Sentences with phrase «of the defendant company»

In its consultation paper, the Sentencing Advisory Panel (SAP) has suggested that the fine should be calculated on a percentage of the defendant company's annual turnover.

The principals of the defendant company were accused of stealing trade secrets of the plaintiff and of... [more]

Appeared in the Court of Appeal on behalf of a director of Defendant company who was found by the first instance judge to have participated in a conspiracy to defraud the Claimant insurance companies: QBE and Markel v Surety Guarantee and Higgs [2009] EWCA Civ 790.

The claimant's husband had even at one time been a director of the defendant company.

Usually, these are awarded when the behavior of the defendant company had been so blatantly wrong that the jury feels that a punishment is warranted.

Due to the fact that Allianz is one of the largest insurers in the world, numerous conflicts of interests ensued where the group acted as insurer of defendant companies.

[T] he issue was job function but the class was carefully defined to ensure class - wide job function similarity; and... where the common issues were focused on the systemic nature of the defendant company's policies and practices rather than on class member entitlements.

The principals of the defendant company were accused of stealing trade secrets of the plaintiff and of using them to do business.

Editor's Note: The National Association of REALTORS ® participated in an Amici Curiae brief in support of defendant Companies in this appeal.

Not exact matches

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Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) Akorn's failure to comply with FDA data integrity requirements would jeopardize Fresenius» acquisition of Akorn; (ii) the Company lacked effective internal controls over financial reporting; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, Akorn shares traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, and class members suffered significant losses and damages.

«Plaintiffs» counsel are the labor unions of the 21st century,» grumbles one CEO whose company is a defendant.

«Through the defendants» activities, the Mabna Institute stole more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from universities, and email accounts of employees at private sector companies, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations,» according to the indictment.

The Texas suit names three of the UK startups» customers as defendants in the suit — hotel company Omni Hotels Management, beauty products company Laura Mercier, and keyboard manufacturer Das Keyboard.

At the conclusion of his four - month trial in 2007, prosecutors sought to convict on two alternative theories: one, that defendants actually stolen money from the company or; two, that by failing to disclose these payments, they'd deprived shareholders of their intangible right to honest services.

In the complaint, sports agent Christian Dawkins reportedly tells other defendants that Adidas» executives agreed to secure a specific amount of the company's funding to convince a player to attend a certain Adidas - sponsored college.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company conspired with other dental supply companies to violate federal antitrust laws; (ii) discovery of the foregoing conduct would subject the Company to heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential criminal sanctions; and (iii) that as a result of the foregoing, Henry Schein's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Claim: The defendants accuse Bhakta of smoking marijuana on company premises while conducting business.

Bhakta was deemed unfit to be the CEO of WhistlePig for a half dozen incidents of irresponsible behavior that are, the defendants claim, indications of a character unfit to lead the whiskey company.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the case).

A proven model — proven, that is, by billionaire Peter Thiel — for bankrupting news companies and driving them out of business by using the court system and jury trials, which can leverage public disgust for The Media (see no. 6 above) into jury awards that defendants can not possibly pay.

As MBC customers began to raise more and more questions about the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency, the defendants allegedly attempted to double down by claiming the company had secured a deal with another cryptocurrency exchange that was not named in the CFTC statement.

Moreover, the same order from Judge Zobel also froze assets related to three relief defendants: Kimberly Renee Benge, Barbara Crater Meeks, and Erica Crater, all of whom have been linked to the company and whom allegedly received customer funds «without providing any legitimate services to clients and without any interest or entitlement to such customer funds.»

Meenavalli was initially named as a defendant in the original SEC complaint but was able to prove to the court that neither he, nor the company, benefited from the alleged illegal sale of shares.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 17 - cv - 09903, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Qudian's American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») pursuant and / or traceable to Qudian's false and misleading Registration Statement and Prospectus, issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering on or about October 18, 2017 (the «IPO» or the «Offering»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the «Securities Act»).

In Metzler v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc., the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, an operator of vocational colleges, had manipulated student enrollment data, and that plaintiff suffered losses when the company issued a press release showing lower earnings than the false data had suggested.

Daniels also has filed a lawsuit to break free of her hush agreement, naming Trump and the company linked to Cohen as defendants.

After release of the escrow funds, the Company has remaining claims of approximately R$ 2.8 million that will be pursued against assets held by the defendants in Brazil

Jack, District Judge: Plaintiff, McIlhenny Company, a corporation of the State of Maine, which, with its predecessors, for many years past, has manufactured at Avery Island, Louisiana, a condiment known as «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brings this action against defendant Ed.

«In light of the fact that the defendant himself, his janitorial company, his defense attorney and his bodyguard together received one - third of Soundview's final $ 600,000, it simply is not reasonable to think that the defendant did not communicate with his son, Alejandro, about how the money was to be allocated.»

«Defendants and their co-conspirators also used, without lawful authority, the social security numbers, home addresses, and birth dates of real U.S. persons to open accounts at PayPal, a digital payments company,» the indictment against the Russians says.

The nine defendants — including Peter Galbraith Kelly, an executive with the energy company Competitive Power Ventures; Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, two founders of the Syracuse firm COR Development Co.; and owner Louis Ciminelli and two other executives with LPCiminelli, a major Buffalo construction firm — all were released after court appearances in Manhattan, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

The other defendants in the charge which the Police withdrew against Ogah were his company, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited; and an ex-employee of United Bank for Africa, Deji Somoye.

The jury said it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on a fourth defendant in the case, energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who had been accused of arranging a $ 90,000 - per - year job for Percoco's wife.

Other defendants include Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Alain Kaloyeros, the former leader of SUNY Polytechnic Institute; an energy company executive; and three executives from Buffalo developer LPCiminelli.

Between January 14, 2014 and April 30, 2016, the defendant, owner of M&J Tobacco Wholesale, significantly under reported the amount of tobacco products imported by his company on his tax returns.

Attorneys for the three local defendants — Louis P. Ciminelli, Michael W. Laipple and Kevin C. Schuler, all former top executives of the LPCiminelli construction company — previously had asked the judge handling the case in New York City to move their portion of the case to Buffalo.

The other defendants are Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, executives with the Syracuse - based COR real estate development company, who are accused of bribing Percoco with $ 35,000 in payments to his wife through former lobbyist Todd Howe, the government's star witness.

A declaration that the statements that Plaintiff «has constituted herself into the Commission's Tender Review Committee contrary to the Procurement Act», «unilaterally awarded a contract of about $ 25,000 to a South African company... to change and re-develop the Commission's logo under the guise of rebranding...» set out at paragraphs 6, 18, 23, 27 of the petition attached to Defendant's letter conveying the petition to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana are defamatory of Plaintiff.

The witness, who testified as the fifth prosecution witness, PW - 5, said the N77.5 million was paid to the PR firm through the bank account of Metuh's company, Destra Investment Limited, which is the second defendant before the court.

A former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; who was listed as the one defendant in the charge, one Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited were equally re-arraigned before Justice Aikawa on Monday.

He averred that there was imminent risk of the defendants dissipating the assets of the companies, and had urged the court to issue a restraining order.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of the remaining three defendants in an elaborate bid - rigging conspiracy that illegally steered multi-million dollar public works contracts for Monroe County to favored and connected companies.

He wrote that «there was no evidence whatsoever that defendant Ortt knew the source of the monies paid» by Synor and a second company, Regency Communications, to his wife.

Yet when pressed specifically on the interwoven nature of the defendants actions — which include $ 322,000 in alleged bribes for Percoco in exchange for helping companies with business before the state — and those of Cuomo, Bharara refused to opine on what the governor may have known or been involved in.