Sentences with phrase «for alleged actions»

Phil Charles, South Africa's chief astronomer and the director of the South African Astronomical Observatory, has been suspended by the country's National Research Foundation for alleged actions that led to the leaking of confidential information about the foundation.

One wonders why they are silent now when a company whose leader stands under indictment for alleged actions of fraud against BOCES is in a multi-million dollar agreement with the school board?

Not exact matches

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

Critics point to a laundry list of CFPB actions that they say could warrant removal under existing Dodd - Frank standards: Republicans have excoriated the agency for the cost of renovating its building, for example, and for an alleged lack of diversity among its employees.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

Federal regulators are poised to impose a $ 1 billion penalty on Wells Fargo for a variety of alleged misdeeds, including forcing customers to buy auto insurance policies that they didn't need, according to people briefed on the regulatory action.

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.

The company and its U.S. counterpart were recently hit with a class action lawsuit by about 250 current and former operators of Sears Hometown Stores, who allege that Sears Canada and Sears Roebuck made it «virtually impossible» for them to operate profitably.

Yelp has faced legal action in the past for alleged extortion and review manipulation — claims which the company has repeatedly denied.

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.

Claim VI alleges that each defendant has derivative liability for the actions of the other defendants.

During that time CFPB (at Cordray's direction) brought a civil enforcement action against a California attorney, Chance Gordon, for alleged violations of consumer protection laws.

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In re HP Securities Litigation consists of two consolidated putative class actions filed on November 26 and 30, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging, among other things, that from August 19, 2011 to November 20, 2012, the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and the financial performance of Parent's enterprise services business.

However, Silver notes that their current Coinbase class action lawsuit is an offshoot of the Cryptsy one, for it alleges that Coinbase was negligent in account monitoring.

In December 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, granted final approval of a $ 43 million settlement of individual actions against JPMorgan Chase and Bear Stearns, as well as numerous other providers and brokers, alleging antitrust violations in the market for financial instruments related to municipal bond offerings.»

Eisenkraft is also involved in the Interest Rate Swaps Antitrust Litigation where he is the court - appointed co-lead counsel in an action that alleges that Wall Street investment banks conspired to prevent an alternative market for interest rate swaps from developing.

Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small, when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.

The group threatening legal action against Bitcoin.com for alleged disinformation has cancelled its initiative, citing insufficient funds

Interestingly, it comes despite ongoing investigations into Coinbase staff for alleged insider trading, and the ongoing threat of a class action lawsuit against the San Francisco - based company in the US.

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.

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.

The alleged subordination of the gospel to Karl Marx is illustrated, for example, by charging that «false» liberation theology concentrates too much on a few selected biblical texts that are always given a political meaning, leading to an overemphasis on «material» poverty and neglecting other kinds of poverty; that this leads to a «temporal messianism» that confuses the Kingdom of God with a purely «earthly» new society, so that the gospel is collapsed into nothing but political endeavor; that the emphasis on social sin and structural evil leads to an ignoring or forgetting of the reality of personal sin; that everything is reduced to praxis (the interplay of action and reflection) as the only criterion of faith, so that the notion of truth is compromised; and that the emphasis on communidades de base sets a so - called «people's church» against the hierarchy.

This is extremely concerning because the definition of harassment relies largely on the perception of the person who claims they were harassed: all they need do is allege that someone has «violated their dignity» or that someone created a «hostile or insulting environment» for them, and they can take legal action.

«A restaurant or similar retail food establishment shall not be liable in any civil action in Federal or State court (other than an action brought by the United States or a State) for any claims arising out of an alleged violation of this clause or any State law permitted under section 403A (a)(4).»

For example, if the alleged waiter who has been making lewd comments and repeated unwanted advances to his waitress colleague does not deny the accusation, there is no need to interview witnesses and the employer could immediately determine appropriate corrective action.

The class action alleges the company and its directors — including chairman Phil Tracy and former chief executive Gary Helou — were aware it «did not have reasonable grounds for making the misleading PDS representations» at the time it embarked on its $ 500 million pre float raising.

See ACCC Media Release, «ACCC takes court action against the CFMEU alleging secondary boycott and undue harassment or coercion» (20 November 2014) See also Michael Janda, «ACCC launches court action against CFMEU for Boral secondary boycott» (ABC News, 20 November 2014)

See, for example, Lucille Keen, «ACCC sues petrol retailers, Informed Sources» (Financial Review, 20 August 2014), Ben Butler, «ACCC takes action on petrol pricing» (Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2014), Annabel Hepworth, «Petrol giants face legal test on prices» (The Australian, 21 August 2014) ACCC takes BP, Caltex, Woolworths, Coles Express, 7 - Eleven and Informed Sources to Federal Court» (news.com.au, 20 August 2014), Michael Janda, «ACCC launches legal action against Informed Sources and retailers over alleged petrol price sharing» (ABC News, 21 August 2014) and Simon Thomsen, «Competition Watchdog Takes Fuel Big Boys To Court Over Alleged Price Fixing» (20 Augustalleged petrol price sharing» (ABC News, 21 August 2014) and Simon Thomsen, «Competition Watchdog Takes Fuel Big Boys To Court Over Alleged Price Fixing» (20 AugustAlleged Price Fixing» (20 August 2014).

