Sentences with phrase «involves unlawful»

Of course not, if it involves unlawful or unethical behavior.

Claims for breach of Article 2 and 3 investigative duties, malicious prosecution and other causes of action, including cases involving unlawful searches and seizures, the use of batons and the unlawful disclosure of private information;

Still, the trial will necessarily delve into the facts because jurors will need to determine whether Palfrey's operation involved unlawful prostitution.

The cases include some interesting issues, such as the constitutionality of requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may vote; the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection where the procedure poses a risk of pain and suffering in violation of the Eighth Amendment ban on «cruel and unusual punishment»; and a Fourth Amendment case involving an unlawful search under state law that Volokh conspirator and Fourth Amendment guru Orin Kerr is interested in.

Sex crimes often occur involving the unlawful touching of one's genitalia or use of an object or genitalia intended to perform the act of penetration.

HC had submitted that her exclusion from entitlement (by three statutory instruments)(i) involved unlawful discrimination against her and / or her children; (ii) breached the EU Charter, arts 24 and 34 (requiring equal treatment); and (iii) breached the PSED, as there was insufficient recognition of the effects on women and children in the defendants» equality analysis and statements.

The Court noted that this case involved an unlawful interference with Broker's business resulting in a deprivation of prospective or potential economic advantage.

-- A Calgary man was convicted and sentenced in a case involving the unlawful transfer of title and the mortgaging of a property for almost $ 110,000.

Not exact matches

Thus, buyers of crypto - currencies could be involved in unlawful activities.»

Security Risk: Critics of virtual currency pinpoint that since the identities of parties involved in a transaction are not recognizable and transactions are not traceable, they can be misused for unlawful or criminal activities like:

Further by using our website, you covenant, represent and warrant that you are not furthering, or performing, or undertaking, or engaging in, or aiding, or abetting or involving or adhering to connivance methods of any unlawful activity through your relationship with us or through your use of tgtcoins.com..

Regulatory actions could negatively impact the platform and CTK in various ways, including, for purposes of illustration only, through a determination that the purchase, sale and delivery of CTK constitutes unlawful activity or that CTK are a regulated security that require registration or licensing of those securities or some or all of the parties involved in the purchase, sale and delivery thereof.

@JohnQuest — with the prevelance of cellphone cameras and quick posting to sites like youtube these days and all the police brutality and other unlawful activity videos going up on a daily basis involving police, I would be surprised if the percentage of police force that are corrupt, underqualified, discriminatory and just plain stupid is not only a lot higher than 5.0 % but also extends into the higher - ups of the system that are harder to pin - point.

This means that it would not be unlawful for a doctor to end a patient's life, on condition that an order is sought from the courts, that a judge is satisfied that the patient's medical condition involves «unbearable suffering», that the patient has given a «a voluntary, clear, settled and informed wish to end his own life», and that there are no other means of relieving the patient's suffering.

«This prosecution, based on information provided by someone of utterly unreliable credibility, seeks to criminalize conduct that the Supreme Court of the United States recently found to be not unlawful,» Percoco's attorney Barry Bohrer said in a statement, referring to the high court's recent decision in a case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

At the meeting, Osinbajo warned the parties involved both the renewed agitation for the restoration of Biafra and the ultimatum issued to Igbos to leave the North are wrong and unlawful activities.

The party has a duty of care not to involve its members in any unlawful, unethical, immoral or unconstitutional action.

This is not true, as none of our troops was involved in any unlawful act of invading any community.

Might I perhaps suggest though that Mr Miliband delivers similar advice to all those in public life who are former News International journalists and who themselves have been involved in the commissioning of unlawful acts in pursuit of stories.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

A statement by the U.S. Department of Justice says that Representative Chaka Fattah (D — PA) and four associates «embarked on a wide - ranging conspiracy involving bribery, concealment of unlawful campaign contributions, and theft of charitable and federal funds to advance their own personal interests.»

Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the FBI, said the Bureau is «aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter».

(e) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Commission tomake public in any manner whatever any information obtained by the Commission pursuant to its authority under this section prior to the institution of any proceeding under this title involving such information.

Toyota was fined for «unlawful activities...» to wit, covering up evidence of sticky throttle pedals and «floor mat entrapment» in connection with crashes involving its Toyota and Lexus (but not Scion) products.

Student Aid Center misled consumers to believe that they could receive loan forgiveness or modification if they paid unlawful upfront fees, and tricked consumers into thinking the operation was involved in the approval process.

To help end the misery associated with large - scale dog breeding operations known as «puppy mills,» The Humane Society of the United States has launched a national telephone tip line and encourages callers to report suspected cruelty or unlawful activities involving such breeding facilities.

To help end the misery associated with puppy mills, The HSUS has launched a national telephone tip line and encourages callers to report suspected cruelty or unlawful activities involving such breeding facilities.

