Sentences with phrase «from global investigations»

A seasoned advisor in the compliance arena, his experience ranges from global investigations around the world on complex fraud and bribery cases to corporate defence work vis - à - vis public prosecutors and before the courts.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Prosecutors involved in a criminal investigation of Uber learned of the tactics from a former manager of the company's global intelligence unit who had documented them in a letter to an in - house lawyer at the ride - sharing firm.

Pulling the same legal levers as those involved in its climate change investigation of ExxonMobil, the New York state attorney general's office obtained an agreement from coal giant Peabody Energy to end misleading statements and disclose risks associated with global warming.

One undeniable pattern within the current global dairy market over the last 13 months has been the emergence of a number of similar investigations into allegations of dairy price fixing occurring from the US to the Mediterranean region.

Recognised internationally for strategic public awareness campaigning, our investigations and those of our partner organisations have exposed the extreme abuse of animals exported from Australia, Europe and South America, galvanising caring people from right around the world to speak out for animals and demand an end to the global live export trade.

In the course of investigation, it was discovered that the former commissioner allegedly collected gratification from the company in the sum of N83m between July 30, 2012 and December 30, 2014, through his companies: Global Victory Allied Company and Mahco Mega Nigeria Limited.

On Monday, the Center for Public Integrity and open - governance group Global Integrity released the 2015 State Integrity Investigation, a comprehensive, data - driven assessment of the systems in place to deter corruption in state government, and gave New York a D - grade, a drop from the previous 2012 State Integrity Investigation, when New York received a D.

Doretti and Snow chronicle the evolution of human rights investigations in Argentina, from the incipient and at times partisan efforts of the National Commission on Disappeared People (CONADEP) to later AAAS support for the creation of the EAAF (Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team), an organization still in global operation today.

«There are many, many different kinds of citizen science projects, everything from large - scale, global, data - drive, researcher - driven investigations to community - based, community - driven questions that address a critical problem, and citizen science exists in almost every scientific discipline,» said Jennifer Shirk, interim executive director of the Citizen Science Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen science.

Global collaborative projects bring together scientists worldwide from different areas of expertise, allowing the investigation of a problem from multiple angles and yielding results that would have been impossible without a multidisciplinary consortium.

However, Tara Oceans takes such investigations one step further by integrating the genetic, morphological, and functional diversity in its environmental context at global ocean scale and at multiple depths (Figure 1), from viruses to fish larvae.

«This year, in recognition of the culmination of the four year Scholarship and Discovery Program, the range and breadth of what is presented at the annual Senior Scientific Session has been expanded to reflect the diversity of the research that students engage in, ranging from traditional scientific investigation to applied projects in medical education, quality and safety, and global and community health,» said Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, assistant professor of medicine, leader of this year's event.

Following the leak of internal Heartland Institute documents, six universities with faculty listed in Heartland's budget for work relating to denying the science or implications of global climate change received letters from Greenpeace asking for conflict of interest investigations (see the Chronicle of Higher Education's coverage).

They stated that future studies may benefit from incorporating protocol refinements such as those described here, which include global capture of function, control for potential confounds, and investigation of underlying neural substrates of recovery.

He has received many awards for his research discoveries including elected membership to ASCI (American Society of Clinical Investigation), Elected Member, Royal Society of Medicine, the RD Wright Medallion, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Eric Susman Prize in Medicine, Advance Global Australian Award (Biotechnology), a Doctor of Medical Sciences, HonorisCausa, from the University of Melbourne, and awards from Susan G. Komen (Light of Life award, Jamie Brooke Lieberman Award).

With professional field investigators, agents and support staff based in Accra, Ghana, Wymoo protects our global clients from through our professional and discreet investigations.

Based on the book by Jake Bernstein titled Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite (clearly, they couldn't use that title), the movie focuses on the story about leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonesca, which showed how the wealthy and other such connected people funneled money illegally in and around the world.

Bayrle's thematic investigations have ranged from a visual analysis of mass culture and consumerism to reflections on the intersection of technology with global politics.

Apart from holding an exhibition that explains the role of glaciers in the environment and the threats of global warming, the museum also aims to be an investigation center and monitor the evolution of glaciers in the region.

Ahead of Myanmar's election last year, the Global Witness investigation Jade: Myanmar's «Big State Secret» revealed a string of notorious military figures and drug lords secretly controlling and profiting from the jade industry.

PCA investigations of a «Global Temperature» (albeit not an infeasible ICA) comprised of solar forcing, ENSO, and all remaining influence granted as anthropogenic have repeatedly assigned no more than 10 % causation as assignably due to CO2, from any source.

The energy industry is facing pressure from regulators, shifting public opinion, a movement toward a global climate treaty and now, potential investigations of companies like...

Global Witness» investigations show that DLH purchased 1,281 m ³ of timber from two Liberian companies in 2012, which was cut under logging contracts called Private Use Permits (PUPs) and exported to Bangladesh, China and France.

