Sentences with phrase «for unlawful actions»

Unlawful combatants remain civilians and may be captured, detained, and treated as criminals under domestic law for their unlawful actions in combat.

However, an «excuse» is essentially an admission of guilt with a supposed justification for the unlawful action.

Not exact matches

Have you ever received disciplinary infractions for unlawful or unethical actions?

Living up to expectations, Mr. Goelman announced a slew of enforcement actions over the past three years including a $ 120 million penalty against Goldman Sachs for interest rate product manipulation, a $ 250 million penalty against Citibank also for interest rate product manipulation and a $ 5 million penalty against Jon Corzine for unlawful use of customer funds.

Regulatory actions could negatively impact the platform and CTK in various ways, including, for purposes of illustration only, through a determination that the purchase, sale and delivery of CTK constitutes unlawful activity or that CTK are a regulated security that require registration or licensing of those securities or some or all of the parties involved in the purchase, sale and delivery thereof.

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.»

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However, on Tuesday, France's highest court for judicial matters, the Court of Cassation, ruled an undercover police officer's actions in the case had been unlawful, and ordered the Paris Court of Appeal to look again at the investigation's validity.

Mining company Exton Cubic Group Limited is considering taking legal actions against the police and some authorities in the Ashanti Region for what it called the unlawful seizure of Ibrahim Mahama's Engineers and Planners (E&P) vehicles and mining equipment.

In the book, Abdullahi described the former president as a man who had «a distinct aversion for taking any action that could be regarded as unlawful or illegal».

Consequently, the action of the Senate in its resolution against the IGP today is a deliberate blackmail, witch - hunting with mischievous motives to hand - twist the IGP to pervert the end of justice in a felonious and serious offenses of Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms for which Senator Dino Melaye who was indicted by two (2) Principal Suspects (Kabiru Seidu A.K.A OSAMA, Nuhu Salisu A.K.A SMALL) arrested for several cases of kidnappings and armed robberies in Kogi State are already standing trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.

To support residents already living in Inwood, the City is taking action through the new Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force, providing free legal representation for tenants, and working with the State to ensure rent - stabilized tenants are not charged unlawful rents.

Concerns include, but are not limited to, any action that may be considered to be unlawful or any action judged to be inconsistent with other Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine policies, including the accounting policy.

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(g) If the court finds that the respondent has intentionally engaged in or is intentionally engaging in an unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint, the court may enjoin the respondent from engaging in such unlawful employment practice, and order such affirmative action as may be appropriate, which may include reinstatement or hiring of employees, with or without back pay (payable by the employer, employment agency, or labor organization, as the case may be, responsible for the unlawful employment practice).

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production or to employees who work in different locations, provided that such differences are not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, nor shall it be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to give and to act upon the results of any professionally developed ability test provided that such test, its administration or action upon the results is not designed, intended or used to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Such an action may be brought in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged to have been committed, in the judicial district in which the employment records relevant to such practice are maintained and administered, or in the judicial district in which the plaintiff would have worked but for the alleged unlawful employment practice, but if the respondent is not found within any such district, such an action may be brought within the judicial district in which the respondent has his principal office.

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These questions were the subject of a motion brought by McDonald's Restaurants of Canada seeking to strike out a plaintiff's claim for unlawful invasion of his privacy on the basis that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action.

The respondent brought an action in Ontario against Dr. Lu, three Chinese corporations and a British Virgin Island corporation (hereafter the «appellants») for breach of confidence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, unjust enrichment and / or unlawful interference with economic interests after discovering clones being sold in the global market.

For example, in Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank the English Court of Appeal confirmed that an individual in Switzerland who participated in breaches of a worldwide freezing order was susceptible to a claim for unlawful means conspiracy — notwithstanding that he was outside the jurisdiction of the English court (and therefore not bound by the freezing order or susceptible to an order finding him in contempt) and that the actions he took (moving monies on instructions from their owner) were otherwise lawfFor example, in Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank the English Court of Appeal confirmed that an individual in Switzerland who participated in breaches of a worldwide freezing order was susceptible to a claim for unlawful means conspiracy — notwithstanding that he was outside the jurisdiction of the English court (and therefore not bound by the freezing order or susceptible to an order finding him in contempt) and that the actions he took (moving monies on instructions from their owner) were otherwise lawffor unlawful means conspiracy — notwithstanding that he was outside the jurisdiction of the English court (and therefore not bound by the freezing order or susceptible to an order finding him in contempt) and that the actions he took (moving monies on instructions from their owner) were otherwise lawful.

