Sentences with phrase «of federal practice»

Prior to joining Transwestern, Lynch was a member of the federal practice group at Cushman & Wakefield.

Menlo Park, CA — June 20, 2017 — Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today announced the expansion of its award - winning Legal Analytics ® platform into commercial law, the largest of all federal practice areas, and Lex Machina's most ambitious expansion to date.

He is the former chairman of the Federal Practice Committee of the Monmouth Bar Association and is a former Chairman of the Chancery Practice Committee of that Association from 2000 - 2010.

When asked about the legal writers he most respects, Garner answers, «My own heroes there are Charles Alan Wright, author of Federal Practice and Procedure; I love the writing of Grant Gilmore, the great Yale law professor; and Lon Fuller, the Harvard philosopher of law.»

Guidepost Solutions, a global leader in compliance, investigations, and security consulting, appointed J. William «Bill» Weinberg as managing director of its Federal Practice in Washington D.C. Weinberg will help clients navigate the complicated federal acquisition rules, pursue federal contracts, and successfully manage federal contracts.

Not exact matches

- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan participate in «Monetary Policy and Reform in Practice» panel before the Hoover Institution / Stanford University «Currencies, Capital, and Central Bank Balances: a Policy Conference,» - 0000 GMT.

This year, a federal court found the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department in Arizona, in the guise of assisting federal immigration enforcement, had engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination.

Filed in a Los Angeles federal court, the suit states that «Uber failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature and scope of the information compromised in the data breach,» according to Bloomberg.

«We are pleased the federal court in San Diego decided Qualcomm must establish the fair value of its technology and defend its business practices in court before forcing Apple and others to pay exorbitant and unfair rates, which amount to a tax on our own inventions,» Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock said in a statement.

«The legal tsunami Valeant has created could loom for years to come considering the number of serious federal probes investigating virtually all of Valeant's business practices, not to mention civil lawsuits quickly piling up,» she wrote in a report.

In more than 25 years of practice, he has tried 20 federal criminal and civil cases, almost all to juries that returned verdicts.

Reportedly upset about the lack of reforms to federal digital information gathering practices, the heads of Google, Facebook and Yahoo did not attend the conference.

To come up with these new rules, NYDFS officials went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and borrowed the cybersecurity policies and practices that the U.S. Government requires all federal agencies to adhere to.

Several experts questioned whether the practice is in keeping with the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits bias against people 40 or older in hiring or employment.

The federal government is hardly a model of best practices; many federal agencies don't report their data, either — even though they're legally required to do so.

Separately, the company said that its talks with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over its business practices were in advanced stages and it could face a payment of about $ 200 million, CNBC reported on Thursday.

Airlines» customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark - ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

NEW YORK — An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data - mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users — raising questions about the usefulness of such audits.

The complaint filed on Thursday «appears to be the largest email scam that I've seen,» said Tom Brown, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who is now managing director of Berkeley Research Group's cyber security practice.

According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, of the top 50 federal contractors, 86 % prohibit sexual orientation - based discrimination, while 61 % have banned discriminatory practices based on gender identity.

After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules.

In essence, that bill gives individuals a way to opt out of federal laws that restrict religious practices, except in cases where the federal government has a compelling interest.

Earlier this month, the National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development against Wells Fargo, alleging that the bank used discriminatory practices in the handling of foreclosed properties.

Last year, U.S. federal prosecutors investigated Allergan's promotional practices and accused the company of «vigorously» marketing the potion for non-approved (or «off - label») uses, effectively seeding the market for future approvals.

If the federal government required projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The federal banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, also last summer said it was reviewing domestic retail sales practices at Canada's key banks, focusing on «risk culture» and «the governance of sales practices.»

The federal RFRA was passed unanimously in Congress to allow individuals in states with a way to opt out of federal laws that restrict religious practices, generally speaking.

Several of the financial filings note that the state and federal prosecutors want information regarding specific insulins for specific dates in relation to «trade practices.»

Chris Hurt, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., said in a recent presentation that the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (that is, the practice of issuing money to buy long - term government debt) likely elevated U.S. farmland prices.

Shares of Facebook cratered as much as 6 percent Monday after the Federal Trade Commission announced it is investigating the company's data practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica leak of 50 million users» information.

Shares of Facebook fell as much as 6 percent Monday after the Federal Trade Commission announced it is investigating the company's practices.

Speaking of new concerns, the Federal Trade Commission sued online lender LendingClub, accusing the company of deceptive practices like charging hidden fees.

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

Defense's practice of giving minority companies a 10 percent price credit meant that companies owned by certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups did not have to be the lowest bidder to win federal contracts, and helped the department achieve the congressionally mandated goal.

Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, recently issued a report that said neither Democrats nor Republicans can claim to have superior budgeting practices at this point.

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calls one of the core elements of its business «an abusive practice.»

As Amazon builds up its distribution network, it's hit on a trick long practiced by the likes of Walmart: using the federal government to help pay its workers.

It has put a pause on plans for tests of Equifax's data protection practices and turned down offers from other federal regulators for help in on - site credit bureau exams.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

The U.S. government, including the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce, has announced that it is reviewing the need for greater regulation for the collection of information concerning consumer behavior on the Internet, including regulation aimed at restricting certain targeted advertising practices.

He is a Certified Specialist both in Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) admitted to practice law in California, Hawai'i and Arizona (inactive), specializing in Federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters and tax litigation, including tax - related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

The HRC also continues to monitor a separate, on - going risk assessment by senior management of the Company's broader employee compensation practices as part of the Federal Reserve's regulatory initiative on incentive compensation paid by bank holding companies.

Around this time, federal investigators reportedly began looking into questionable practices of how the Cuomo administration awarded third - party developer contracts, which some insiders suggest also delayed the project.)

Last week Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dropped the Obama - era rule, claiming modern mining practices, as well as other state and federal requirements, made the financial responsibility rule superfluous.

But the law, enacted in 2005, includes exceptions for sale and marketing practices that violate state or federal laws and instances of so - called negligent entrustment, in which a gun is carelessly given or sold to a person posing a high risk of misusing it.

NRF has argued before Congress and in court that the practice is a violation of federal antitrust law the same as if retailers were to collude on the price of specific pieces of merchandise.

Part of this discontinuity between debate and practice appears to owe to the eminence of the federal government on this issue.

But, as an attorney, he is also engaged in the practice of law on behalf of clients — clients whose privileged materials are now in the possession of federal agents.