Sentences with phrase «on breach of confidentiality»

Advising a digital communications agency on breach of confidentiality obligations owed by a current employee to a former employer.

Not exact matches

Some investors were pushing for Shop.ca to focus on profitability instead of scale, according to a former insider, who requested anonymity so as not to risk breaching a confidentiality agreement.

The emails and documents show that negotiators had agreed to terms that included a $ 20,000 breach of confidentiality clause in the contract should any of those involved in the deal go back on the settlement terms.

However, a spokesperson for SQA said that the decision has been made to «prevent any breach of question paper security and confidentiality, but to also remove the risk of inappropriate postings on social media which can cause distress for candidates».

«We took this decision to prevent any breach of question paper security and confidentiality, but to also remove the risk of inappropriate postings on social media which can cause distress for candidates.»

The scenarios ran the gamut of clinic woes: missing Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) drugs; a breach of client confidentiality when photographs of a patient are posted on the Internet; a long - term employee who develops physical problems and a toxic attitude; the pros and cons of major equipment purchases; a new specialist who takes advantage of training funded by the clinic, then accepts a new job; a veterinarian who suffers fatal injuries on the job; an emergency call from a client who has not paid bills in the past.

Read including the full set of comments, including Monckton's -LRB-(I'm on his Bad List, too, among other things, for «interfering in an unlawful manner on the blogosphere» and breaching doctor - patient confidentiality), and the various replies to all that.

In fact, if there ever were such confidentiality agreements, then CRU had breached them right from the start — by sending the 1991 version of the data to the US Department of Energy which published the station data online; by placing the 1996 version online at CRU as part of the ADVANCE / 10K program; and by sending station data out on request (not just to Georgia Tech, but to others, including Mann and Rutherford in 2005 and even to me in 2002 before I was identified as a potential critic).

For example, the updated comment to Rule 1.6 (c) on confidentiality provides a nonexhaustive list of factors to consider whether an attorney acted reasonably in the lead - up to a breach of client data, but it does not endorse a specific approach.

Breaches of confidentiality can cost you your job, get your name in the wrong place in the blogosphere or Twitterverse, and make you searchable in a bad way on Google, Lexis, and Westlaw under nasty ethical lapse search terms.

On Friday 1 December, the High Court confirmed that Morrisons is vicariously liable for Skelton's actions which amounted to breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA) and instances of misuse of private information and breach of confidentiality.

Advising in relation to a breach of confidentiality in an investment firm, including managing the crisis, reviewing what information had been lost, investigating the conduct of employees, delivering an investigation report and advising on remedial steps to improve cybersecurity.

The Court ruled that the employee knew, or ought to have known, that the surreptitious recording was a breach of his confidentiality and privacy obligations to his employer as well as of the personal code of conduct he had prepared as part of the corrective action imposed on him.

All lawyers have a similar rule on confidentiality, but different states and practice areas have different rules about what to do in the event of a data breach — and what constitutes a breach in the first place.

Defending two individuals in the insurance sector on the defence of an application for injunctive relief to prevent breach of post-termination restrictions and confidentiality obligations in the High Court.

In formulating the obligation in that way, the court took the view that, although it may in principle be open to the decision - maker to accept confidential information and then decide to disclose the information in breach of the confidentiality obligations to which it was subject, in reality that was not an option available to a responsible public authority, both because it would be ethically repugnant to such a body, and because it was highly likely that such conduct would have a material adverse effect on its ability to obtain confidential information in the future: [59].

Prominent Calgary lawyer Kristine Robidoux, best known for her work defending corporate clients on bribery charges, has been suspended by the Law Society of Alberta and resigned from Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, in the wake of being found to have breached client confidentiality in 2008.

Green J accepted and gave considerable weight to the evidence of the Metropolitan Police that disclosure of information to defendants in Thai criminal proceedings would breach assurances of confidentiality, which would have a chilling effect on international law enforcement co-operation.

Since joining chambers, he has worked on unlawful detention claims, claims against the police and claims involving breaches of confidentiality, privacy and data protection.

Superyacht — brokerage dispute: instructed on behalf of a purchaser of a multi-million Euro «superyacht» (100 + m) to defend a substantial claim proceeding in (LMAA) arbitration for alleged losses and damage suffered as a result of an alleged wrongful repudiation of a written brokerage agreement and as a result of alleged breaches of the Respondent's obligation of confidentiality arising under that agreement.

«Unfortunately, due to some breaches in the integrity and the confidentiality of the last process, we decided we had to use an alternative method, which included direct and broad consultation,» Justice Minister Peter MacKay told reporters on Thursday.

Comment: One commenter recommended that HHS collect data on research - related breaches of confidentiality and investigate existing anecdotal reports of such breaches.

Advising a large chemicals business on senior directors» breaches of confidence, fiduciary duties and the enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations.

On his The Trial Warrior blog, Toronto lawyer Antonin Pribetic has a great post that contains sage advice on the dangers of breaching client confidentiality with a blog post — Too Much Information: Blogging about your clienOn his The Trial Warrior blog, Toronto lawyer Antonin Pribetic has a great post that contains sage advice on the dangers of breaching client confidentiality with a blog post — Too Much Information: Blogging about your clienon the dangers of breaching client confidentiality with a blog post — Too Much Information: Blogging about your client.

«When we represent employers of someone who is known to be very active on social media, or if we know somebody who has talked a lot about the case even before we get to mediation the feeling is this person is going to be at greater risk for breaching confidentiality terms than others,» she says.

The major implications for banks targeted by HMRC will be the administrative burden of producing the information requested; the risk of breaching confidentiality laws in the countries where the offshore accounts are held — for example under Swiss and Cayman Islands law there are criminal sanctions for breaching client confidentiality — and other conflict of laws issues; and the risk of Financial Services Authority investigations if it seems that the bank had encouraged the use of offshore accounts in a misleading way, eg by advertising them as tax - free, or by suggesting that HMRC would never know about the income earned on sums in the accounts.

It is quite right to point out that anonymity can not be guaranteed and must not be relied on as a cloak (this is why I decided from the outset not to bother blogging anonymously), but why not simply make plain that holders of judicial office should never blog anything that would be inappropriate or would breach confidentiality if their identity were to become known?

He further admitted acting improperly and in breach of his duties of confidentiality «accepts and admits that these actions were extremely serious breaches of, in particular, his duty of confidentiality to his client and constituted conduct that is completely unacceptable on the part of a solicitor».

You can rely on me to ensure safeguards are in place to avoid breaches of confidentiality.

The Council found that there was a continuing duty of confidentiality on the part of the two licensees after the expiration of the agency relationship and that the licensees, by providing the affidavits, had breached their duty of confidentiality.