The period of suspension of HMRC action is under three months so is not long enough to enable employers to «stop the clock» on NMW breaches to defend Employment Tribunal claims for unlawful deductions from wages, by paying the NMW rates for sleep - in shifts and breaking the chain of underpayments.

Instead, the impression one gets, especially from Lord Reid's speech, is that there is now a list of nullifying errors, a list of reasons for judicial intervention in respect of unlawful administrative decisions, with no area of administrative action walled off from judicial oversight.

If your employer treats you less favourably for an unlawful reason, you may be able to take action.

Claims for breach of Article 2 and 3 investigative duties, malicious prosecution and other causes of action, including cases involving unlawful searches and seizures, the use of batons and the unlawful disclosure of private information;

In the consumer class action sector, Alberstone is currently lead or co-lead counsel in several notable cases, including Payne v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., involving manipulation of the LIBOR U.S. Dollar rate, Bias et al. v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al., concerning illegal mark - ups of default related fees, Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., Stitt v. Citibank, et al. and Vega v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., concerning unlawful charging of unnecessary default fees, Waldrup v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al., concerning illegal charging for fraudulent appraisals, Weiner v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., involving illegal assessment of default - related service fees that contained undisclosed mark - ups, and Ono v. Head Racquet Sports USA, concerning false advertising of Head tennis racquets.

Such is the problem presented by indirect purchaser actions in which downstream individual purchasers seek recovery for alleged unlawful overcharges that were passed on to them through the successive links in the chain.

Because Thompson did not allege he himself engaged in any statutorily protected activity (i.e., did not oppose an unlawful employment practice, make a charge, testify, assist, or participate in an investigation), the court found by the plain language of the statute that Thompson was not included in the class of persons for whom Congress created a retaliation cause of action.

This case concerned an action for unlawful detention.

The three cases involve five different alleged wrongs, raising possible causes of action for economic loss: inducing breach of contract (Mainstream), causing loss by unlawful means (Zeta - Jones) interference with contractual relations (OBG); breach of confidence (Zeta - Jones) and conversion (OBG).

However, whether they are purposefully carrying out unlawful acts or simply ignorant of Missouri's ever - changing laws, they must be held accountable for their damaging actions.

• The Supreme Court suggests that the law may develop to enable damages to be awarded for contempt without a claimant having to rely upon unlawful means conspiracy or any other recognised cause of action.

An employee who dismissal is unlawful continues to have the option of seeking damages for wrongful dismissal by way of a civil action.

His action against the police caseload includes claims against the Police and Prison Services for assault, false imprisonment, unlawful detention etc..

Such activity, if unlawful under statute, may also give rise to statutory civil remedies for the victim, including a statutory civil cause of action or grounds for injunctive relief to be granted by the courts.

A significant portion of her practice is devoted to defending complex wage and hour class actions and representative actions, including claims for overtime pay, meal and rest period violations, misclassification, unlawful time rounding, and noncompliant pay stubs.

Hodge Jones & Allen have a fearsome reputation for challenging unlawful actions taken by the police and other enforcement authorities.

On the other hand, if your employment contract follows an affirmative action plan that is not remedial and narrowly tailored for past discrimination, it may constitute unlawful discrimination.

He subsequently made a complaint under the Police Services Act, alleging unlawful or unnecessary arrest and use of unnecessary force, and also initiated a civil action for damages.

Under Title VII, it is unlawful for an employer to take any adverse hiring or employment action against an individual based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.

Respondents instituted this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Kodak's policies were unlawful under both § § 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § § 1 and 2.

A High Court action for alleged misuse of confidential information, poaching of staff and unlawful competition between financial advisers

Specifically, the rule provided that «[a] covered entity may not intimidate, threaten, coerce, discriminate against, or take other retaliatory action against any individual for the filing of a complaint under this section, for testifying, assisting, participating in any manner in an investigation, compliance review, proceeding or hearing under this Act, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this subpart.»

Such activity, if unlawful under statute, may provide the victim with statutory civil remedies, including a statutory civil cause of action or grounds for injunctive relief.

The proposed rule would have prohibited retaliatory actions against individuals for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this subpart.

«Although it is too soon to be sure what the exact effect of the judgment will be, we predict the LSC will attempt to use this case, which highlights its unlawful actions, to blame the profession and the Law Society for any changes now required towards ensuring that it does operate within the law,» she says.

We will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior.

We will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior,» Grewal wrote in a statement.

The Facebook blog post, written by deputy general counsel Paul Grewal, cited the «public prominence» of Cambridge Analytica, called the alleged data retention an «unacceptable violation of trust» and said the social network will take legal action if necessary to hold all parties «responsible and accountable for any unlawful behavior.»