Sentences with phrase «ethics hearing»

While arbitration awards may, at times, involve significant sums of money, they differ from the decisions rendered by ethics hearing panels in two significant ways.

Findings in ethics hearing: The findings and recommendation for discipline, if any, shall be reduced to writing by the Hearing Panel and submitted to the Board of Directors in accordance with the procedure of Part Four, Section 23 of the Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual.

In the event the members of the Citation Panel determine the conduct described in the complaint is sufficiently egregious to warrant a hearing rather than a citation, the complaint shall be referred to the Professional Standards Committee for hearing consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual for ethics hearings.

Former Rep. James Traficant, seen here arriving at a House ethics hearing in 2002, has died at age 73.

According to a PEF ethics hearing panel, Kent and Garcia tried to stall and block a full accounting of Lee's alleged misuse of a union debit card to make undocumented payments at stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond and Dunkin Donuts, plus a liquor store, pharmacy and local supermarket.

The formal ethics hearing got underway on June 12, 2007, in Raleigh.

Authorized ethics hearing panels to accept testimony via videoconference or teleconference when the hearing chair determines that such testimony is essential.

When an ethics complaint and an arbitration request arising out of the same facts and circumstances are filed at the same time, the arbitration hearing shall be held first, and the citation (s) issued or ethics hearing held after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing consistent with Professional Standards Policy Statement # 35, Separation of Ethics Complaint and Arbitration Request, Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual.

If the complaint does not include alleged violations included in the Citation Schedule, or it includes some covered by the Citation Schedule and some that are not, the complaint shall be referred to the Professional Standards Committee for hearing consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual for ethics hearings.

Washington (CNN)- Embattled New York Rep. Charlie Rangel brought up his Korean War experience Thursday while discussing his upcoming House ethics hearing.

The decisions of ethics Hearing Panels are actually recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Amazing... He's calling on them to expidite the ethics hearing so it will conclude before the September primary, even if the conclusion is that he should be expelled from the House.

Former Fifa president Joao Havelange has resigned from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) days before an ethics hearing into his conduct.

The executive board for the state's second - largest public labor union voted Friday to overturn an ethics hearing panel's controversial decision to clear a downstate council leader of wrongdoing for spending union money at stores and restaurants.

In an ethics hearing, the GOP Committee found Borelli guilty of two counts of disloyalty for working against Republican Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard and Republican county executive candidate Ed Day; one count of attempted bribery, and one count of attempted office corruption.

In a well - publicized series of events, Kentucky Judge Martin McDonald has wound up his ethics hearing, and it has been jaw - droppingly fascinating to watch.

Worse, the probability of an individual taking action is inversely proportional to the number of «bystanders», so a call to the over 1,000,000 lawyers in the US to participate in an ethics hearing is, paradoxically, much less likely than a call to a smaller, more focused group.

Remote Testimony: Although testimony provided in person before a Hearing Panel is preferred, parties and witnesses to ethics hearings may be permitted to participate in hearings by teleconference or videoconference at the discretion of the Hearing Panel Chair.

Although testimony provided in person before a Hearing Panel is preferred, parties and witnesses to ethics hearings may be permitted to participate in hearings by teleconference or

(c) To avoid any appearance of bias, ethics Hearing Panels shall make no referrals of ethical concerns to the Grievance Committee.

The Professional Standards Administrator will refer the ethics complaint and / or arbitration request to the Grievance Committee for preliminary review to determine whether an ethics hearing and / or an arbitration hearing should be held or, conversely, whether the ethics complaint should be dismissed as insufficient on its face or the arbitration request is inappropriately filed.

When an ethics complaint and an arbitration request are filed at the same time arising out of the same facts and circumstances, the arbitration hearing shall be held first and the ethics hearing shall be conducted by a different Hearing Panel after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing.

Unless you're at an ethics hearing, in which case your lawyer might be better served with advising you.»

Ultimately, whether the fire constitutes a pertinent fact could be determined only by an ethics hearing panel.

(b) Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual: The Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual is the official guide of the National Association to local Boards and State Associations to the specific procedures to be followed in conducting an ethics hearing or in hearing business disputes submitted to arbitration.

The Introduction goes on to point out that the ethics hearing process ``... is educational in that it raises the consciousness of members to the meaning and significance of the Code» and that «many ethics violations occur inadvertently or through ignorance, and the hearing procedure serves as an effective educational tool.»

If Mediation Officers are members of the Professional Standards Committee, they shall not serve on an arbitration Hearing Panel in cases where they had initially attempted to resolve the dispute prior to an arbitration hearing, or on an ethics Hearing Panel in cases where an ethics complaint arises out of the same facts and circumstances giving rise to a matter they attempted to mediate.

Without a written policy you are an easy target for an ethics hearing.

A question was raised as to whether our MLS committee could be a complainant in an ethics hearing.

In 1990, the year before I got a secretary, I did 102 transactions with no help,» says Sharon (her name and the details of the case have been changed to protect the confidentiality of ethics hearings).

However, you'd still face the possibility of an ethics hearing.

If I were a member of an ethics hearing panel, my vote would be that this didn't present a «true picture» and was in violation of the Code.

Leo Fregeau, president of The Realtors Association of the Western Suburbs, said the complaint was referred to a grievance committee, which will decide whether to forward it to an ethics hearing.

At the end of this course students will be able to interact with other parties in a manner that is ethical and appropriate, produce a contract with language that is specific but also clear and understandable, and explain the rights of parties involved in an ethics complaint or ethics hearing.

The Member agreed to be bound by the Code of Ethics when he joined the Association and the Code of Ethics specifically provides that the Member waived the ability to challenge the Association's ethics hearings, absent willful and wanton misconduct.

i. «Hearing» may refer either to an ethics hearing relating to disciplinary matters or to an arbitration hearing in which the dispute generally involves entitlement to a commission or to compensation.

Had I pursued it, there would have been an ethics hearing, and the salesperson would have received a quiet slap on the wrist.