Sentences with phrase «on alleged acts»

In fact, yesterday's Blog of the Legal Times, citing a Wall Street Journal report, noted that the Department of Justice is cracking down on alleged acts of foreign bribery and is currently investigating 120 cases, up from 100 at the end of last year.

The scandal had included months of media reporting on alleged acts of violence against women by roughly a dozen football players, with accusations that the school and athletic department had responded ineffectively.

Not exact matches

This was the first ruling by a federal court to confirm the CFTC's determination in 2015 that cryptos are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act, that it can regulate them, and that it can pursue those it alleges to have engaged in fraud and manipulation schemes on crypto exchanges.

President Hollande has already determined this to be a terrorist act - even before any real evidence has been found on Bouhlel's cellphone or in his laptop browser history on his laptop beyond a phone number alleged to be connected to Al Nusra Front's Omar Diaby.

In particular, it alleges that the DOJ relied primarily on what it characterized as insufficient and unreliable information in the so - called Steele dossier to support their application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant targeting Page.

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule

In re HP Securities Litigation consists of two consolidated putative class actions filed on November 26 and 30, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging, among other things, that from August 19, 2011 to November 20, 2012, the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and the financial performance of Parent's enterprise services business.

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b) by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and that certain defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a) and (c) by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.

Acting on a tip from the FBI, Italian authorities arrested four people in Italy and Kosovo Tuesday who were suspected of planning an attack on Pope Francis... The [alleged] terrorist team propagated the ideology of jihad through social networks, the police said.

The Jewish organization alleges religious discrimination and unfair business competition, on the basis of several California statutes, including the state's civil rights act, which prohibits the refusal to engage in a business transaction on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin or sex.

When you pro-life contradictions stop acting like life begins at conception and ENDS AT BIRTH, when you stop using abortion as a political wedge issue to shore up votes and show that you actually understand and act on ALL the complex issues at work, you might actually find others more sympathetic to your alleged cause.

Please read on though as I hope to make some salient points about this whole sordid affair, and by sordid affair I mean the act of trying to sell tabloid newspapers and not any «alleged» act with a prostitute.

Diego Costa has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

In compliance with the Act, Sleep Lady Solutions, Inc., has registered a Designated Agent with the United States Copyright Office to receive notice of alleged copyright infringements contained on the Website.

Now the Pierce Downer's Heritage Alliance, a local environmental group, has filed suit against the Village of Downers Grove and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, alleging that both agencies violated a section of the Illinois Natural Preservation Act by failing to consult with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to determine the project's ecological impact on the adjacent preserve.

The demonstration which is alleged to have been mobilized by acting party Chairman, Freddy Blay, is also planned to put pressure on the BNI to release three South African ex-Policemen believed to be mercenaries sneaked into the country by Captain Koda through the express endorsement of party flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo.

The meeting, Vanguard gathered, was essentially meant to frame strategies on how to push forward the party and also respond to the perceived actions of the APC which party stalwarts alleged to be acts of persecution.

As MP for a Liverpool constituency, he has been investigated under the official secrets act over his admission that he had passed on secret details of George Bush's alleged threat to bomb the al - Jazeera TV station.

At a press conference on Monday to respond to the NDC's manifesto, the Policy Adviser to the NPP flagbearer, Boakye Agyarko, alleged that President Mahama was investigated by his former boss, the late President Evans Atta Mills, over alleged corrupt acts.

Agbakoba in a statemet on Monday alleged that the appointment made by the Federal Government of Nigeria, contravenes the provisions of S. 14 of the Constitution and also the Federal Character Commission, Act and the provisions of Sections 42 of the Constitution of Nigeria that prohibits discrimination of any of Nigeria's ethnic groups such as, in this case, the South East.

His revelations of acts of alleged corruption that were going on under the administration, he said served as the main basis for the «evil doers» seeking to murder him.

Prof. Martey alleged that the leadership of the NDC is condoning the use of abusive language and attacks on him and in his view, the act would not augur well for the party since they are eliminating the good people of Ghana from their party.

The Legal Affairs Committee resolved to reform the current blasphemy law, which holds the accused guilty merely on the basis of an alleged blasphemous act.

Private investigator Jonathan Rees and News of the World journalist Alex Marunchak were arrested for alleged offences under section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and sections 1 and 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 by police officers working on Operation Kalmyk, part of Operation Tuleta dealing with computer hacking.

