Sentences with phrase «official role in the case»

She added that her official role in the case was not to censure Mr. Bharara for professional lapses, but to make a determination as to whether there was grounds to vacate his case against the assemblyman.

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In Senate testimony last month, she said «unseasonably cold weather» had played a role in softening some data and that Fed officials would watch the situation closely to make sure that was the casIn Senate testimony last month, she said «unseasonably cold weather» had played a role in softening some data and that Fed officials would watch the situation closely to make sure that was the casin softening some data and that Fed officials would watch the situation closely to make sure that was the case.

Environmental groups and advocates are cheering the decision by state environmental officials to deny permits for the Millennium Pipeline to connect to a Hudson Valley power plant that is playing a supporting role in the corruption case against former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco.

Officials briefing journalists about the new policy were asked why human rights concerns had led to punitive measures in Cuba's case but were not playing a role in the administration's policy to other notable human rights offenders, like the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.

«Civil society groups have play a key role in holding government and parliaments accountable but without a strong civil society in Nigeria, the problem of high - level official corruption and other cases of violations of human rights would go unaddressed, and perpetrators would continue to enjoy impunity.»

But the judge overseeing the case, ruling on a host of pretrial motions, found this distinction somewhat immaterial, since Percoco, according to the government, «continued to function in a senior advisory and supervisory role with regard to the Governor's Office, and continued to be involved in the hiring of staff and the coordination of the Governor's official events and priorities.»

Among Staten Island Republicans, much of the chatter has focused on District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who is popular with his fellow elected officials and rose to national prominence for his role in the Eric Garner case.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove was charged on Dec 1, 2017, with felony perjury and two misdemeanor counts of official misconduct over his role in the handling of the case.

Justice officials prosecuting the e-book case pointed to e-mails from Jobs demonstrating his role in pressuring the publishers.

Nonetheless, SDR allocations can play a role in providing liquidity and supplementing member countries» official reserves, as was the case with the 2009 allocations totaling SDR 182.6 billion to IMF members amid the global financial crisis.

New York lawyer, law professor and American Lawyer contributor Scott Horton brings us an update on the Spanish case against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and five other former Bush Administration officials over their role in the so - called «torture memo» authorizing the use of extreme interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.

Courts «view jury nullification as a pernicious element in the criminal justice system... the jury's official role in court proceedings is limited solely to judging the facts of the case and applying the law as given by the judge to those facts» (Travis Hreno, «Necessity and Jury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 351 at para. 2)

He regularly serves as counsel to debtors, official committees, prepetition and DIP lenders, and acquirers of distressed assets, and has taken a leading role in nearly all aspects of case administration; litigation strategy; and the structure, formulation and confirmation of complex (and sometimes unique) plans of reorganization.

This is a story that goes right to the heart of Facebook's role in civil society, a role which it actively courted for years, talking up Facebook's political advertising's effectiveness in official case studies and giving researchers special access to company data for studies on how the social network could influence people.