Sentences with phrase «on conflicts of interest when»

In a post today entitled, More on Conflicts of Interest When Philanthropists Sponsor the News, Jan Resseger observes:

On a recent People Before Politics Radio Show, Dr. Giulio Cavallo, Chairman of the Westchester Independence Party spoke on the conflict of interest when major party chairman elect themselves to be Commissioners of the Board of Elections that represent their party.

Not exact matches

Clinton goes on to appears to question the importance of the divestment of assets that financial executives often undertake to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest when they enter government service.

When the mayor of a major city prides himself on integrity, on wanting to «clean up City Hall» and put an end to the «gravy train,» but then can not recognize a blatant conflict of interest when he sees one, you see «tone at the top» gone aWhen the mayor of a major city prides himself on integrity, on wanting to «clean up City Hall» and put an end to the «gravy train,» but then can not recognize a blatant conflict of interest when he sees one, you see «tone at the top» gone awhen he sees one, you see «tone at the top» gone awry.

I think she's on to something; namely, that balance is far more palatable and sustainable when it isn't portrayed as a conflict of interest.

«Why doesn't @FoxNews have a conflict of interest policy requiring Hannity to disclose his personal interest in the Cohen search when commenting on it?»

When Mr. Icahn took on the advisory position this year, critics complained that it was a conflict of interest because he owns a big stake in an oil - refinery business called CVR Energy.

As Richard Rubin pointed out to me on Twitter, section 1043 of the Code is designed to help with similar situations when the certain executive or judicial branch members are required to divest to avoid a conflict of interest.

Whatever agencies oversee non-profits, or other kinds of corporations and companies, and can respond to complaints when non-profits especially are allegedly not functioning within the public interest, or there are other issues with governance, conflicts of interest, inurement (use of a tax - exempt non-profit for the private benefit or excessive benefit of someone with insider relationships), misuse of funds that were solicited to be spent on a specific designation project, etc..

(12)(i) Reconsider a certified operation's application for certification and, if necessary, perform a new on - site inspection when it is determined, within 12 months of certifying the operation, that any person participating in the certification process and covered under 205.501 (a)(11)(ii) has or had a conflict of interest involving the applicant.

The government insists regulators would prevent that from happening, but Greens leader Christine Milne has argued the potential conflict of interest means the PUP senators should abstain from voting on the carbon bill, as Mr Palmer himself did when it went through the House of Representatives the first time.

In 2014 thousands of people signed a petiton calling on the Department of Health to end these links as it has a conflict of interest when it is responsible for overseeing the law these companies flout.

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

The work stream established by NHD on conflicts of interest focuses on the potential issues that may arise for the implementation of the CIP, particularly when engagement with non-State actors is called for.

Depending on your idea of what a success is, you could even say that no revolution ever achieved its goals in full - it's kind of hard when most revolutions were spearheaded by multiple groups with conflicting interests in the first place, and this applies to Arab Spring as easily as it does to the French Revolution.»

The increasing bizarre contest between GOP Sen. Greg Ball and Democrat Justin Wagner gets even weirder when Ball «reveals» an alleged fracking - related conflict of interest on the part of his opponent.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing back on a report that he may have violated a conflict of interest board directive when it came to supporting his non-profit, the Campaign for One New York.

«We feel that they are always open to accusations of conflicts of interests, even when supposedly on a not - for - profit basis, and this serves to undermine public confidence.»

«There is a conflict of interest when DAs prosecute the police officers they have to work with and rely on every day, and I believe this is why there was no justice for my son.»

NIH advisory committees I suspected that NIH was not obeying federal regulations when it came to conflicts of interest on its advisory committees.

But it would declare as «out of bounds» all arguments that are based on other considerations, including: a) personal political ambitions; b) the retention or acquisition of power or authority for its own sake; c) a commitment to a broken status quo out of an abstract fear of change; d) personality conflicts; and e) other institutional interests, including those of the Newark Teachers Union, when inconsistent with the interests of children.

When Malloy appointed Comer, Wendy Lecker and I raised alarms about the potential conflict of interest that comes with having a charter school executive on the state committee that regulates that charter school industry.

So — when do you stop sending the rejected writers to Horizon, because that whole conflict of interest thing looks danged ugly on you, dear.

While conceding some qualms about «potential conflicts of interest that arise when trade publishers (here, Penguin) expand into self - publishing,» she takes on several specific criticisms and fields them crisply.

He is interested in how stories change when told from different perspectives and these three works examine contemporary conflict through the personal experience of people on the front lines.

When the Dutch newspaper NRC broke the story of Ruf's conflicts of interest in dramatic style on 6 October 2017, followed by investigative reporting on Ruf's art advising activities and her company Currentmatters in 12 October 2017, Ruf immediately stepped down.

