Sentences with phrase «illegal act»

They would not commit illegal acts in their business.

Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government.

The Spanish government has threatened to take control of all financial transactions in order to stop the spending of state funds on illegal acts.

This case raises the key issues of who should police electronic networks, and who is responsible for illegal acts that involve such networks.

When such illegal act takes place, police investigators reach the place of crime and conduct investigation.

Consumers should be very aware of what constitutes wrongful or illegal acts so that they can protect themselves from harassment by creditors.

The governor says his office is taking aggressive steps to address any possible problems and he vowed he would «throw the book» at anyone caught committing illegal acts.

I believe that just accepting corruption and illegal acts by governments is part of that issue.

In its suit, the energy giant accuses the defendants of conspiracy to commit illegal acts of trespass, nuisance, assault, intimidation and intentional interference with contractual relations.

«These two individuals, obviously immoral people engaging in illegal acts, we at the time vetted them when they first appeared on the scene in the general election of 2013, did not find anything wrong,» de Blasio said.

The Minister said his administration is working on a swift response to any illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies, adding: «It is the basic policy of the government to prevent illegal acts and opacity in the process of virtual currency transactions.»

For instance, in the Volkswagen and money laundering example, if the lawyer is asked for advice about an ongoing scheme and knows or suspects it will go ahead anyway; versus being asked about a one - off illegal act which even if it proceeds is highly unlikely to be repeated.

Fails to conform to social norms, as indicated by frequently performing illegal acts, and pursuing illegal occupations.

The South Korean government vowed Monday to keep pushing for real - name transactions and to deal sternly with illegal acts involving cryptocurrency trading.

This is wildly different from the US experience, of companies shielding their owners and officers from illegal acts, and in my opinion, good public policy.

Rescinding this memo opens the door to servicers like Navient earning lucrative new government servicing contracts in spite of past abuses — including illegal acts like overcharging 78,000 members of the military, and charges by both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and multiple state attorneys general of steering struggling borrowers toward paying more than they had to on their loans.

My experience here included talking to tenants about rent, tending to broken down items, calling appropriate repair groups, notifying the police if tenants were doing illegal acts, discussing the terms of their contracts, and doing regular maintenance around the yard.

In another obvious sign that the federal government is ramping up enforcement actions against initial coin offerings that do not file for an appropriate securities exemption or commit other illegal acts such as fraud, CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo and SEC Chairman Jay Clayton jointly published... Read More

There is a list of exclusions to be aware of, which include losses sustained during illegal acts, skydiving, racing, or sporting activities that have a salary or monetary prize.

Claro professionals have conducted hundreds of investigations in over 30 countries involving allegations of bribery and corruption, accounting irregularities, procurement fraud, third party fraud, collusion, alleged contractual breaches, asset misappropriation and various other alleged illegal acts.

The crackdown will involve a comprehensive investigation regarding illegal acts associated with the crypto industry such as market manipulation.

While Bitcoin and several other coins that sprung up in its wake have mostly broken the shackles of their dark past, their links to the Dark Web and other nefarious activities are resulting in their being implicated in illegal acts even today.

That's because marijuana is still federally illegal, and banks open themselves up to potential seizure by the FDIC if they take money that is the result of a federally illegal act.

What the commission uncovered was not only illegal acts, but numerous «legal activities that would shake anyone's trust in our government.»

We have charges of a cover - up, but no sense of whether there was an underlying illegal act.

Security agencies were used to subvert legitimate exercises embarked upon by the opposition while they openly supported illegal acts of members of the ruling party.

Petit takes through his life — from discovering wire walking when he snuck into a circus as a kid — the head of said circus, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley) later becomes his mentor; to his devotion to his art leading to his being thrown out of his parents» home; to meeting a beautiful street singer named Annie (Charlotte Le Bon, The Hundred - Foot Journey); to his first illegal act of artistry — wire walking between the towers of Paris» Notre Dame cathedral.

Kobo's content policy reiterated that the parameters for acceptable content included most LGBT material and the main purpose of the «purge» was to remove «overt and illegal» material such as pornography, nudity, and sexually explicit content: Adult or explicit material depicting illegal acts or deemed to be exploitative shall be disallowed for publication on Kobo's main bookstore and all others that tap into their feed.

What we're trying to do here is stop illegal acts of online piracy that deny Canadians fair compensation for their work.»

The report by the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman looks at how student borrower complaints have driven government action targeting illegal acts or practices, as well as new borrower protections and industry reforms.

NAIA is a moderate organization that supports the rule of law and opposes illegal acts whether committed by animal abusers or animal rights extremists.

Documenting the entire process in a video, the act was reported in the news, bringing about a controversial discussion regarding the thin line between the artist's cynical expression of the contemporary Chinese society and his extreme illegal act.

@notstoreboughtdirt: «A corporation can not conspire with itself any more than a private individual can» (from your new link) is true but does not relate to ordering illegal acts.

Since the internationally illegal acts for which individual criminal responsibility has been established were also morally the most objectionable and the persons who committed them were certainly aware of their immoral character, the retroactivity of the law applied to them can not be considered as incompatible with justice.

What if an AG advises a president or a governor to do X illegal act because the only penalty is impeachment and the legislature is controlled by his own party so he can get away with it?

The law elaborates with specific illegal acts: (1) Prying into the privacy of another's residence; (2) Meddling with or disturbing the private life or family relations of another; (3) Intriguing to cause another to be alienated from his friends; (4) Vexing or humiliating another on account of his religious beliefs, lowly station in life, place of birth, physical defect, or other personal condition.

Section 11 allows the Board to certify a union, even when it has been unable to prove majority support among the employees, when the employer commits a serious illegal act designed to undermine the union's organizing campaign.

A good news story might magically make the union and corporate boards more interested in being better citizens and might in fact uncover possible illegal acts, and that would help get the local county attorney or AG interested.

It is majorly because of the easy and effortless use of internet which has welcomed illegal acts of data breach and forced banks to go for insurance cover.

«It is the basic policy of the government to prevent illegal acts and opacity in the process of virtual currency transactions,» the statement read.

More to the point, if taxes go to buy bullets and kill people without a trial, are Americans being «responsible citizens» or performing illegal acts (like «aiding and abetting murder») in paying taxes?

[T] is illegal act of cyber-terrorism against a climate scientist (and I don't think that's too strong a word) is ominous and frightening.

Third, we need to penalise executives when companies are caught committing illegal acts.

As other news organizations have noted, Amazon still sells objectionable content concerning pedophilia and other illegal acts: