Sentences with phrase «illegal conduct by»

(b) do or omit to do anything that the lawyer ought to know assists in, encourages or facilitates any dishonesty, fraud, crime, or illegal conduct by a client or any other person; or

Bar and nightclub owners have a duty to protect customers from violent acts, including assaults, batteries and all other illegal conduct by their employees, including bartenders, bouncers and wait staff, as well as third parties, like patrons and vendors.

The plaintiff, a former superintendent, claimed she was demoted and then fired for exercising protected speech when she complained about allegedly illegal conduct by the district.

While legal, the defense fund raises ethical questions concerning responses in Albany to illegal conduct by those working in government.

«A certain number of people are irate about illegal conduct by elected officials, but there's no big hue and cry on the streets,» Kremer said.

They'll discuss the latest scandals in state government including an explosive report alleging illegal conduct by members of the Commission on Public Integrity.

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Some of the illegal conduct was an «arrangement organized by the company,» the deputy director of the agency's Shanghai bureau, Gu Zhenghua, told the official Xinhua News Agency.

«Moreover, these virtual instruments can be used in illegal activities, which may give rise to investigations conducted by public authorities.

In a PRIVATE club with membership and a charter you may conduct yourself as you see fit, but in a place of public accomadation run by an organization that takes public monies and pays no taxes that action would be considered at best unethical and at worst illegal.

«We are deeply concerned by the long jail sentences imposed at a previous hearing on Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari for allegedly «conducting evangelism» and «illegal house church activities», and similar charges.»

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Adjacent to these and protected by a high wire fence is a blue - and - white trailer, the property of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, in which postrace tests are conducted to determine whether illegal drugs are present in the saliva or urine of winners and other selected horses that have raced each day.

Is it true that the recent war conducted by The United States in Iraq was undeclared and illegal?

As a male I am not affected by illegal abortions but I support criminalizing unlicensed medical personnel from conducting back - alley abortions.

Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who chairs the Committee on Racing and Wagering, says the approach state lawmakers take will depend on the outcome of the lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to block FanDuel and DraftKings from conducting what Schneiderman considers illegal gambling.

In this interview, conducted by a reporter with the group called USWGO, Virgil Goode answers questions regarding a wide variety of questions, including Agenda21, National Defense Authorization Act, the North American Union, Illegal Immigration, and the TSA.

The judge also declared «the premature retirement of NEMA spokesperson by the Federal Government without conducting any investigation, without giving him an opportunity to defend himself and without complying with the condition precedent for retirement is contrary to section 36 of the 1999 Constitution and therefore illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and null and void.»

Speaker Silver, surrounded by the Assembly leadership at a Press conference, repeated yet again that he hadn't done anything illegal, but deeply regretted having conducted a settlement process that was morally bankrupt to any decent person.

Similarly, a patrol team deployed by the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny arrested a vessel, MT LEADERSHIP around Onne axis for conducting illegal bunkering operations.

The former Governor had ealier declared the election illegal and unconstitutional, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, which was co - signed by the factional National Secretary, Wale Oladipo, urged INEC not to give legitimacy to what happened in Edo, saying his faction would conduct a proper primary in the state.

This follows the recommendation by the House Committee on Public Petitions, which conducted investigative hearing into the «illegal» closure of Peace Corps facilities and the alleged disobedience to subsisting court orders to unseal the premises.

Lawyers for Mangano say they won't pursue the issue at trial, but they requested broad latitude to ask Singh about his illegal conduct with de Blasio and his efforts to obtain a benefit by cooperating against the mayor.

Rochester, NY — WXXI's Bob Smith interviews Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens» Union nonpartisan good government organization about on a new report concerning the turnover in the State Legislature and how a significant portion of it is driven by revelations of unethical and / or illegal conduct.

During a patrol mission conducted by the NAF's Mi - 24V helicopter, illegal oil refinery activities were spotted at these locations.

If there was any illegal conduct, Greer is confident that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office is investigating the Campaign for One New York, would have found it by now.

«By limiting sexual harassment to simply conduct that is sexually based, you are cutting out a whole lot of gender - related conduct that is presently illegal,» said Mintzer, who represented Burhan Kelly and another aide, Chloe Rivera, in their lawsuit against Lopez, then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and the Assembly.

Police misconduct refers to ill - appropriated conduct and or illegal actions taken by police.

Cut to Chicago, home of the worldwide headquarters for the Engyne Corp., and if you guessed Engyne is headed by a megalomaniacal sociopath and is conducting all sorts of unethical, illegal and potentially catastrophic business, congratulations on having seen other movies, my friend!