It starts with Barbara Underwood, who became the acting AG on Tuesday after Eric Schneiderman resigned in disgrace after four women alleged he assaulted them.

The petition was filed on August 18 at the Presidency and is demanding that a process to remove the EC boss should be commenced over alleged breaches of public procurement practices and provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), as well as gross financial mismanagement.

Meanwhile, the NPP through its Acting General Secretary, John Boadu, has issued a statement condemning what it described as «an alleged attack on a journalist» while assuring journalists it respects and cherishes the media.

Former Erie County Social Services Commissioner Al Dirschberger was arraigned Monday in Albany on charges of rape and criminal sexual act for an alleged encounter with a female county employee at a hotel.

On the alleged failure to pay state workers and pensioners, the party was furious with the Governor, stressing that such act has made the people of Kogi to start disliking the APC.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

He explained that his men acting on intelligence intercepted four vehicles loaded with herdsmen, adding that some natives alleged that the suspects had positioned themselves to attack the area.

The House of Representatives on Thursday condemned alleged manipulation of Nigeria's legal system by Attorney - General of the Federation (AGF) and the Acting Chairman of...

Abubaka also described as callous, mischievous and unpatriotic, those promoting false reports on alleged pressure on Acting President Yomi Osinbajo to resign.

Two petitions were presented on the floor of the House by the chairman of the House Committee on Army, Rep. Rima Kwewum, PDP, Taraba State on behalf of the authors, Anti-Corruption Network requesting the House to investigate alleged acts of impropriety purportedly committed by Umar.

Already, Multimedia Group Limited has apologized to former BOST boss, Kwame Awuah Darko, saying it has no evidence that he was involved in corrupt acts as alleged by maverick politician, Hon Kennedy Agyepong, on their TV station, «Adom TV» recently.

Pictures of the branded Mahindra trucks went viral on social and mainstream electronic media, Thursday, March 31, 2016, with the architects of the act alleging that the 50 vehicles were imported into the country to be distributed across the offices of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) for voter education.

The Acting National Chairman of NPP Freddie Blay in a press conference on Thursday alleged that the Mahama led NDC government is scheming plans to assassinate Nana Addo, hence the arrival of the three ex-police officers.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called on the National Media Commission (NMC) to act on alleged threats on the life of judges of the Supreme Court and High Court on an Accra - based radio station.

The charge marked FHC / Abj / CR / 43 / 2017, which was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, FG, alleged that Yakubu failed to declare the money in the assets form he filed at the EFCC on August 18, 2015, and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 27 (3)(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004 and punishable under section 27 (3)(c) of the same Act.

Kofi Adams described the alleged act by the NPP as «an attack on our electoral process» of the country.

While appealing to president Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the alleged barbaric acts of the military on the hapless students and lecturers, the union leader called for caution in using the military in a civil or students protest, stressing that the police which is constitutionally empowered should be used in civil matters to prevent loss of lives of the innocent future leaders.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called Wilson's alleged actions «the ultimate betrayal of trust, taking money she was charged with safekeeping and spending it on her own lavish lifestyle.»

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

In the complaint filed on February 2, 2017, the county alleged the defendants «engaged in deceptive acts and practices, false...

Their inclusion could «insinuate that if [Percoco] bullied some State officials on employment matters he must also have bullied other State officials into taking the alleged official acts,» which include securing a raise for one developer's son and working toward a power - purchase agreement between the energy company and the state.

«The alleged diversion also shows a serious breach of anticorruption legislation including the EFCC Act, and Nigeria's international obligations under the UN Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption both of which the country has ratified.

It could be recalled that a combined team of soldiers and DSS operatives acting on alleged presence of Boko Haram terrorists in an uncompleted building in Apo District of Abuja had on September 20, 2013 carried out a deadly raid on the house and opened fire on the commercial motorcycle riders who were using the building as their place of abode.

Nick Clegg's difficulties in handling complaints against senior figures in his party will continue on Friday when solicitors acting for an alleged sexual assault victim of the MP Mike Hancock will ask the high court to force a Lib - Dem - led council to release an unredacted version of a damning QC's report.

On December 8, 2011, opponents filed suit, alleging that the newly drawn state House map violated the Voting Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution by «targeting African - American incumbents for pairing, and «cracking» the Latino community of southwest Detroit.»

The coalition hinged their decision on the alleged violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by the state electoral body in the process leading to the polls.