Sentences with phrase «international soccer organization»

Both international soccer organization FIFA and the International Basketball Federation only just recently lifted previously imposed bans on head coverings during play — stipulations which made professional sports impossible for women from nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran, both of which demand female athletes wear hijabs.

The international soccer organization — which is facing a major criminal investigation and has...

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Previously, Rena co-founded a soccer and academic non-profit, City FC, and worked in international development and public sector consulting with organizations such as Bono's ONE Campaign and Deloitte.

For a quick review of the the first round of Motions to Dismiss papers, the international or national soccer organizations stated they were NOT responsible to change any rules around concussion issues because:

In my non-legal opinion, the Motions to Dismiss papers, in nutshell, state that none of the international or national soccer organizations are responsible to change any rules around concussion issues because:

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.