Conflict of interest becomes relevant when «people might be perceived to be skewing their research to come up with pleasing responses for their funders, and there's no real equivalent to the fossil fuel industry on the other side,» Schmidt said.

A fiduciary, on the other hand, has a legal obligation to put your financial interests first and disclose or eliminate all potential conflicts of interest when giving advice.

This does not apply to an ideological conflict of interest, but only applies when an investigator could gain or lose financially based on the outcome of the work.

It concludes that establishing the links between former government officials and the fossil fuel industry highlights «the major potential for conflict of interest», adding: «When one takes into account what is at stake for large fossil fuel companies, and how much lobbying they conduct on climate policy more generally, weak revolving door policy provides another avenue of influence for private fossil fuel interests to exploit».

She says she was working up a blog post on the subject of «Conflicts of Interest In Climate Science» when she discovered she was on the target list of witch - hunting Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva.

When a former client accused him of acting in conflict of interest, lawyer Williams Hoskinson brought an action against the client, Rodney Slagter, on the basis that he never acted for Slagter and his company.

So, when politicians and victim's advocates claim that defence lawyers have a conflict of interest in arguing against get - tough - on - crime - policies, they've got it all backwards.

CBA is and always will be in an unavoidable conflict of interest when giving its recommendations on access to justice.

On February 12, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») announced a new self - reporting initiative that seeks to protect clients of investment advisors from undisclosed conflicts of interest when purchasing mutual funds.

In his recent Opinion on the OMT case, AG Cruz Villalón criticized the potential conflict of interest arising by the participation of the ECB in the Troika, when ESM / EFSF runs parallel to OMT (para. 150).

James Ng - When the Arbitrator Creates the Conflict: Understanding Arbitrator Ethics through the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest and Published Challenges

It will take the Law Society of Upper Canada almost two years to decide whether or not Black's lawyers, Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick of Torys LLP, were in a conflict of interest when they advised him and his companies on the non-compete agreements at the centre of his criminal charges.

Insurance companies such as ICBC, however fair, are in a conflict of interest when it comes to advising on a personal injury claim.

It expressly deals with common practical contractual issues such as battle of forms, conflict between standard and non-standard terms, substituted contract, when interest on damages will accrue and currency in which to assess damages.

Intervenors have responded by wanting to know how and when the conflict of interest arose, the impact of the conflict of interest on the Board members, advised of the need to provide new responding expert evidence to Kinder Morgan's anticipated new expert evidence, and have sought that the Board provide funding to replace funding wasted by these events.

On appeal, the First Circuit certified three questions to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: (1) whether an insurer owes a duty under an insurance policy or the Massachusetts «in for one, in for all» rule to prosecute an insured's counterclaim; (2) whether an insurer owes a duty to fund the prosecution of an insured's counterclaim as part of «Defense Costs;» and (3) when such a duty might give rise to a conflict of interest, so that the insured is entitled to separate counsel at the insurer's expense.

This means that a significant change in patterns around divorce raises some red flags — the lack of closure in marital conflicts, the impact on children who are most vulnerable to instability, and the number of couples who may continue to share space when their best interests and even their personal safety lie elsewhere.

He noted that a specific area to be watchful of is when law firm partners want to serve on boards of directors which creates potential for conflict of interest and liability threats, referring to Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corp. as an example.

«When you look at what went on in May 2009 and the need these dealers had to be represented, then layer on to it the conflict of interest, it was going to be two trains coming down the same track and that's why there was a significant damages award made,» says David Sterns, a partner with Sotos LLP in Toronto.

The question arose when the Law Society of Upper Canada dealt with conflict of interest allegations against Torys LLP lawyers Darren Sukonick and Beth DeMerchant (now retired) in relation to their work on the sale of the Hollinger group of companies between 2000 and 2003 to companies including CanWest and Osprey Media.

There are costs to that approach, of course, and most of them are borne by the client: the inability to reach your busy lawyer when you need her, the time and cost required for your lawyer to refocus on your situation, the heightened potential for disqualifying conflicts of interest, and the lawyer's relatively shallow appreciation of all your needs and circumstances.

Writing on Reddit he explains that this was done to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest when promoting LTC as someone with so much social influence.

The entrepreneur's dual - CEO role recently placed him under some pressure, with several industry watchers suggesting he's in a conflict of interest that's preventing him from being objective when making a decision on whether to ban advertisements for initial coin offerings and new cryptocurrencies on Twitter.

When the core interests / values of disputants are focused on seeking money and power rather than on being appreciated, being loved, and on sharing, mediation stands nary a chance for widespread acceptance and success as a conflict resolution process.