through the Real Plans Service; and (4) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Worse, in an outright lie and in apparent violation of state law, the Connecticut School Finance Project reported to the State Ethics Commission that it didn't spend any time or money engaged in communications with the Governor or his staff.

(1) StudentsFirst's complete disregard for Connecticut's ethics laws and the fact that Michelle Rhee's group appear to have engaged in a massive number of ethics violations

In 2002, the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act was enacted to make all Federal agencies accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws and the Kirkpatrick Act of 2017 enhances disciplinary penalties for supervisors who engage in whistleblowing retaliatioIn 2002, the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act was enacted to make all Federal agencies accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws and the Kirkpatrick Act of 2017 enhances disciplinary penalties for supervisors who engage in whistleblowing retaliatioin whistleblowing retaliation.

«Another company's alleged violation of antitrust laws is not an excuse for engaging in your own violations of law.

Under the law, you may be eligible for borrower defense to repayment forgiveness of the federal student loans that you took out to attend a school if that school misled you, or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain state laws.

In addition to the types of forgiveness, cancellation, and discharge shown above, you may also be eligible for discharge of your federal student loans based on borrower defense to repayment if you took out the loans to attend a school that misled you, or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain state laws, and if the school's act or omission directly related to your federal student loans or to the educational services that you paid for with the loanIn addition to the types of forgiveness, cancellation, and discharge shown above, you may also be eligible for discharge of your federal student loans based on borrower defense to repayment if you took out the loans to attend a school that misled you, or engaged in other misconduct in violation of certain state laws, and if the school's act or omission directly related to your federal student loans or to the educational services that you paid for with the loanin other misconduct in violation of certain state laws, and if the school's act or omission directly related to your federal student loans or to the educational services that you paid for with the loanin violation of certain state laws, and if the school's act or omission directly related to your federal student loans or to the educational services that you paid for with the loans.

The prohibition does not apply if the employer is required by law to obtain a credit report, or the employer reasonably believes that the employee has engaged in specific activity that is financial in nature and constitutes a violation of the law.

The prohibition does not apply to financial institutions, if the report is required by law, if the employer reasonably believes that the employee has engaged in specific activity that constitutes a violation of the law related to the employee's employment, or if the report is substantially related to the job or the employer has a bona fide purpose for requesting or using information in the credit report that is substantially job - related and is disclosed in writing to the employee or applicant.

(f) The Department of Justice shall not issue a certificate of registration under this title to any person who has engaged in, or proposes to engage in, any activity that is in violation of Section 1789.13, any law prohibiting the use of untrue or misleading statements, or any law related to the extension of credit to persons for personal, family, or household purposes.

He also sued the school, alleging that it engaged in disability discrimination in violation of the Law Against Discrimination and improperly retaliated against him for seeking an accommodation.

The trustee brought an adversary proceeding against Ihejirika and his companies, alleging that the Web - based program had acted as a «bankruptcy petition preparer» in violation of the law and had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.

It is also against the law for an employer to engage in retaliation against an employee for refusing to violate laws and for whistle - blowing — reporting unlawful employer conduct and violations of any state or federal law to a government or law enforcement agency.

We take drunk driving accidents very seriously on behalf of our clients because not only did the drunk driver act in a way that caused serious harm to you, but the drunk driver also engaged in criminal activity that was in violation of the law.

«Initially, I had a strong interest in doing international human rights law work and as I was sort of engaged with that, it really seemed to bring home to me how Canada really had not addressed our mass human rights violations, specifically against indigenous people,» she says.

The complaint asserted that the defendants had engaged in a pattern and practice of unlawfully «balance billing» class member - patients in violation of state and federal consumer protection laws.

The case charges Google / Alphabet / YouTube with running payback and vendetta operations in violation of anti-trust laws as part of a competitive retribution program that Google engaged in because of witness testimony, by plaintiffs, for a series of federal investigations.

The jury found that the employer engaged in age discrimination in violation of federal law and the New Jersey Law Against Discriminatilaw and the New Jersey Law Against DiscriminatiLaw Against Discrimination.

