Sentences with phrase «individuals against allegations»

Not exact matches

O'Reilly has shrugged off the controversy and he dismissed the allegations against him in a statement that said his fame makes him «vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity.»

In a press conference announcing the special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against 13 Russian individuals, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was «no allegation in the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimes.

Within the submission, the Diocese stipulated that it deemed Timothy Storey's behaviour to pose a risk to those under the age of 18 and included witness statements that the Diocese gathered from a number of individuals who had made allegations against Mr Storey.

No allegations have been made against specific individuals.

The ruling, which reverses a lower court's decision, came just over a week after ThinkProgress published the leaked records of Officer Daniel Pantaleo from the Civilian Complaint Review Board, showing he had seven disciplinary complaints and 14 individual allegations against him.

«Introducing a legal provision to provide anonymity for school staff up to the point of conviction would safeguard the health and welfare of individuals against whom allegations are made and enable these staff to return back to school life with some professional and personal dignity.

«Allegations kept on file even when there is no case against the individual means that these teachers remain under a veil of suspicion throughout the entirety of their working lives.

«There is the additional consideration that you have made your allegations against an individual who is a good friend of the Conservative party and against a party (the PiS) allied to the Conservative party in the European parliament.»

Cuomo, who is positioning himself for a potential 2020 presidential run, wants to prohibit taxpayer funds being used to settle harassment allegations against individuals, bar secrecy of such settlements, create a uniform sexual harassment policy for all parts of state and local government and create an anonymous whistleblower tip line for individuals to report misconduct.

The bill was introduced in February by Senate Democrats in the wake of sexual harassment claims that have been shaking individuals and companies nationwide, and the passing of the legislation comes as U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty is under fire for her handling of domestic violence allegations against Tony Baker, her former chief of staff.

Prominent lawyers, civil rights groups and individuals, on Tuesday, faulted Buhari for absolving the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, of allegations of corruption against him.

It later emerged that A-Plus» allegation against the two individuals stemmed from his desire to get an extra contract aside a $ 3m BOST deal he was given under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

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Recent allegations of animal abuse against two individuals have spawned proposed legislation on a statewide level in New York and in Hillsborough County, Florida.

The investigation process will include, but not necessarily be limited to, examination of pertinent research data and written materials, interviews with all individuals involved either in making the allegation or against whom the allegation is made, and statements from or interviews with other individuals who might have information regarding the allegation.

Hey, «BFJ», why don't you publish here some specific allegations of fraud against specific individuals, along with your own real name and address?

In the context of national security, the commission's jurisdiction would be triggered if an allegation arose that a national security measure discriminates against individuals based on one or more of the prohibited grounds.

State law provides an affirmative defense — meaning that a person charged with possession, distribution, or creation of child pornography would have to admit to the allegations against them, with the caveat that they did not know — and could not have reasonably known — that the individual in the pornographic material was under the age of 18.

I see there is a recent 304 paragraph decision in B.C. — Newman et al v. Halstead et al, 2006 BCSC 65 — in which the court awarded damages totalling $ 681,000 against an individual defendant (who did not appear at the trial, hence there was no defence per se) for her liability in making defamatory statements on her website, chat rooms and email about various teachers in which she made allegations of misconduct and allegations that the School Board mishandled or covered up this activity.

The plaintiffs do not seek to interrupt the progress of improvements, but they ask to stay revolution; a revolution against the foundations on which property rests; a revolution which is attempted on the allegation of monopoly: we resist the clamor against legislative acts which have vested rights in individuals, on principles of equal justice to the state, and to those who hold those rights under the provisions of the law.

Acting on behalf of a high net worth individual in relation to allegations against co-investors that they had misapplied his # 750,000 investment, resulting in a sophisticated settlement agreement at mediation involving repayment of the investment on a staged basis, secured over multiple properties.

He defends companies and individuals, domiciled in the U.S. and in other countries, against allegations of bid - rigging, price - fixing, market or customer allocation, and other forms of alleged anticompetitive conduct.

The publication highlights some of the firm's high - profile representations, including its role as lead national counsel for an international pharmaceutical company in hormone replacement therapy litigation, Wright's representation of Ford against allegations of unintended acceleration and faulty spark plugs, and Troyer's defense of Wells Fargo in a nationwide class action and an associated individual action and his representation of a manufacturing company in a toxic tort case.

The potential consequences of the naming of individuals following the DPA's publication can be seen in the fact that Ms Shose Sinare, one of the Tanzanian individuals allegedly responsible for the underlying offence in Standard Bank plc, has brought a civil claim against Standard Bank in the Tanzanian courts alleging, among other things, that she had a right to see and respond to the allegations in the statement of facts.

Most facilities and individual practitioners vigorously fight back against allegations of wrongdoing leading to serious injury, illness, or death of patients.

Instead, where allegations of serious impropriety are made against individuals, corporations, or their counsel, it is first necessary to consider the potential harm.

Though government lawyers played the national security trump, the justices speculated that Parliament could better accommodate an individual's right to know and answer allegations against him.

The case involved allegations of discrimination against women, and the Supreme Court said that the case involved too many individual claims, circumstances and factual analyses to be litigated on a classwide basis.

Be in no doubt, this was a resounding defeat — particularly the finding that the Commissioner wanted to avoid most: a duty to effectively investigate individual allegations of ill - treatment reaching the art 3 threshold against whoever is said to have perpetrated it.

Since the employee was not able to provide evidence that the individual (the owner) was personally involved in the termination of her employment, allegation that the individual respondent discriminated against her had to be dismissed — the finding was against the employer company only.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

The Ontario Securities Commission has issued a statement of allegations against a former legal assistant at a major Bay Street law firm and three other individuals, in which OSC Staff allege that the legal assistant provided an institutional trader with material non-public information, which was then used to carry out significant trades.

Sexual assault allegations — apparently from multiple individuals — have been made against a prominent security researcher, prompting his resignation from several public interest organizations he was affiliated with.

The law provides that a third party can bring negligent misrepresentation allegations against professional individuals or entities that provide false information due to lack of competence or failure to exercise proper care in preparing information that a third party is foreseeably reliant upon.

The broker had filed a motion to have the negligent misrepresentation allegations against it dismissed, but the U.S. District Court determined that under Illinois law, a party may allege negligent misrepresentation if another individual owed it a legal duty, that duty was breached, and damages arose from that breach.

A third party can bring negligent misrepresentation allegations against professional individuals or entities who provide false information due to lack of competence or failure to exercise proper care in preparing information which is relied upon by a third party and such reliance is foreseeable to the professional.