Sentences with phrase «for alleged victims»

Over the past few years, cuts to legal aid and changes to lawyers» fees have made it harder for alleged victims of human rights abuses by UK - linked companies to have their cases heard in UK courts.

In addition to whatever Lopez paid to settle the case, the city also put up more than $ 100,000 for the alleged victims.

Cuomo also outlined anti-sexual harassment proposals, announced earlier, that would end secret settlements and state taxpayer - financed payouts to victims, as well as establishing a statewide whistleblower protection system for alleged victims of sexual harassment.

The report from the attorneys» group was released a negotiations stalled this week between the state Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo over enactment of a law that would create a one - year period for alleged victims of sexual assault to file a lawsuit against their abusers or any organization that may have enabled the abuse.

A former priest has used the SU basketball coach sex abuse scandal to further himself and his own cause: Public advocacy for alleged victims.

So what you're saying is that by pointing out that you have no compassion whatsoever for the alleged victims and have declared yourselves Long's Lynch Mob, I'm the one with no compassion...

«Justice» is not just for the alleged victim, but for the accused as well.

«I think it's extremely significant when you have one or more attorneys for the alleged victim indicating doubt in their mind that a crime had even occurred,» LaTona said.

At 52: «As for loss consisting in additional costs incurred because of artificially high prices, such as the price of the hydrogen peroxide supplied by the cartel at issue in the main proceedings, that place is identifiable only for each alleged victim taken individually and is located, in general, at that victim's registered office.

As for loss consisting in additional costs incurred because of artificially high prices, such as the price of the hydrogen peroxide supplied by the cartel at issue in the main proceedings, that place is identifiable only for each alleged victim taken individually and is located, in general, at that victim's registered office.

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Internet security expert Joseph Steinberg told CNBC that the criminals typically do not demand a big sum of money, instead preferring to get the payment right away and insisting that the person from whom the ransom is demanded stay on the phone with them for fear that if connection is established with the alleged victim, the scam will be exposed.

Alleged victims of the discrimination will also be invited to reapply for employment.

Roy Moore, whose campaign for the U.S. Senate foundered amid allegations he pursued teenage girls in Alabama decades ago, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that he was the victim of what he called a «political conspiracy.»

Hogan's legal team alleges that Gawker sued the FBI for access to the racist recordings, which were part of an FBI investigation into a sex tape blackmail racket in which Hogan was the victim.

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.

The report criticised the Church for «rushing to judgment» by paying out compensation of almost # 17,000 to his alleged victim.

Secondly, when we believe the alleged abuser and silence the alleged victim, it betrays our fascination for preserving the privileges of power.

Finnegan's suit alleges that the archdiocese «actively concealed their knowledge of Kline's previous offenses, lied to parishioners and created a sham sexual abuse victim assistance program for the archdiocese.»

Ms Humphryes asked if Soper had become a teacher so that he could start «monstrously» abusing boys, as was claimed by one of the alleged victims - who can not be identified for legal reasons.

One after another the men's and women's teams from Victims International were dragged kicking and screaming into the Olympic venue for the alleged competition in basketball.

Detectives conducted an interview with the victim on Tuesday morning, and confirmed to WFAA that Boykin was under investigation for the alleged assault.

The victim in Tuesday's accusations was the driver of the car, and now alleges the reason for the crash was because Boykin was attacking her then.

The Tribune investigation, for which Gibney's alleged victims signed sworn affidavits, came after a probe of Gibney by the national police.

Evans — who spent two and a half years in prison for the crime he would later be cleared of committing — being found not guilty does not mean the alleged victim lied.

The Member of Parliament, for Fanteakwa North, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the collapsed Bank, has denied loaning deposits of the victims to sponsor Nana Akufo Addo campaign as alleged.

It also would create a one - year window for victims to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers even if the current statute of limitations on civil suits has passed.

It also includes a one - year lookback window of opportunity for victims of any age to bring their alleged abusers to court.