Dean Foods has announced the dismissal of a Tennessee retailer - led action alleging that — together with other defendants such as Dairy Farmers of America — it conspired to only buy milk from the latter in return for its virtual monopoly on milk retail...

In a 34 - page defence filed in the Federal Court in Melbourne on Monday, lawyers for Coles rejected key claims by the ACCC, which launched legal action in May, alleging that Coles used unfair tactics and misleading information to force about 200 suppliers to pay additional and ongoing rebates to participate in the program known as Active Retail Collaboration.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs today announced their filing of a collective action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full - service restaurant group, alleging servers were paid less than the minimum wage and were not compensated for time they were required to work off the clock.

While it won't make any difference to them now as they'll have to focus on Serie A and the Coppa Italia final, it's reported by Sky Sports that UEFA will announce on Monday as to whether Welbeck will face any retrospective action for his alleged dive.

Moussa Sissoko was heaped with praise for his all - action captain's performance against Spurs, but that only threw into relief the shockingly lazy and spineless displays the alleged dynamic powerhouse has put in all season and smacked of a player suddenly aware of the need to put himself in the shop window.

The complaint submitted by Baby Milk Action was presented in the publication Nestlé's UN Global Compact cover up: How Nestlé's Shared Value reports cover up malpractice and bring the UN voluntary initiative for corporate responsibility into disrepute (NESTLÉ CRITICS, 2009) which included information from various civil society organisations (note 3) alleging violations in the areas of:

Accordingly on 11 June 2009 the UK civil society organisation Baby Milk Action submitted a complaint alleging that the reports posted on the UN Global Compact Office site and launched at the joint event were misleading and that Nestlé was, in truth, responsible for egregious violations of the Global Compact Principles.

Wheaton Park District officials Monday welcomed an announcement by the Du Page County state «s attorney «s office that it would not take legal action against the district for alleged violations of the state Open Meetings Act.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo, one of the nation's founding fathers who had seemingly lost out in the political battle with his erstwhile deputy in the Action Group, Chief Samuel Akintola was as at January 15, 1966, under incarceration in Calabar Prison serving out a sentence for alleged treasonable felony.

The former Member of Parliament for Asunafo South constituency, George Boakye, who was indicted in an alleged visa fraud by the UK High Commission in Accra, has threatened to take legal action if the commission fails to reverse the travel ban on him.

It would be helpful for the petitioners, if they exist, to show what action was taken and should have been taken against district electoral officers performing key functions and showing party biases as they allege.

That count alleged he stole approximately $ 560,000 in public and charitable assets while serving as fiscal officer for two related Bronx not - for - profit corporations: Christian Community Benevolent Association, Inc. and Christian Community in Action.

His decision to back the recommendations in the Leveson report and his push for action over alleged phone hacking at News International has failed to ingratiate him with many newspapers.

New York City lawyers said the city had settled a lawsuit by two women claiming they were raped by a guard at Rikers Island, and as a result, a bid for a class action alleging systemic failure to protect female prisoners will be dropped.

Prosecutors allege developers paid «bribes» to Howe that «were purported to be consultancy payments and bonuses but which were in fact payments for Howe's actions in his capacity as an agent» of SUNY Poly, who had «substantial control» over its projects.

Neither Bamberger nor YNN's Senior Director of News Operations, Anthony Proia, would discuss the details of their meetings, or what action, if any, they sought against Benjamin for her alleged snark.

According to prosecutors, some of alleged corrupt actions committed by Percoco were for «friends» of the governor and his political operation.

The ambassador had alleged that the actions of the three lawmakers at the International Visitor Leadership Programme in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from 7th to 13th April, 2016, brought disrepute to the parliament by soliciting for sex from prostitutes and grabbing hotel housekeeper in a bid to rape.

«I will not be held accountable for the alleged comments of another member of the Republican Party any more than I will ask you to account for the actions of [U.S. Rep.] Charlie Rangel,» Turner wrote in a Sept. 27 letter to Anthony Weiner.

«Because of the alleged actions of this officer, the victim was treated at ECMC for a head injury,» says Flynn.

Several women who worked for the Lib Dems alleged on the programme that before he stood down as the party's chief executive in 2009 he made unwanted advances at them, but when they reported it to party MPs including the chief whip, little action was taken to investigate their claims.