Sentences with phrase «in taking action against»

Recognizing the warning signs is an important first step in taking action against bullying.

Following in the footsteps of tiny Licking Township in taking action against fracking when the state of Pennsylvania won't, Pittsburgh has banned corporations drilling for natural gas within the city limits.

But, by adding them in writing in the offer terms, they have more leeway in taking action against those abusing the system.

We will continue to be vigilant in taking action against deceptive debt sales and collections practices that exploit consumers.»

In taking action against two student debt relief companies last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offered these warning signs that a student loan debt relief company «may be trying to rip you off:»

NACSA has been a leader in taking action against irresponsible authorizing by running a «One Million Lives» campaign to get authorizers to close chronically low - performing schools, but NACSA has little more than the power of moral persuasion.

Most of the complaints about the enforcement counsel were over a delay in taking action against delinquent filers.

Not exact matches

During the meeting with executives Thursday, Cohn argued against taking action, according to a person in the room.

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's authority to take enforcement actions against firms dealing in digital currencies was upheld in court.

From legal action against President Trump's executive orders to numerous Super Bowl ads, many brands have chosen to take a stance in the current political climate.

In so doing, it created a new definition of supervisor, essentially as someone who can take tangible actions against the employee, for example, by hiring, firing, or promoting them.

So before taking any action against employees who refuse to work, consider guidance from public authorities and whatever other employers in the same geographic area are doing.

(It didn't help that in the interview Bannon scoffed at the idea that U.S. would ever take military action against North Korea.)

Neon Energy chairman Alan Stein has warned the company's shareholders against taking any action towards a takeover bid it received earlier in the month.

While the American public is overwhelmingly supportive of Mueller keeping his job and could be upset if action is taken against the special counsel's investigation, the editorial board fears that the public could see this as just another food fight in Washington, DC and let it go.

«Since protecting users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against deceptive or misleading use of trademarks in ad text and take swift action when we see this type of abuse on our platform,» the representative said.

«We will continue to take action against white supremacy, Nazi ideology, and all forms of hate,» the company said in a statement on Twitter.

But it suggests the Japanese company might take legal action against Malvinder Singh, an Indian billionaire who was CEO of Ranbaxy in 2008 when he and his brother sold their 34 % share in the company for $ 2 billion.

«They have a rule that they do not take action against auditors until all civil litigation has been resolved,» Coffee says, «because they don't want their actions to be used against their members in a civil suit.»

The Brooklyn - based attorney was in the news two years ago for filing complaints against New York City schools for actions taken against female students who'd alleged sexual attacks by male students.

«But enforcement goes hand - in - hand with education, and we will take action against anyone who operates irresponsibly to the full extent of the law.»

At the time, YouTube issued a short statement saying that it «prohibits violent or gory content posted in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner,» but it did not say whether it would take any action against Paul or if it would delete his account.

«Going forward, we will take action against any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people,» the company wrote in statement on Thursday.

South Korea said on Wednesday it will take firm action against illegal and unfair acts in cryptocurrency trading after a petition with 280,000 signatures was sent to the presidential Blue House.

And in any case, the U.K. Information Commissioner says it can take action against individual directors even of a company that's been declared insolvent, Collins added.

In addition to the proposed travel ban, the actions taken against some international travelers in recent months have sent the same negative message about travel to the U.In addition to the proposed travel ban, the actions taken against some international travelers in recent months have sent the same negative message about travel to the U.in recent months have sent the same negative message about travel to the U.S.

Simon Rice, group manager for Technology at theInformation Commissioner's Office, said in a blog on Thursday that «with 350,000 of these cameras sold in the U.K. alone last year, this is a threat that all of us need to be aware of and be taking action to protect against.»

«In the case, you take action against us because we are successful at what we do, you open a Pandora's box of headaches because effectively you have to change everything,» Clark said.

Mittleman has agreed that until July 1, 2019 it won't take any actions against Aimia, including soliciting proxies, voting any shares, calling a special meeting, proposing the removal of board members, engaging in short selling or making disparaging comments about the company.

The author had a right to express their views on those topics — we encourage an environment in which people can do this and it remains our policy to not take action against anyone for prompting these discussions.

Duterte reiterated his threat to take drastic action against Islamic militants in the country.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

ACTION taken against an Australian Internet domain name company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has resulted in the establishment of a $ 250,000 compensation trust fund.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

Over the past few months, we have taken action against fake accounts in France, Germany, and other countries, and we recently stated that we will no longer allow Pages that repeatedly share false news to advertise on Facebook.

Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take legal action against their employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.

Against a background of ongoing trade tensions between China and the US, China's own Ministry of Commerce responded on April 17 by saying that it hopes the US can deal with this situations in a legal way, and that it will be prepared to take action in the interests of ZTE.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

In recent months, the SEC has taken action against several newly - minted blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, including The Crypto Company and UBI Blockchain Internet, Ltd (which each utilized a reverse merger to become publicly traded).

In a separate statement Tuesday afternoon, after the market closed, Mr. Zhang said the regulator had received complaints about the sell - off on Monday and that it would take enforcement action soon against those who engaged in what he said was «coordinated stock dumping.&raquIn a separate statement Tuesday afternoon, after the market closed, Mr. Zhang said the regulator had received complaints about the sell - off on Monday and that it would take enforcement action soon against those who engaged in what he said was «coordinated stock dumping.&raquin what he said was «coordinated stock dumping.»

«[M] isleading people or misusing their information is a direct violation of our policies and we will take swift action against companies that do, including banning those companies from Facebook and requiring them to destroy all improperly collected data,» a Facebook spokesman said in a statement to the Guardian.

Trump railed against China on the campaign trail but has done little in the way of taking firm action against the country since his election.

At Tuesday's trade meeting, almost all of the Republican members of Congress in attendance urged Trump against taking dramatic action.

Yet Facebook, despite undergoing its own grilling by Congress and despite vowing to undertake a self - reckoning in response to its unwitting influence over the past two years of geopolitics, did not take further action against CA until this past Friday, when it reported to the New York Times that it had suspended CA's Facebook account, along with CA's original researchers, Kogan and Wylie.

[5] This action was not taken in a vacuum: It followed a series of earlier US complaints to the WTO against the EU and UK and ensuing counterclaims aimed at conserving duties on steel.

In the four weeks since Florida passed a «red flag» law authorizing police to seize weapons from people who could pose a threat to themselves or others, law enforcement officials in Broward County have taken action against 13 peoplIn the four weeks since Florida passed a «red flag» law authorizing police to seize weapons from people who could pose a threat to themselves or others, law enforcement officials in Broward County have taken action against 13 peoplin Broward County have taken action against 13 people.

Sources say the Conservative government «will take action to end price discrimination against Canadians» in the months ahead.

After 9/11, the biggest foreign attack on American soil in history, it took George W. Bush almost a month to issue his first orders to take military action against Afghanistan.