Sentences with phrase «individuals in criminal prosecutions»

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Shepard Kopp represents individuals and businesses in state and federal criminal investigations and prosecutions.

The Sixth begins with «In all criminal prosecutions», which already assumes that the State has initiated action against an Individual.

Mr Cable continued: «We therefore believe that the police should investigate this matter fully and the crown prosecution service (CPS) should make an assessment as to whether charges should be brought against those individuals who are implicated in what looks like criminal behaviour.»

The EFCC has commenced the recovery of the said sum of $ 8 billion and prosecution of individuals and corporate bodies implicated in the criminal diversion.

Announcing the Crown Prosecution Service decision, Mr Starmer said: «In four cases, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges and that it is in the public interest to charge the individuals concerned.&raquIn four cases, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges and that it is in the public interest to charge the individuals concerned.&raquin the public interest to charge the individuals concerned.»

In some situations they may threaten individuals which obtained a payday loan with criminal prosecution and jail time i...

(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; [the law enforcement exemption]

Rick has defended both corporations and individuals in agency enforcement actions and white - collar criminal prosecutions — actions that included criminal RICO, stock manipulation, insider trading, false statements, false claims, mail fraud and forfeiture.

Plea bargaining style deals are controversial, particularly where the evidence provided may be used subsequently in individual criminal prosecutions, but the tactic certainly seems to be working.»

All criminal prosecutions in the United States are brought by «the People» or «the State» or in the name of «the People» or «the State» even in the small minority of states (not including California) in which private individuals can bring and prosecute criminal complaints (Massachusetts is one of the outliers in the U.S.; England also allows private individuals to prosecute some crimes in a similar fashion, although the government can take over a case if it wishes to do so.)

While we consult on reform, the attorney general has herself decided, except if the law or national security requires it, not to make key prosecution decisions in individual criminal cases».

The U.S. Constitution has always played a role in criminal law because it defines important individual rights that must be preserved even in a state prosecution involving a state crime.

While at Widener, Carl interned at the State Attorney's Office assisting deputy attorney generals in the prosecution of those charged with criminal offenses and also represented indigent individuals with family law matters for a non-profit organization.

Dennis has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian Federal Police, the Austral - ian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Trans - actions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State Director of Public Prosecutions, as well some of the larg - est law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department of Justice, the Securities Ex - change Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.

[The case] involves a criminal defense attorney (strike 1) who is outspoken about the need to zealously defend individuals accused of the most heinous crimes (strike 2) charged with helping a convicted terrorist plan further terrorist attacks (strike 3) in an atmosphere where the prosecution was continually allowed to discuss bin Laden despite his irrelevance to the case (strike 4).

Acted for the South African Reserve Bank and assisted the South African National Prosecuting Authority in connection with a criminal prosecution of a prominent ultra-high net worth individual in South Africa.

We defend businesses and individuals facing Competition Bureau inquiries and criminal and administrative prosecutions in the court and the Competition Tribunal.

Following completion of the investigation, we represented the organization in a voluntary self - disclosure to federal and state law enforcement authorities arising from the investigation, which resulted in a favorable financial resolution and no prosecution of criminal or civil claim against individuals associated with the organization.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, injury by defective product or asbestos exposure; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

Whether it is an individual involved in a simple business dispute, accident, domestic relations dispute, white collar criminal proceeding, airplane crash, explosion, malpractice injury, a RICO indictment, or injury by defective product; or a business organization faced with a multifaceted, multimillion dollar complex litigation problem, a control dispute, a grand jury investigation, a regulatory problem or an indictment; or a governmental unit facing financial default, the loss of a state - wide tax, prosecution or defense of a complex contract dispute or the need to use creative litigation to change a governmental structure — the individual, entrepreneur, corporation, private attorney, CEO, councilman, mayor, governor or even Presidential candidate has turned to the Climaco Firm to solve the problem.

