Sentences with phrase «office as attorney general»

Cuomo has been considering a second race for governor almost since taking office as attorney general in 2007 and last fall, after it was learned that President Obama favored Cuomo over Gov. Paterson, his announcement was widely expected in January.

CenProG together with well - meaning Ghanaians are fully aware that Mr Amidu, ever since he was sacked from office as Attorney General for insubordination had been on a collision course with the NDC and has minced no words in expressing his disdain for the NDC with his numerous epistles.

«I can't imagine that Eliot Spitzer wants to run for public office again after what he did while he was in the last two public offices as attorney general and as governor.»

Not exact matches

«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.

In the wake of the investigation, DesignerWare declared bankruptcy, listing the Byrds along with investigators in California and the federal attorney general's office as potential creditors.

Trump fired Yates, an appointee of President Barack Obama, as acting attorney general within his first 10 days in office.

Find out if the company has received complaints by contacting local and government authorities, such as a local consumer protection agency, the attorney general's office, the FTC and the Better Business Bureau.

«Facebook is not providing the Attorney General's office access to its facial recognition software or conducting any facial recognition on its platform as part of this agreement.

The Attorney General's office announced the Facebook partnership as part of a two - day summit on human trafficking that is taking place in Manhattan on Thursday and Friday.

In its release describing the initiative, the Attorney General's office cited examples of pimps and sex trafficking rings who posted pictures of minors on websites like Backpage and Craigslist, describing the practice as «modern day slavery.»

Diamond goes so far as to suggest the office of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra step in to investigate.

One of the lead attorneys defending the payday lenders was Steven Engel, who is now assistant attorney general at the US Justice Department, and who was listed as an active attorney in the case until November 14, the day after he was sworn into office.

Those agencies are investigating, as are another federal department, state attorneys general, prosecutors» offices and congressional committees.

The bank faces several class - action lawsuits, as well as criminal investigations by the Department of Justice and the California Attorney General's Office.

This means a corporate board acts as the 51 % percent shareholder and assigns full financial, operational and management control of the entity to the managing family office, normally via a Power of Attorney granted to the General Manager.

From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Kandel was the Chief of the Investor Protection & Securities Bureau at the New York State Attorney General's Office, where he also served as Assistant Deputy Attorney General.

As the state's chief legal officer, the attorney general's office is taking this step to protect the health and safety of Oklahomans,» Pruitt said in a statement.

As head of EPA's Office of Policy, Pruitt chose Samantha Dravis, formerly of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) and its affiliated Rule of Law Defense Fund, both of which Pruitt has previously chaired.

According to Department of Justice policy, an application for a search warrant of a lawyer's office such as this is so serious that it usually requires approval of either the U.S. attorney for the district, or the assistant attorney general.

The inquiry kicked off the Office of the Attorney General's Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative, which a Tuesday announcement described as «a fact - finding inquiry into the policies and practices» of cryptocurrency exchanges.

Pulling the same legal levers as those involved in its climate change investigation of ExxonMobil, the New York state attorney general's office obtained an agreement from coal giant Peabody Energy to end misleading statements and disclose risks associated with global warming.

While we therefore welcome Ms. Lynch's ascension to the office, in candor, we probably would say that anyone short of Jamie Dimon as Attorney General would likely be an improvement over Mr. Holder.

She also served as a senior aide to now Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on his successful race for Attorney General and in that government office.

As CoinDesk reported on Tuesday, the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an...

One week later, the New York attorney general announced that Aetna agreed to pay an additional $ 1.15 million to settle claims related to that breach, as well as a separate breach the office discovered while investigating the initial breach.

As the New York Attorney General's Office investigated the first breach, it discovered a second, similar issue arising out of mailings sent to individuals suffering atrial fibrillation.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

She served two terms as a Judge on the DC Contract Appeals Board before joining the District Office of the Attorney General, procurement division, with responsibility for acquiring services and goods for the District's Human Services Department (infant and maternal, HIV, mentally ill, and elderly divisions) and Public Housing Department.

She earlier served as Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Environmental Protection, General Counsel in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Chief of Legal Services at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and as an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney GGeneral Counsel in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Chief of Legal Services at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and as an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney Ggeneral in the Environmental Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney Attorney GeneralGeneral.

The anti-graft agency further maintained that cases under investigation communicated to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation by the Commission are classified information, just as it wondered how such would be leaked to the media.

Spitzer's campaign has played heavily on his time as attorney general — an office he held for two successful terms compared to his disasterous governorship — going as far in an online ad to suggest Wall Street is scared of his candidacy.

The New York Attorney General's office has continued to position itself as a nemesis to President Donald Trump, this week filing two more lawsuits against the administration.

With Eric Holder leaving the Attorney General's Office, William Hochul's name has been thrown around as a possible replacement.

«To that end, as the Attorney General and the legislature appear open to revising their policies, the Governor's office will convene a meeting with representatives from the legislature, the Attorney General and the Comptroller to come up with one uniform email retention and FOIL policy that applies to all State officials and agencies.»

The bill, known as I - STOP, comes after the attorney general's office issued a report showing that prescription - drug abuse is on the rise.

A member of the NDC legal team, Abraham Amaliba, had previously described the Attorney General's office's decision to respond to the petition brought before CHRAJ as an irregularity.

Cuomo's brother - in - law, shoe designer Kenneth Cole, resigned as the embattled leader of the AIDS research charity amfAR after the New York attorney general's office rejected a proposal that would have kept him in the slot, calling it «troubling.»

«The former Attorney General launched his initial campaign for statewide office after taking down Hiram Monserrate and has repeatedly portrayed himself as a supporter of the #MeToo movement and a champion of women.

How Eric Schneiderman will be replaced in the attorney general's office is still not clear as a large field of candidates has signaled they want to fill the job, either through a legislative appointment or on Election Day.

The party could endorse Zephyr Teachout for attorney general or a placeholder as Democratic AG candidate Tish James has indicated she would not take the WFP's endorsement, spurning a party that helped elect her to office.

«In the coming days and weeks, I will continue speaking with my supporters and other interested New Yorkers as I decide whether to seek election to the Attorney General's office this year.

A war of words escalated on Wednesday between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over empowering Nassau County DA Madeline Singas to serve as special prosecutor to review the alleged actions of ex-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

«There are two incredible progressive women in the race and New Yorkers would be lucky to have either as attorney general,» said Bill Lipton, director of the New York Working Families Party, which he said gave James and Teachout their start running for office.

As a general policy, the attorney general's office does not comment on potential or ongoing investigations.

As the law currently stands, neither the attorney general's office nor the inspector general's office have the authority to independently launch investigations into Albany lawmakers.

The state attorney general's office agreed in April 2018 to dismiss criminal charges against Joseph R. Nicolla, one of Albany's most prominent developers, as part of an agreement that calls for Nicolla to

Delegates will endorse a slate of candidates for top offices, including governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, comptroller, secretary of the state and attorney general, as well as U.S....

She also worked for the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and served as acting - solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general of the United States.

Mount Vernon — Mount Vernon Mayor Richard W. Thomas was arrested and arraigned Monday morning on criminal charges including grand larceny as part of a corruption probe by the New York State Attorney General's Office into campaign finance irregularities.

Tuesday, he packed up his office and ended his term as state attorney general.