Sentences with phrase «flouted by»

But when the law is being flouted by some of the biggest companies operating in China, blame tends to fall less heavily on local officials than on the companies themselves.

But it was Schneiderman who assembled a coalition of attorneys general under the banner of AGs United for Clean Power and proclaimed them «dedicated to coming up with creative ways to enforce laws being flouted by the fossil fuel industry and their allies in their short - sighted efforts to put profits above the interests of the American people.»

And for me, rule of law is one of the norms constantly flouted by this government.

In practice, however, these rules are widely flouted by prisoners (and many staff).

«Let's not forget that the existing ban on such text and images on infant formula labels is routinely flouted by companies in many Member States, with images such as shields, polar bears and unauthorised health claims appearing.

Moscovici made much of the fact that for the first time since the euro was born in 1999, no country in 2018 will have a budget deficit over 3 percent of annual GDP — a key limit that governs the single currency and which has been flouted by many countries.

Not exact matches

If it comes to that, Russia has the most to lose by flouting international standards.

According to a much - pored over report by the Wall Street Journal, an NSA hacker flouted protocol (and all common sense) two years ago by taking work home to a personal computer that ran Kaspersky software.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

Consumers who use online payday lenders may be taken advantage of twice: first, by the lenders» triple - digit interest rates that flout state caps, then with fees tacked on by the borrowers» own banks.

Young people taught us dramatically by public flouting of false, conventional values.

But the British and their sympathizers replied that the charters gave no such independence from parliamentary control, and to flout legal parliamentary actions was to go against the powers that were ordained by God to rule England under law and custom.

Lincoln really was guided by his view of what the Constitution required of him: to fight secession; flout the Supreme Court's fabrications in Dred Scott; and in these great causes deploy all his lawful powers as commander - in - chief — including that «seizure» of enemy «property» called the Emancipation Proclamation.

More often it is demeaned by being conspicuously ignored or visibly flouted.

A holy God will not suffer his plans for a vast, stupendously intricate, marvelous creation and the men designed to be his sons to be flouted and destroyed by self - willed and proud little delinquents, aged 60 as often as 16, called nations or civilizations as often as persons.

But there are times when the stresses become abnormal, when the populace truly is at odds with each other, when people can not agree on the proper measures for coping with dangers and problems, when they blame those in authority and flout the establishment by unpatriotic acts.

His sermon was part of a national campaign by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal organization that has organized Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2008, encouraging pastors to flout the Johnson Amendment with political endorsements from the pulpit.

«The piece also suggested that brands are flouting the labelling laws, which is simply false and refuted by FJA.

Media Release 29 May 2015 Industry slams confusing ACA piece on juice Fruit Juice Australia (FJA), a division of the Australian Beverages Council, representing 90 % of the juice industry's volume, has today slammed a recent piece by A Current Affair that only confused viewers by comparing different juice products and suggesting brands are flouting labelling -LSB-...]

A televised discussion about the Charlie Hebdo attacks risks censure by flouting a French law banning wine on TV...

Australia's Kerry O'Brien has a history of being done in by bad luck, but last week he flouted some dire tidings in a Chinese restaurant to smash the world indoor two - mile record by eight seconds

That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.

The workers made a conscious decision yesterday to flout strike laws to support a fellow worker who they say has been prevented from working by the company.

But the legal situation has been made more complex by the anarchic nature of social media, which is so diverse and anonymous that users feel able to flout injunctions without fear of repercussion, and an increasingly confident campaign by newspaper editors, who are fighting the injunctions tooth - and - nail in the face of declining sales.

Many London Underground users are flouting the new rule by continuing to pass to the left of those standing

Commenting on plans by the minority in parliament to impeach the president, he disclosed on the Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko that it is needless for such an exercise, insisting the president has not flouted any law.

After listening to arguments by counsel, Justice Abang said «I can not come to conclusion that the DG DSS has flouted the order of the court.