In effect, this arrangement would codify the position as reported by the prime minister in his statement on constitutional reform in July 2007 that the attorney general had decided that during the consultation process, she would not «make key prosecution decisions in individual criminal cases» (unless the law or national security required itIn effect, this arrangement would codify the position as reported by the prime minister in his statement on constitutional reform in July 2007 that the attorney general had decided that during the consultation process, she would not «make key prosecution decisions in individual criminal cases» (unless the law or national security required itin his statement on constitutional reform in July 2007 that the attorney general had decided that during the consultation process, she would not «make key prosecution decisions in individual criminal cases» (unless the law or national security required itin July 2007 that the attorney general had decided that during the consultation process, she would not «make key prosecution decisions in individual criminal cases» (unless the law or national security required itin individual criminal cases» (unless the law or national security required it).

Jasvinder is renowned for her specialism in acting for corporate and individual clients in fraud - related criminal investigations and prosecutions brought by domestic and international authorities.

In criminal matters, Mr. Cooper handles white collar criminal cases, including the defense of organizations and individuals targeted for prosecution in federal and state court in false claim, environmental, tax or public corruption investigationIn criminal matters, Mr. Cooper handles white collar criminal cases, including the defense of organizations and individuals targeted for prosecution in federal and state court in false claim, environmental, tax or public corruption investigationin federal and state court in false claim, environmental, tax or public corruption investigationin false claim, environmental, tax or public corruption investigations.

As recently demonstrated by the pending Greek prosecution of former Johnson & Johnson employees, which includes the prosecution of one individual, Robert Dougall, notwithstanding his 2010 prosecution by the SFO and conviction and sentence, [13] no settlement can confer an absolute guarantee against further proceedings in any jurisdiction — particularly not in jurisdictions where there is no limitation period for criminal offences (as in the United Kingdom, other than for summary offences).

We also represent individuals in criminal matters and are able to provide clients with 24/7 assistance at police stations throughout the UAE, representation before Public Prosecution and filing of criminal complaints.

He represents the firm's healthcare clients in connection with criminal prosecutions of individuals and corporations accused of healthcare fraud, and has defended numerous healthcare clients under investigation by the Justice Department and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

He represented individuals charged with many kinds of vehicular crimes in all phases of criminal prosecutions.

Dennis has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State Director of Public Prosecutions, as well some of the largest law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department of Justice, the Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.

com GLOBAL CARTEL REPORT: ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REMAIN ACTIVE DESPITE NEARLY 50 % DROP IN FINES Produced by the firm's leading antitrust and competition team, the cartel report is a compre - hensive analysis exam - ining the following 2017 trends in antitrust compli - ance programmes and antitrust criminal liability: • A significant uptick in enforcement directed toward domestic cartels and individual criminal prosecutions • Continued scrutiny of the auto parts, financial services, and shipping in - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement ReporIN FINES Produced by the firm's leading antitrust and competition team, the cartel report is a compre - hensive analysis exam - ining the following 2017 trends in antitrust compli - ance programmes and antitrust criminal liability: • A significant uptick in enforcement directed toward domestic cartels and individual criminal prosecutions • Continued scrutiny of the auto parts, financial services, and shipping in - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Reporin antitrust compli - ance programmes and antitrust criminal liability: • A significant uptick in enforcement directed toward domestic cartels and individual criminal prosecutions • Continued scrutiny of the auto parts, financial services, and shipping in - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Reporin enforcement directed toward domestic cartels and individual criminal prosecutions • Continued scrutiny of the auto parts, financial services, and shipping in - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Reporin - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Reporin Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Reporin 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Report.

Although liability under Legislative Decree No. 231/2001 is considered administrative in nature, infringements are investigated by public prosecutors and adjudicated by criminal courts, in parallel with the prosecution of the individuals» related crimes and in accordance with the code of criminal procedure.

When it comes to criminal enforcement, our FCA lawyers have advised businesses and individuals in many of the FCA's most significant prosecutions.

We represent national and international companies, individual defendants and trade associations in connection with criminal antitrust investigations and prosecutions, and we have successfully represented defendants against charges of anticompetitive conduct at trial.

A challenge of this nature may prevent a multiplicity of individual challenges in the context of criminal prosecutions.

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.

Regularly represent clients in grand jury investigations and defend businesses and individuals in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions around the globe, in parallel civil enforcement proceedings and in related third - party proceedings.