Source: Xinhua, «Yunnan Public Security Border Defense Brigade takes actions to ensure the Yunnan - Burma timber and mineral trading cooperation»; 27 March 2006 [2] Source: Global Witness field investigation; Yunnan Province, China; May 2006 [3] Source: Global Witness, «A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests»; October 2005, available in English, Chinese and Burmese from http://www.globalwitness.org/reports/index.php?section=burma [4] Source: Global Witness estimates based on statistical information from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, and China Customs made available by The World Trade Atlas; February 2006 [5] Border checkpoints in all but one area along the China - Burma border visited by Global Witness investigators had been closed.

HFC - 23 is a so - called super greenhouse gas which has a global warming potential some 14,800 times higher than CO2 and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for new laws to destroy the gas which is produced as a by product from producing the refrigerant HCFC - 22.

BOGOTÁ — A four year - old complaint against global mining company Eco Oro Minerals Corp. has resulted in an investigation and divestment from major investors in a regional project in Colombia.

As we discovered from the Ofcom's investigation into Channel 4's Great Global Warming Swindle, journalists can say what they like about science: it only matters (a little) if a particular scientist is misrepresented.

From hard - hitting investigations on illegal ODS trade to successful advocacy to accelerate the HCFC [hydrochlorofluorocarbons] phase - out and adopt a global HFC phase - down, EIA plays a unique and valuable role within the Montreal Protocol family.

Grijalva's investigation into climate scientists who scrutinize conclusions about man - made global warming comes after the New York Times published a piece critical of Harvard - Smithsonian scientist Wei - hock Soon for not disclosing his funding from energy companies in his research.

Investigations by Global Witness found illegally felled logs from Liberia in ports in France shortly before the ban came in, underlining the need for companies to to carry out checks on their supply chain and avoid possible criminal penalties.

Our investigations expose forest crime and promote policy solutions to eliminate illegally sourced wood products and commodities grown on deforested land from global markets.

Detailed investigation of DTR - CR flux relationships from an expanded station - based dataset, and reanalysis data found no significant associations between either the DTR and periodic (11 - year and 1.68 - year) solar variations, or FD events at global or regional scales (Laken et al. 2012c).

If even a fewother regions remote from Europe showed the MWP trend, there would be a necessity to immediately undertake a global investigation to resolve the issue.

Global Witness» investigations reveal that China is the lead importer of timber from Burma which amounts to more than one million cubic metres a year at a value of around US$ 250 million.

In defending their bonds from the threat of a SEC investigation, these municipalities have either provided additional evidence that their lawsuits exaggerated the risks of global warming — or, even worse, that they downplayed those risks to investors and then paid someone to say otherwise.

DeSmogBlog has also done an in - depth investigation on the environmental impacts of fracking in the Fracking the Future report, and found that the potentially devastating impacts from unconventional gas development on water supplies, air quality and the global climate deserve much greater study and scrutiny.

New investigation from Global Witness reveals high - level military involvement in eastern Congo's gold trade

This event will answer questions about: circumstances of internal investigations; preparation forand response to dawn raids; procedures that should be in place before an investigation; pros and cons of reaching a global settlement; and, types of documents thatregulators from other jurisdictions can demand.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is boosting its corporate crime and global investigations practice with a senior hire from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

In his prior role as general counsel, Mr. Black's leadership included overseeing a full spectrum of global business operations, including building a corporate legal department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational concerns.

The Charity Commission has appointed Michael King from Stone King as interim manager of Al - Fatiha Global (AFG) as part of the Commission's investigation into the Syrian aid organisation.

In May 2007, DLA Piper's former volume business, Optima Legal, which had been spun off from the global firm a year earlier, faced SRA censure after a two - year investigation found that its relationship with U.K. outsourcing company Capita «went further than was allowed by the rules.»

Our transactional teams work closely with our global investigations and leading international arbitration groups from the outset to ensure the best possible structure for a matter and investment protection.

Represented Russian entity in connection with global investigations and litigation arising from collapse of Yukos Oil following the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Oliver's experience includes: defending global investment banks in High Court proceedings brought in relation to complex financial products and transactions; acting for an international consulting firm in High Court proceedings brought by the trustees of a pension scheme; acting for a UK financial services provider in relation to a major loss of customer data; acting for an insurer in arbitration proceedings relating to an insurance coverage dispute; acting for a global custody bank on an investigation in relation to client overcharging on asset portfolio transitions; and acting for a UK financial services group in relation to legal and regulatory issues arising from a major misstatement in its published accounts.

Accordingly, companies making an immunity or leniency application and / or facing a competition authority investigation need advisers who can not only effectively advise on the global risks and benefits of making an immunity or leniency application, and defend the investigation, but also prepare the company for any subsequent litigation and how to manage the process strategically from start to finish.

Our Corporate Governance practice brings together highly experienced lawyers from the firm's Corporate & Securities, Regulatory & Investigations, White Collar Defense & Compliance, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practices to help both public and private companies establish and maintain a comprehensive governance framework that allows directors and senior managers to more effectively guide their organizations in an increasingly complex and interconnected global environment.

Adkins has earned global and nationwide rankings as a leading lawyer from Chambers and Partners for his work in Section 337 investigations.