An increasing percentage of students say they can get illegal drugs at their schools, according to the 10th annual back - to - school survey conducted by the Columbia University - based National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

-- Nothing in this title shall be construed to encourage, prohibit, or authorize the conducting of drug testing for the illegal use of drugs by job applicants or employees or making employment decisions based on such test results.

The class action seeks damages «for the purchase of e-books, an injunction against pricing e-books with the agency model and forfeiture of the illegal profits received by the defendants as a result of their anti-competitive conduct which could total tens of millions of dollars.»

Objectionable material: • Obscene or distasteful content • Profanity or spiteful remarks • Promotion of illegal or immoral conduct Promotional content: • Advertisements, promotional material or repeated posts that make the same point excessively • Sentiments by or on behalf of a person or company with a financial interest in the product or a directly competing product (including reviews by publishers, manufacturers, or third - party merchants selling the product) • Reviews written for any form of compensation other than a free copy of the product.

Shapiro sued Navient in federal court alleging a raft of illegal conduct, most notably that it «willfully» and «knowingly» cheated struggling debtors who face long - term hardship by steering them into payment plans that postponed bills, allowing interest to accumulate, rather than helping them enroll in plans pegged to income.

Additionally, some debt settlement companies deceive consumers by making promises they do not keep and engaging in other illegal conduct (like charging fees before obtaining any settlements, in violation of the TSR).

The question that has not been examined by any of the investigation is whether the conduct was illegal.

The Guardian purports to be «bemused» at the idea and is indifferent to the disclosure of Jeff Id's personal information, presumably on grounds similar to those proffered by David Leigh in relation to his phone hacking (where the Guardian apparently condoned illegal conduct if it believed the cause to be virtuous or if they disapproved of the target.)

It has exposed a huge range of illegal and unethical conduct by the banks and insurance industry.

A highly - anticipated decision was released by Madam Justice Pollak of the Ontario Superior Court on October 16, 2017, granting the City of Toronto an interlocutory injunction against illegal cannabis dispensaries and their landlords which prohibits the dispensaries from operating until a final hearing is conducted in December 2018.

Todd & Weld filed suit on behalf of Judge Kendall in federal court challenging the removal proceedings as unconstitutional on separation of powers grounds as an illegal encroachment by the legislative and executive branches of government on the inherent right of the judicial branch of government to monitor and review judicial conduct.

... Although respondent attempts to minimize his criminal acts and illegal conduct involving moral turpitude by arguing that he did not distribute medications to others, the cumulative nature of respondent's misconduct... merits disbarment.»

The Court of Appeal held that a claim is defeated by ex turpi where the claim it so closely connected or inextricably bound up with the claimant's own criminal or illegal conduct that the court could not permit him to recover without appearing to condone that conduct.

Ms. Wood argued that the enforceability of the clause was to stand or fall on its own wording, and that FDI could not remedy an otherwise illegal and unenforceable termination clause by its conduct.

There were significant problems attending the giving of evidence by videolink from Switzerland: it would be illegal under Swiss law unless conducted according to Swiss rules, one of which was that the witness could not be compelled to answer any particular question.

Amend the Education Act to include the requirement to discourage the use of alcohol, illegal drugs and, except by a medical cannabis user, cannabis as one of the purposes of a code of conduct established by the Minister, among other things.

The Court of Appeal felt that in Barrett the common intention could only have been explained by the illegal agreement but in Davies the illegal agreement explained the conduct but it was the conduct that gave rise to the constructive trust.

Helped conduct internal investigations for health care, financial services, and educational organizations arising from misuse of the entities» technology by employees, including to access potentially illegal or contraband content or to misappropriate confidential, proprietary information or trade secrets.

868, 874 - 78 (N.D.N.Y. 1995)(granting summary judgment in favour of employer on employee defamation claim stemming from employer's investigation and subsequent reporting of employee's illegal conduct, and finding that the investigation was conducted in a «thorough and responsible manner» because it was initiated immediately following reports of wrongdoing, included interviews with all relevant parties and an extensive review of books and records, and was undertaken by a team including both inside and outside counsel).

If so, the bigger issue will be how the Court draws the line as to when courts may look behing the plain meaning of statutory terms when determining the scope of conduct made illegal by a federal criminal statute.

''... «The message is police can't have shortcuts, violate people's rights by conducting illegal searches», said Kim's lawyer, Leora Shemesh.