The Federal Government is seeking the revocation of Kanu's bail based it's grounds that the IPOB leader had flouted the terms and conditions of the bail granted him by Justice Binta Nyako.

A Non-governmental organisation - HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state for flouting a subsisting order of an Imo State High Court by forcefully demolishing the Ancient EkeUkwu Market in Owerri leading to many fatalities.

In his first year, Cuomo shepherded through the legalization of same - sex marriage, flouted protesters who had dubbed him «Governor One Percent» by passing tax reforms that increase taxes on the rich, and laid the political groundwork for a brand new convention center to be built in one of New York City's outer boroughs — all largely outside of the public eye.

Obetta also accused the DSS to have flouted the order of the magistrate court, and «abused court process» by running to the high court to procure an order to keep his client in detention.

The core of Ms. Sugarman's accusations was that Mr. de Blasio and his allies flouted limits on the donations to individual Democratic State Senate candidates by funneling money into county Democratic committees, which enjoy much looser spending rules.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, of flouting best practice by approving a credit facility of GHc10, 459,500 from the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).

A group, Northern Parliament has warned that the flouting of bail conditions by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu is threatening the security of...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A state agency reports today that Syracuse officials continue to flout civil service rules by keeping more than 100 employees on the payroll of the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency when they actually work for the city.

What appears to be the blatant flouting of the country's financial regulations by managers of various state institutions has incurred the wrath of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

Some schools are continuing to covertly exclude poorer pupils by flouting the government's admissions codes, the schools minister has confirmed.

«We're taking action to protect UK consumers and the egg industry by hitting producers who flout the law where it hurts — in their pockets,» he said.

She goes on to note Espada is being investigated by the FBI, AG Andrew Cuomo and two DAs, adding: «He is alleged to have stolen millions of dollars in Medicaid funds, he has exploited his position in the Senate for personal gain, flouts state election laws, and makes a mockery of the democratic process.»

Yes indeed nothing except noise, hounding, torturing, flouting of court orders and vilification of opposition leaders and members in and out of courts / incarcerations without proving anything; harassments, intimidation, indiscriminate arrests and detention of Judges in order to cow them to desecrate the Judiciary and deny the people justice; promote Gestapo State and by extension, kill democracy.»

Speaking to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) upon arrival in Ado - Ekiti, Fayose asked residents of the State to flout the curfew imposed by the incumbent and to place calls to his mobile phone if anyone stopped them.

A special committee, chaired by Joe Ghartey, the Essikado - Ketan MP that was constituted by the Speaker to investigate the matter concluded that Mr. Ayariga flouted Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament in his claim that the Chairman of Parliament's Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu was used as a conduit by the Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko to distribute a GH cents 3,000 bribe to minority members of the Appointments Committee to facilitate Mr. Agyarko's approval after his vetting.

The plans by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), to cut down the salaries of top management will not flout any laws, a Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has said.

«By implementing this plan... no group or individual would be able to easily flout the conventions and laws of our county, nor will one area be able to have such a disproportionate impact on all of our tax bills, resources, and services.

On the controversial N852.9 State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) fund, the commission said it was clear that the Government of Dr Fayemi hoodwinked the federal government into paying its own matching grant by obtaining N852, 936,783.12 loan from Access Bank on November 25, 2013 without perfecting documentation in respect of the loan, thereby flouting the provisions of Section 11 (2) of the UBEC Act, 2004.

Mr. Cuomo derided the WFP as a «fringe party» last week, comments he later walked back, and seemed to deliberately flout its union backers by promising to take a hard line against teachers and other public servants.

There's no room for new or expanding charter schools in the Big Apple — because the de Blasio administration continues to flout state law by refusing to guarantee them space, records reviewed by The Post show.

Despite his decisive victory, Eugene can't take office: He flouted the residency requirement by living in Canarsie before the election.

They point out that recent campaign filings show that candidates are taking in increasing amounts of campaign cash through the LLC loophole that allows corporations to flout donation limits by the creation of multiple LLCs.