Sentences with phrase «for actions taken against»

The Brooklyn - based attorney was in the news two years ago for filing complaints against New York City schools for actions taken against female students who'd alleged sexual attacks by male students.

Not exact matches

In so doing, it created a new definition of supervisor, essentially as someone who can take tangible actions against the employee, for example, by hiring, firing, or promoting them.

Of course, for Kleiner to take any action against Pao while the lawsuit is pending would be legally suicidal for the firm — it would be a prima facie act of retaliation.

A lawyer for Judy's says the store's pharmacists believed they were filling legitimate prescriptions, and points out that no DEA enforcement action was ever taken against the pharmacists.

«Since protecting users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against deceptive or misleading use of trademarks in ad text and take swift action when we see this type of abuse on our platform,» the representative said.

The ACLU also contends that schools may not punish students for expressing political views, and plans to defend students of schools take action against them.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

But it suggests the Japanese company might take legal action against Malvinder Singh, an Indian billionaire who was CEO of Ranbaxy in 2008 when he and his brother sold their 34 % share in the company for $ 2 billion.

«Going forward, we will take action against any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people,» the company wrote in statement on Thursday.

The European Commission is taking legal action against Ireland and Luxembourg for allegedly giving sweetheart tax deals to companies like iPhone maker Apple and burger chain McDonalds that allowed them to shift profits from other EU nations.

Simon Rice, group manager for Technology at theInformation Commissioner's Office, said in a blog on Thursday that «with 350,000 of these cameras sold in the U.K. alone last year, this is a threat that all of us need to be aware of and be taking action to protect against.»

Gumala Aboriginal Corporation is taking legal action against its former chief executive, Steve Mav, for allegedly breaching his duties while he was at the helm of the indigenous group.

The author had a right to express their views on those topics — we encourage an environment in which people can do this and it remains our policy to not take action against anyone for prompting these discussions.

Media reports earlier suggested that the attorney general had given permission for the authorities to take such action against three suspected extremists.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

Lighthizer also suggested that the U.S. may take action against the World Trade Organization for its alleged failures on promoting a fairer trade landscape.

RUMOURS that Heineken Classic organisers were taking legal action against Channel Ten for this year's interrupted telecast have been dispelled by Heineken Classic tournament manager Rod Leembruggen.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

Meanwhile, the euro has been strengthening over the summer against the dollar, further hurting eurozone exports, and stressing the need for the ECB to take action.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Equifax, Inc., TransUnion, and their subsidiaries for deceiving consumers about the usefulness and actual cost of credit scores they sold to consumers.

If the US does actually take actions against China under the provision, it would undermine the global trade system — and could set off a whole wave of economically destabilizing tit - for - tat actions between China and the US.

It also includes commitments Mr. Trump makes to her, such as a promise not to take any legal action against her for her claims.

For Mr. Thiel, taking action against Gawker may be a win.

The ASA also took action against a number of non-transparent social media posts by «influencers» that were found to be insufficiently upfront and clear that the posts were ads — something Parker suggests is one of the most «avoidable traps» for brands to fall into.

They also said Mallinckrodt was aware of enforcement actions the agency had taken against distributors for failing to report the inordinate amounts of painkillers they were shipping to retail customers in states such as Florida.

While this is not the first time an established company has attempted legal action against its former employees — in January, Tesla sued its former director of Autopilot for poaching people to join his new startup — this is the first time Waymo has taken such action.

We again sounded the alarm to Facebook, publicly calling on the company to strengthen its data privacy policies and «institute human and technical auditing mechanisms» to both prevent violations and take swift action against developers for misuse.

Such behavior goes against everything we stand for at Twitter, and we are taking action on any content that violates our terms of service.

If you do not file your past due returns or pay your back taxes, be prepared for the IRS to take further actions against you.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

Additionally, as a heart disease survivor and National Volunteer for the American Heart Association, Star uses her international public platform to positively impact the lives of all women by empowering them to take action, stand stronger and join the fight against heart disease.

Prior to this, banking officials in the state of Tennessee began taking matters into their own hands and refused to wait for the federal government or the Federal Reserve to take regulatory action against bitcoin.

While there's technically no law against it, if you default, your lender could still choose to take legal action should they find out that you've used the money for something other than what you agreed to.

Right across B.C., there are more opportunities for us to take meaningful action against climate change.

Trudeau's government could launch their own legal challenge against B.C. for any actions the province takes, around respecting First Nations right or defending local health and safety.

Witness their efforts to preserve and enhance the earth and the earth's resources, to take action against oppression, to demand human rights, just treatment for all, and an end to war.»

Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.

World Vision released a statement, saying leadership was «shocked to learn of these charges against Mohammad,» adding, that they» will carefully review any evidence presented to us and will take appropriate actions based on that evidence,» while calling for «a fair, legal process for Mohammad.»

Wesolowski's case provides a high - profile chance for the Pope, who has been accused by some victims» groups of downplaying the sexual abuse scandal, to take concrete action against one of the Vatican's own.

There must be strong action taken against abuse by way of attaining justice for victims and enabling for victims to find the strength within to speak for themselves and prevent any further abuses happening.

Christian anti-slavery charity Hope for Justice has encouraged those appalled by the recent exposure of the Libyan slave trade to take action against the injustice.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

Recently Tish Warren chronicled for Christianity Today her own experience at Vanderbilt here in Nashville, where a similar action was taken against not just InterVarsity, but Catholic and Mormon groups.

As for my part, I am filing a complaint with the Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice and asking her and The Court to mark Tony Jones as a Vexatious Litigant in that state (he has to get judicial approval to sue); asking The Court to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue Wilson.

Do not take any action against these men... for if this plan and work of theirs is man - made, it will disappear; but if it comes from God you can not defeat them [Acts 5:38].

Kind of strange that the federal government have not taking action against him and his network as he destroy the lifes of so many people that listen to his preaching on his network, does the staff that works for his network ever tell him honestly that he is delusional and beg him to seek professional help?

It is this kind of «hate - speech» which led to the burning down of 77 churches in Norway by militant atheists and which at the most extreme end of the atheist movement leads to comments such as this from the Church Arson website «Any intelligent Antichrist methodology at that point will involve a consolidation of strength, public education in the ways of science and logic for our individual members, and actions taken against the remaining believers.

It seems rather ironic that the papacy is very quick to take action against its American nuns, when for decades it has played deaf, dumb and blind to the outrageous number of Catholic priests who have been proven to be child molesters.

I would urge anyone reading this to take WHATEVER ACTIONS POSSIBLE to harm Chick - Fil - A personnel or property, Dan Cathy, other members of the Cathy family, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Antonin Scalia, Billy Graham, or their loved ones, to make them pay for the harm they are doing to the people they discriminate against.

Therefore, AEC will take actions against those who for personal reasons and other ambitions contrary to the teachings of the Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ, distort the essence of his existence and throw an infamous discredit on people of God, by identifying themselves as Anti-Balaka militia or Séléka rebels.