The SOL for the remaining sex offenses involving alleged victims under the age of 17 doesn't start until the alleged victim turns 18 and doesn't end until the the alleged victim turns 23 (for felonies) or 20 (for misdemeanors).

It also includes a one - year look - back window of opportunity for victims of any age to bring their alleged abusers to court.

Furthermore, the prime minister is able to use honours for leverage: many of the victims of Harold MacMillan's «night of the long knives» were mollified with peerages; more recently it was alleged in some quarters that Tony Blair convinced a number of ageing Labour MPs to retire in 2001 to make way for young New Labour high - fliers, by promising them peerages.

«It is inappropriate for the Governor to have any contact or to direct anyone to contact an alleged victim of violence,» NOW - New York President Marcia Pappas said in a statement Tuesday.

A spokesman for Silver says there are no other legal settlements besides the payout to the alleged victims of Assemblyman Lopez.

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

It also includes a one - year look back window of opportunity for victims of any age to bring their alleged abusers to court.

Morrissey criticised the roles of the deputy prime minister as well as the chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, equalities minister Jo Swinson, and the health minister Paul Burstow for failing to launch a formal investigation after alleged victims came forward.

Yesterday it emerged that Lord Stoneham, who was Director of Operations at Lib Dem HQ, — and therefore head of HR — during the period that some of the alleged offences took place, called one of the female victims after the news story broke, not to express concern or offer her support, but to criticise her for her actions and «angrily remonstrated» her down the telephone.

Among the provisions, the law would empower Child or Adult Protective Services to seek a court order to enter premises to investigate claims of abuse if access is denied by the homeowner; allow Child Protective Services to share information about prior abuse with Adult Protective Services; and make it a Class A misdemeanor to deny Child or Adult Protective Services access to an alleged victim for an interview.

In addition to lifting time limits for child victims to file civil suits against their alleged abusers, and against institutions that failed to act against abuse under their roofs, the current bill would provide a one - year window during which past victims who have already exceeded the statute of limitations could go to court.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region, Frank Annoh - Dompreh has petitioned President Mahama over alleged neglect of victims of the blast at a former quarry site at Paebo.

«I am very pleased the judge has indicated her intention to move as expeditiously as possible to trial, as thousands of Mr. Trump's alleged victims have been waiting years for relief from his fraud,» Schneiderman said.

Legal staff for the comptrolled reviewed the payement and determined that it was best to disberse the money to the alleged victims as classified damages, not salary.

Legendary Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine molested an Illinois teenager from the time he was 15 years old, sexual abuse that lasted for years and led the alleged victim to the brink of suicide, according to a police report obtained by The NY Post.

ALBANY — The 2005 party at which Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is alleged by a political opponent to have snorted cocaine was a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina headlined by Al Franken, its organizer said.

The filmmaker was caught on tape apologizing for the alleged sexual assault — described by the victim, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, as a groping of her breast — but he was able to avoid arrest after Vance declined to prosecute the case.

The state GOP circulated a petition last week urging supporters to back Silver losing his leadership post over his role in negotiating more than $ 132,000 in settlement money for the alleged sexual harassment victims of Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

The report also notes that the many of the same problems likely hold true for adult inmates on Rikers, including that they are alleged victims of poor staff training and overuse of solitary confinement.

It also will prohibit mandatory arbitration for cases of alleged sexual harassment and it will end secret settlements, unless it is at the request of the victim.

State GOP Chair Ed Cox has thoroughly condemned the Democratic Assembly Speaker for authorizing a secret pay out to alleged sexual harassment victims.

He filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein company seeking more compensation for Weinstein's alleged victims, and he's also been tasked with investigating Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.'s office's handling of criminal complaints made against Weinstein.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has admitted that he made a mistake when he approved a secret settlement for two of Lopez's alleged victims, and has fired his top counsel, saying the attorney withheld from him information on accusations against Assemblyman Kellner.