Our attorneys are actively engaged in developing and navigating what are often diverse and complex areas of municipal law, ranging from day - to - day operational issues, such as compliance with the Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Acts, to complex development deals and litigation defense in lawsuits involving allegations of constitutional and employment law violations.

Texas resident Karen McPeters has brought a class action lawsuit against Montgomery County Judge Fredrick E. Edwards, Montgomery County Court Clerk Barbara Gladden Adamick, and LexisNexis claiming that requiring her to exclusively file documents through LexisNexis» FileandServe product is a violation of US and Texas laws, and that the county and LexisNexis are engaged in RICO violations with their exclusive agreement.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

The SEC teamed up with CFTC to issue a joint statement on Friday, saying: «When market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments — whether characterized as virtual currencies, coins, tokens, or the like — the SEC and the CFTC will look beyond form, examine the substance of the activity and prosecute violations of the federal securities and commodities laws.»

«When market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments — whether characterized as virtual currencies, coins, tokens, or the like — the SEC and the CFTC will look beyond form, examine the substance of the activity and prosecute violations of the federal securities and commodities laws,» it said.

In the event that Evolution Coaching determines, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any of the Terms, or have otherwise engaged in inappropriate conduct, Evolution Coaching may, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, (i) warn you of the violation via e-mail; (ii) delete any content provided by you or your agent (s); (iii) terminate your use of the Site; (iv) notify and fully cooperate with the proper law enforcement authorities for further action; or (e) take any other action which Evolution Coaching deems to be appropriatIn the event that Evolution Coaching determines, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any of the Terms, or have otherwise engaged in inappropriate conduct, Evolution Coaching may, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, (i) warn you of the violation via e-mail; (ii) delete any content provided by you or your agent (s); (iii) terminate your use of the Site; (iv) notify and fully cooperate with the proper law enforcement authorities for further action; or (e) take any other action which Evolution Coaching deems to be appropriatin its sole discretion, that you have breached any of the Terms, or have otherwise engaged in inappropriate conduct, Evolution Coaching may, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, (i) warn you of the violation via e-mail; (ii) delete any content provided by you or your agent (s); (iii) terminate your use of the Site; (iv) notify and fully cooperate with the proper law enforcement authorities for further action; or (e) take any other action which Evolution Coaching deems to be appropriatin inappropriate conduct, Evolution Coaching may, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, (i) warn you of the violation via e-mail; (ii) delete any content provided by you or your agent (s); (iii) terminate your use of the Site; (iv) notify and fully cooperate with the proper law enforcement authorities for further action; or (e) take any other action which Evolution Coaching deems to be appropriatin addition to any other remedies that may be available, (i) warn you of the violation via e-mail; (ii) delete any content provided by you or your agent (s); (iii) terminate your use of the Site; (iv) notify and fully cooperate with the proper law enforcement authorities for further action; or (e) take any other action which Evolution Coaching deems to be appropriate.

Even more importantly, however, if a prospective collaborative lawyer insists that certain kinds of professional services must be engaged in order to obtain his services, or worse, if those persons explicitly or implicitly have to come from the lawyer's own interdisciplinary collaborative law group, that's an arguable state anti-trust violation, a tie - in.

The court also found Brokerage in violation of state law prohibiting real estate licensees from engaging in «any conduct with demonstrates unworthiness, incompetency, bad faith or dishonesty.»

287 DOS 98 Matter of DOS v. Uqdah Realty & Management Corp. — deposits; jurisdiction; fraudulent practices; failure to pay judgment; vicarious liability; notary public; disclosure of agency relationship; broker violated 19 NYCRR 175.1 when he deposited escrow funds into his operating account; broker committed conversion when his operating account fell below deposit amount; broker engaged in fraudulent practices when he illegally retained buyer's trust funds and attempted to qualify prospective buyer for mortgage by falsely stating their employment; broker failed to disclose his agency relationship to his client; failure to pay judgment; corporate real estate broker vicariously liable and charged with actual knowledge of violation of law because of representative broker's cognizant misconduct as corporate officer; broker is not required to deposit a refundable commission in an escrow account unless contractually demanded; corporate broker and representative broker's license revoked; restitution of deposit of $ 12,000 plus interest; notary public commission revoked based on misconduct as a real estate licensee