Sentences with phrase «involving alleged violations»

Ruth also administers the process to resolve disputes involving alleged violations of the NAR Code of Ethics and claims for commission.

Investigators follow up on complaints involving alleged violations of the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002, its regulations or behaviour that could affect a real estate professional's registration.

Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR)-- a leading global background screening firm — offers two complimentary whitepapers to help employers deal with the explosion of class action lawsuits involving alleged violations the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA): Common Ways Prospective or Current Employees Sue Employers Under the FCRA and Common Ways Consumer Reporting Agencies are Sued Under the FCRA.

Phil's recent experience includes defending a Korean manufacturer and US distributor of consumer electronics and appliances in various multi-state putative class actions involving alleged violations of consumer protection statutes and other claims.

Negotiated a multi-million dollar settlement in a class action involving alleged violations of California's Health Studio Services Act.

Conducted internal investigations involving alleged violations of securities, antitrust, banking, FCPA, environmental, health and safety, labor and employment, and codes of ethics and conduct

Represented and advised client concerning EPA compliance order involving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Representation of contractors involved in numerous job site accident cases involving alleged violations of OSHA and other regulations;

She defends clients in matters involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, federal and state debt collection statutes, mortgage foreclosure and repossession laws, and loan modification and other servicing - related claims.

She regularly represents brokerage firms in FINRA arbitrations and regulatory investigations involving alleged violations of state and federal securities laws.

Employers — including sports teams, financial institutions, universities, nonprofits and retailers — retain us to conduct internal investigations in cases involving alleged violations of the law or internal corporate policies.

Successfully defended dozens of debtor collectors throughout the country in claims involving alleged violations of the FDCPA.

Successfully defended dozens of debtor collectors from throughout the country in claims involving alleged violations of the FDCPA.

The New Patriotic Party in the election manifesto said, the office will «be independent of the Executive, to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption and other criminal wrongdoing, including those involving alleged violations of the Public Procurement Act and cases implicating political officeholders and politicians.»

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has been tasked to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption and other criminal wrongdoing, including those involving alleged violations of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) and cases implicating public officers and politically - exposed persons.

Following the passage of the bill, the Special Prosecutor has an exclusive remit to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption, including those involving alleged violations of the Public Procurement Act and cases implicating political office holders and politicians.

The NPP presidential candidate, further explained that the Special Prosecutor, would be established by Act of Parliament, to be independent of the executive, and to possess «an exclusive remit to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption, including those involving alleged violations of the Public Procurement Act and cases implicating political office holders and politicians.»

The Standards and Ethics investigation involves alleged violations of a Council rule prohibiting disorderly behavior, which includes sexual harassment.

She has been notified verbally of the charges against her which involve an alleged violation of Article 26 of Angolan law relating to crimes against national security.

Associations that have differences with other associations that do not involve an alleged violation of NAR policy must attempt to resolve their differences with one another through mediation before filing a lawsuit.

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While we are unaware of any type of inappropriate behavior involving him and anyone affiliated with the show, we will swiftly address any alleged violations of our standards of conduct.»

The Daniels case has a lot in common with the unfolding story of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia — both involve allegations of campaign violations and financial malfeasance, of Trumpworld figures working behind the scenes to protect their candidate.

The others are the case involving alleged election law violations by former Newfane Republican Sen. George Maziarz in March; the re-trials in April and May of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the Buffalo Billion corruption case trial set for June; and, on Long Island, the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano in March.

Last Thursday the House ethics committee accused Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming the credibility of Congress.

The primary complaint of the suit, filed in October 2012, involved Digisec's alleged trade dress violations for use of Ashley Madison's «shush image,» which depicts a woman with her finger pressed against her lips.

The suit alleges the publishers involved colluded, and that their actions were in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act.

Your complaint to HUD should include your name and address, the name and address of the person or company you are complaining about; the address or some other way to identify the housing involved; a short description of the facts that make you think your rights were violated; and the dates of the violation you are alleging.

We develop coordinated, effective strategies to counter the full spectrum of alleged regulatory violations, involving:

Using a cost - effective approach to employment litigation, Taft's attorneys have defended individual and class action lawsuits involving claims alleging race, gender, age, disability, and religious discrimination and harassment; retaliation; Family and Medical Leave Act violations; ERISA violations; breach of contract; torts; whistleblower claims; and various other employment - related causes of action.

He has tried cases involving and counseled clients concerning the protection of trade secrets, computer software theft allegations, false advertising and alleged securities law violations.

Participated in obtaining a summary judgment for a national health system in a federal breach of contract dispute involving alleged HIPAA violations and damages of more than $ 500 million

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

Our law firm has successfully handled multiple class - action lawsuits involving alleged wage and hour violations.

The continuance of the prosecution of the defendants after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, for a violation of the National Prohibition Act alleged to have been committed in North Carolina, would involve an attempt to continue the application of the statutory

Bankruptcy — Represented financial institutions in adversary proceedings and administrative cases including allegations of improprieties in the lending process, credit reporting claims, foreclosure defense, and asset recovery; represented a multinational corporation in adversary proceeding involving allegations of a violation of the automatic stay — settled case for less than 7 % of claimed amount; Served as first - chair defending government contractor in adversary proceeding alleging violation of the automatic stay in rejecting a teaming agreement.

Our Labor and Employment attorneys have represented employers in literally scores of wage / hour class actions, including claims involving unpaid overtime, off - the - clock work, vacation pay, payroll deductions, commission disputes, waiting time penalties and alleged meal and rest period violations.

Howell's practice focuses on the representation of clients in high - stakes government investigations and enforcement actions involving alleged securities and accounting fraud, healthcare billing and recordkeeping improprieties, bribery and corruption, and violations of the Civil False Claims Act.

Representing a former senior executive of a major industrial firm in a DOJ and SEC investigation involving alleged FCPA violations arising from transactions in Brazil.

Mr. McGinnis has defended corporations and individuals in criminal cases and grand jury matters involving alleged price - fixing and other anti-competitive conduct, insider trading, government fraud and defense contracting fraud, and environmental violations, among other matters.

Chicago Labor & Employment partner Frank Saibert authored this column on the requirement that lawsuits involving Family and Medical Leave Act («FMLA») violations be brought no later than two years «after the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which the action is brought.

Represented defendant zirconium exporter in federal criminal proceedings under the Classified Information Procedures Act regarding alleged export violations involving Chile, Peru and Iraq

claims in a section 1983 action alleging constitutional violations by a law enforcement department related to an officer - involved shooting.

Arbitrated a contract and employment dispute involving alleged customs violations regarding the importation of children's bedroom furniture from China

His experience includes litigation counseling and frontline representation in cases involving fraud and misrepresentation claims, contract disputes, partnership disputes, and alleged violations of securities laws and health care fraud statutes.

Chicago labor and employment partner Frank Saibert authored this column about Vega v. New Forest Home Cemetery LLC, involving a seasonal employee's alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standars Act and the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.

Counsel to the General Agent and independent agency for a leading life insurance and financial services company in connection with FINRA arbitrated restrictive covenant matter involving alleged non-compete and non-solicitation violations by certain agency producers.

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.

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.

The typical case involves an employer seeking injunctive relief against a former employee who is alleged to be competing or soliciting customers in violation of the restrictive covenant.

(e) In the event the respondent named in any complaint alleging a violation of the Code of Ethics is involved in any criminal litigation arising out of the same facts and circumstances giving rise to the complaint alleging unethical conduct, the complaint shall not proceed to a hearing before the Professional Standards Committee but rather shall be held in abeyance until the pending criminal proceedings have been concluded.