«The fact is that whenever the unauthorised release of information occurs it is inevitably going to involve at least a breach of trust and often dishonest and / or unlawful behaviour, so unless one takes the view that the unauthorised release of information is always wrong then we have to accept that there are times when we will condone such behaviour and take the view that the ends justify the means.

By providing unequivocal advice that installing the defeat device was unlawful, and taking that advice up the corporate structure, including to the company's board if necessary, they could have involved enough people to make it difficult for the company to proceed with such an unambiguously deceptive course of conduct.

6.01 (3) Unless to do so would be unlawful or would involve a breach of solicitor - client privilege, a lawyer must report to the Society:

Crouch's post attracted many comments, many of which argue for the elimination of «tax strategy patents» altogether, either because they increase the problem of unlawful «tax shelters» or involve obvious practices which shouldn't qualify for patent protection at all.

Dar Al Arkan v Al Refai: conspiracy claim involving allegations of unlawful conduct under Bahraini, Saudi and Malaysian law, and issues as to the actionability of a conspiracy to use means unlawful under foreign law.

«(iii) An offense involving kidnapping, abduction, or any form of unlawful detention, including taking a hostage;

knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conducts or attempts to conduct such a financial transaction which in fact involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a person is not justified in using physical force if: (a) With intent to cause bodily injury or death to another person, he provokes the use of unlawful physical force by that other person; or (b) He is the initial aggressor; except that his use of physical force upon another person under the circumstances is justifiable if he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his intent to do so, but the latter nevertheless continues or threatens the use of unlawful physical force; or (c) The physical force involved is the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law.

Wrong as the court's order may be under Montana law (and it seems from the press coverage and statements by attorneys involved that the sentence is unlawful as it is far below the mandatory minimum), the judge can not just change his ruling.

David Haigh v. Gulf Finance House Capital Ltd and ors (High Court, QBD): Instructed by Stephenson Harwood in a complex private international law claim in QBD involving issues of jurisdiction, applicable law and the torts of deceit, conspiracy to injury and unlawful means conspiracy.

In the consumer class action sector, Alberstone is currently lead or co-lead counsel in several notable cases, including Payne v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., involving manipulation of the LIBOR U.S. Dollar rate, Bias et al. v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al., concerning illegal mark - ups of default related fees, Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., Stitt v. Citibank, et al. and Vega v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., concerning unlawful charging of unnecessary default fees, Waldrup v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al., concerning illegal charging for fraudulent appraisals, Weiner v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., involving illegal assessment of default - related service fees that contained undisclosed mark - ups, and Ono v. Head Racquet Sports USA, concerning false advertising of Head tennis racquets.

David is generally instructed in high profile and heavyweight cases in the High Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

The department has successfully defended cases on copyright allegations, identity fraud, modification of computer systems, diversion of funds, file sharing over the internet through mediums including Torrent, Kazaa and Napster, trade description infringement, piracy, offences involving misuse, abuse and the unlawful access and modification of computer systems, as well as understanding digital language, such as «warez», «phishing», «pharming», «hacking», «cracking», «spamming», «DOS attacks» and «Botnet».

The three cases involve five different alleged wrongs, raising possible causes of action for economic loss: inducing breach of contract (Mainstream), causing loss by unlawful means (Zeta - Jones) interference with contractual relations (OBG); breach of confidence (Zeta - Jones) and conversion (OBG).

The plaintiffs in the case, Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association v. Attorney General of the United States, had cited cases involving privacy in sexual matters as part of its attempt to strike down the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.

It involved successfully securing preliminary references from the UK and German courts to the European Court of Justice, which ultimately annulled the relevant EU directive as unlawful.

Insolvency Faith is frequently instructed in applications arising out of corporate and personal insolvency including claims involving misfeasance, transactions at an undervalue, and preferences, and claims for the recovery of assets, unlawful dividends, disputed debts, and injunctions to restrain petitions.

Wrongful termination involves an employer who has laid off or fired an employee for unlawful reasons.

If you have been seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident involving a left - turn at an intersection, then you may have a claim for damages against the driver who was making an unlawful turn.

The entire thing as enacted originally is here (193 pages), the laundering part is Subtitle H. Fortunately, what is outlawed is willful acts, e.g. «knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity», «with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity».

Since joining chambers, he has worked on unlawful detention claims, claims against the police and claims involving breaches of confidentiality, privacy and data protection.

Be prepared with written instances of when the unlawful behaviors occurred at work, including the names of coworkers involved, and any supporting documentation such as letters, emails, texts, or voicemails.

Like police pursuit cases, unlawful use of force cases involve determining the standard operating procedures (SOP's) of a particular law enforcement agency; determining whether such procedures are in compliance with national standards; and determining whether such procedures were violated.