Sentences with phrase «first criminal charges against»

JOLIET — After dozens of students and teachers were sickened by a contaminated school lunch two years ago, the Will County state's attorney made headlines by charging two state education employees with reckless conduct, apparently the first criminal charges against government employees in a food - poisoning case.

Thursday's indictment is the first criminal charge against Pigeon, who over decades of political activity has been accused of impropriety that he's always been able to blame on some grudge.

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Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

The first, in 2004, happened when the Rhea County Commission voted to introduce legislation that would amend Tennessee's criminal code so that the county could charge gays and lesbians with «crimes against nature.»

On 15 Feb 2018 the first criminal cartel charges against an Australian corporation were laid, as well as the first criminal cartel charges against individuals.

See also Ayman Guirguis, Jessica Mandla, «Australian First: Criminal Charges Laid Against Individuals for Alleged Cartel Conduct» (K&L Gates, 21 February 2018)

«This is the first criminal charge laid against a corporation under the criminal cartel provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act,» ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said.

See also Misa Han, «ACCC launches first criminal cartel case against an Australian company» (AFR, 15 February 2018), Michael DiFabrizio, «COuntry Care facing charges» (Sunraysia Daily, 16 Feb 2018) and Aisha Dow and Chloe Booker, «Family business making wheelchairs accused of running criminal cartel» (SMH, 15 February 2018).

Two days later Kenyatta would become the first serving head of state to appear before the International Criminal Court in the Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.

First, he said he would investigate criminal charges against Cappuccilli.

BREAKING: FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN BENGHAZI ATTACK PROBE... Federal agents and prosecutors investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi have filed charges against Ahmed Khattalah, leader of a Libyan militia that officials believe was involved in the assault, people briefed on the investigatioCHARGES FILED IN BENGHAZI ATTACK PROBE... Federal agents and prosecutors investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi have filed charges against Ahmed Khattalah, leader of a Libyan militia that officials believe was involved in the assault, people briefed on the investigatiocharges against Ahmed Khattalah, leader of a Libyan militia that officials believe was involved in the assault, people briefed on the investigation said.

Seven felony charges were pressed against the Buffalo woman including Defraud in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the...

It is thought to be the first time a secretary of state has been forced to quit as a result of criminal charges being brought against him.

This was Paterson's first public appearance since former Chief Judge Judith Kaye released her report this past Thursday that recommended Albany County DA David Soares consider criminal charges against the governor in connection with the Yankees tickets scandal.

The charge against Conner appears to be the first time criminal impersonation has been charged in connection with a letter to the editor, Porter says.

BREAKING... FEDS CLOSE TO GRIMM CHARGES: Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against two - term New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matteCHARGES: Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against two - term New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the mattecharges against two - term New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

(CNN)- Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

The first Defendant (Badeh) pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him, while the court relied on Section 478 of the Criminal Justice Act to enter a «not guilty» plea for the second defendant which is a corporation.

Speaking for the first time since Comptroller Scott Stringer announced the settlement late Monday, the family and Sharpton said they would continue with efforts to have federal prosecutors indict officer Pantaleo after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against him last year.

In Mubarak v Mubarak [2001] 1 FLR 698, [2000] All ER (D) 2302 the first post-Human Rights Act 1998 case on this jurisdiction (and see «Enforcement matters», David Burrows, 159 NLJ 7368, p 653), Brooke LJ emphasised the importance that the respondent, who faces what amounts to a criminal charge (see Engel and Others v The Netherlands (No 1)(1979) 1 EHRR 647), should know the case against him or her (ie McFarlane LJ's list: (a) and (b)-RRB-: «In Newman v Modern Bookbinders Ltd [2000] 2 All ER 814, [2000] 1 WLR 2559 judgment was given in [a case which is] far removed from the present.

I found race (according to the linked article and attorney cited there), being an officer (according to the primary salient fact in the linked article) or otherwise working in the local criminal justice system, and being the first case in a county (according to what distinguishing fact can be found in the article) as potential determiners of whether or not charges are brought against a caretaker.

First, in criminal proceedings, the prosecutor is filing charges against a perpetrator who has broken the law in some way.

It is both critical for criminal suspects to assert their right to remain silent under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, to have a federal criminal lawyer advocating for them early on to work to avoid a prosecution in the first place, and to minimize being behind the eight - ball in defending against federal felony charges.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.

In the first case, criminal charges may be brought against a company, provided that the following conditions are met cumulatively: