Sentences with phrase «known as a conflict of interests»

In most law books, that is known as a conflict of interests.

Not exact matches

I was on CBC radio yesterday (along with corporate governance expert Prof. Richard Lelblanc) to talk about a conflict of interest case involving Halifax's city council (officially known as the Council for Halifax Regional Municipality).

When we at the Tribune have a conflict of interest, you as our readers should know about it.

It's not a happy story, as Lord Lawson's complaint about their conflicts of interest is well taken for the most part, although I lack the expertise to know if his precise comparison has merit.

I also feel that «conflict of interest;» I would have been willing to do anything for that magical perfect exclusive breastfeeding relationship, including go without sleep or adequate nutrition and turn into a raging hell - beast as a result, but it was such a relief to get five, then six, etc., now nine hours of sleep at a time at night, probably due to the formula part of the combo feeding, that I don't know now whether I would change that if I could.

Last Friday, Ken Lovett of the Daily News popped a doozy of story involving «improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interests» among some of the key players in Cuomo's signature economic development plan for western New York known as the «Buffalo Billion.»

Since 2015, Franklin Templeton having Trevor Trefgarne as Non-Executive Director purchased bonds issued by the NDC Government, now Ghanaians want to know from the Minority MPs, if there was any form of conflict of interest and conspiracy between Seth Terkper, Ato Forson, Trevor Trefgarne and Ken Ofori - Atta to enriched themselves at the detriment of the Nation within that period?

While some might disagree with his assertion — particularly about the state government, with Albany being known as a hotbed of corruption and political indictments — Mr. de Blasio cited entities like the city and state comptrollers and the city's Campaign Finance Board, Conflicts of Interest Board, and Department of Investigation as strong protections against corruption.

In the notice, Morales, claims he was fired after complaining about possible conflicts of interest between de Blasio administration officials and «a popular restaurant in Queens commonly known as the Water's Edge restaurant, which was owned by a politically connected donor.»

A review of a controversial University of Texas report on the gas drilling technique known as fracking found inadequate oversight of conflict of interest issues.

But what's interesting, especially about that one, and that one [is a] piece written by Larry Greenemeier, was that, you know, all the popular science fiction treatments of that kind have it [suddenly] happening and conflict between humans but through Larry's reporting it seems more likely that we will see it coming; that machine self - awareness will occur in a certain kind of stepwise fashion where they're getting better at certain tasks; [that they'll be able to do] autonomous activities, and from there that you can actually see them develop, and it shouldn't come up as a big surprise as it if finally happens.

Given recent school - related political conflicts in Wisconsin, it is of interest that only 42 percent of that state's white students are proficient in math, a rate no better than the nation as a whole.

Not sure why, as I know it's usually another dev / studio who works on the Remaster, but perhaps there would be some conflict of interest....

Museum officials said the Tate had been acquiring works from artist - trustees since 1959 and had been unaware of the requirement to seek permission for doing so until last year, when an independent group of British artists, known as the Stuckists, drew attention to the Ofili case and suggested a possible conflict of interest.

«But its critics claim that InsideClimate News is essentially a mouthpiece run by a public - relations consultancy that gets its funding almost exclusively from groups with an environmental agenda... The little that is known about InsideClimate News raises questions about conflicts of interest as well as about the publication's ability, and proclivity, to report fairly and without bias.»

Readers who actually want a thorough and careful account of the pros and cons of I - 732 from a policy point of view should read the three detailed articles by the Sightline Institute here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/02/does-initiative-732-carbon-tax-have-a-budget-hole/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/03/weighing-critiques-of-carbonwa-i-732/ Readers who are interested in the messy political conflict over the initiative might start with a couple of Patrick Mazza's articles: http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/11/can-wa-state-climate-policy-train-wreck.html http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/12/wa-climate-initiative-conflict-on-road.html If you want to know why the Alliance's proposal won't do much for low - income families facing higher energy costs as a result of a carbon fee (though it would produce a lot of union trade jobs by funding State infrastructure spending) start here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/16/green-stamps-a-climate-equity-proposal-for-the-pacific-northwest/

If the industry is in fact incentivized to maximize near - term profits, a large conflict of interest exists, since (as you know) investments in fossil fuel resources are typically (until recently) made years, if not decades before production, and often in different political, economic, and social contexts.

I.e., people who know all about the subject matter, but don't have any axe to grind or a financial conflict - of - interest, or any skeletons in the closet that would mark them as crazy.

As long - time readers know, I'm interested in the emergence of popular narratives and memes, everything from the Easter Island eco-cide metaphor to the climate wars and climate / conflict framing.

In March 2010, Altus fired Gordon alleging that he was a very unpleasant person to work with, that he spoke of senior management in crude and obscene terms, that he had been involved in a lending transaction that was a direct conflict of interest and resulted in the decreased performance of Altus, and that he maintained a known fraudster as an employee.

The EU seals ban is — in short — a prime example of a conflict resulting out of globalization: as a result of extensive economic ties between countries, people on one side of the globe become aware of activities on the other side that are objectionable in their view, and no longer wish to be a part of those objectionable activities, which decision in turn affects the economic interests of those engaged in such activities.

I know of a group that most certainly, and at all times, would be conflicted by their self - interest — the non-lawyer profit - seekers who are lurking like vultures just waiting for us to be so stupid as to sell our profession to them.

Although he insists, as most judges not named Richard Posner are wont to do, that «[q] uestions of what policy choices the City should make or how the regulatory environment ought to respond to mobile communications technology changes are political ones» [13] and not for him to resolve, his awareness of, and willingness to mention, the conflict between «vested interests» and the «competition genie» suggest that he knows that his decision will influence the choices that will end up being made.

As everyone knows, it was Mr. Ford's speaking to the matter (and then voting) that was the basis of the claim that he breached the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCI Act).

As a former Registrant Practitioner, you would know very well that a Registrant's fiduciary duties would prevent them from engaging in such a blatant «conflict of interests».

The rush to the bottom of the Realtor well of irrelevancy is well underway (pun intended) thanks to what I label as the unrecognized psychology of the self - serving communal thinking practices of Organized Real Estate top level comfortably - salaried bureaucrats (not the here today, gone next year regularly turned over faux president puppets), who, because they are in perpetual positions of conflict of interest (more dues from more registrants equals more money for their in - house empires, which thus creates more guaranteed money for them personally and thence for their underling cronies which in turn leads to a solidification of their own top jobs as well as for their underlings» jobs over whom «they» need to be seen as being in control of... which is as usual job one) do what is best for themselves first, in order to avoid becoming being viewed as being redundant in the eyes of their tax - payers... the one - hundred thousand plus Canada - wide money - supplying whether - they - know - what - they - are - doing - or - not registrants.

I think all REALTORS ought to take a long hard look at the fact that Ontario's lawyers are no longer allowed to represent both buyer and seller unless in limited circumstances in order to avoid conflict of interest and, that the lawyers could be contesting something within the very deal binding both parties as put together by a REALTOR.