Sentences with phrase «high profile cases come»

PolitiFact has not looked into whether the state has also had an inordinate number of sex scandals, but two high profile cases come to mind: In 2008, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after revelations that he had hired a sex worker, and former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is in prison for sexting a minor.

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This was the case recently when Amy Pascal, Sony's co-chairman and chief of its film division, came under intense criticism for her remarks about President Barack Obama and less than flattering statements about high - profile actors, including Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart and Adam Sandler.

Several recent high - profile cases of questionable corporate behaviour that have come to light here, and around the world, have a common element — whistleblowers.

Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

That goal has come to the fore in some high - profile cases of late as activist investors have demanded that executives share the wealth — or risk being unseated.

The league has come under fire for its handling of the Ray Rice case and other high - profile domestic violence incidents, and some of Goodell's staff, particularly the approximately 200 members of WIN, had questions for him.

Just look at high profile cases such as when respect for precedent pushed Justice Rehnquist to defend Miranda rights, an anathema to the conservative movement from which he came.

In one high profile case here in Lagos, bail became the main issue and people were coming to court in «Aso Ebi».

In a nod to the campaign's new emphasis on the racial dimension of the primary fight, the Clinton camp also said new legislators in Mississippi — the state with the highest percentage of African - Americans in the nation — would back her on Wednesday based on «her commitment to fight for women, families and African Americans as President,» and, to drive home the point, the campaign said three mothers of African American men killed in high - profile cases of violence, would campaign for her in the coming weeks.

This shift — a long time coming, according to many researchers — was spurred in part by recent high - profile cases in astronomy and biology.

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The cases are what propel the drama, but it's the high - profile cast that will keep viewers coming back.

But, because this is a McConaughey movie, his character will have his comeuppance, and it comes in the form of a high - profile case.

Maybe the starkest case came from Massachusetts, where Governor Deval Patrick, after years of consistent charter school antagonism, conducted a high - profile volte - face and announced his support for lifting his state's restrictive charter cap.

SB 200 by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D - Bell Gardens, comes in response to a high - profile case in the East Bay where a school district initially moved to exclude a second grader after discovering her mother maintained a principal residency in another community although worked as a live - in nanny within the district's jurisdiction.

It brings traffic to a shelter, and often those who come to see the dogs rescued in a high - profile case end up going home with one, or adopting another resident of the shelter.

It's been a long time coming, but one of the most high - profile court cases in the history of the videogame industry finally has a specific date with the legal system.

While there's been no discussion as to how exactly the decision to also make a PS4 version of P5 came about, I strongly felt that Sega (Atlus» new parent company), Sony, or both would really want to see such a high - profile game reach a wider potential audience (and, in Sony's case, bolster the amount of PS4 games that would hold interest for Japanese consumers).

From rocky beginnings, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has come up trumps and handled some of the most high - profile child - related cases.

One example will come in December when a court will hear an unreasonable delay motion in a high - profile sexual assault case involving three Toronto police officers accused of raping a fellow officer in a downtown hotel room in January 2015.

Employers» mandatory arbitration agreements are coming under close scrutiny in the aftermath of a high profile case involving defense contractor KBR's (a Halliburton subsidiary) attempt to compel Jamie Leigh Jones to arbitrate claims of rape and harassment against the company.

And not only is the case «open and shut as it comes»; it's likely that the judge will sentence firmly given the high profile and flagrant nature of his abscondance.

I try to refrain from commenting publicly on the situations of individual law firms, but it is difficult for the mind not to wander to the high - profile case of DLA Piper when considering the issues around bringing in a senior external figure into a law firm, given that the # 1.2 bn turnover international firm is paying former Linklaters senior partner Tony Angel a reputed # 2m annually to come in as global co-chair and senior partner of the firm's international LLP.

This high - profile case is often what comes to mind when people think about personal injury law, but the reality is much more mundane... Continue Reading

This high - profile case is often what comes to mind when people think about personal injury law, but the reality is much more mundane than that — you generally never hear about most cases.

In this edition we look at a recent high profile sex discrimination case against the Met Police, proposals to extend paternity leave to six weeks, the latest in our series on injunctions and the employment law changes that come in tomorrow.

We won't tread too lightly here, because it's common knowledge that with high - profile cases, big money and powerful attorneys can also come big egos.

In a high - profile matter that came to light in 2006, Ellis had been caught on videotape attempting to pressure a 25 - year - old South Korean refugee claimant into having a sexual relationship with him in return for a favourable ruling through his role as an adjudicator in her case.

In March, authorities raided three high - profile cryptocurrency exchanges — which came after regulatory measures were passed which demands more transparency than was previously the case.

It comes after major governments around the world introduced strict crypto regulation and, in some cases, completely banned Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) following a series of high - profile scams.