Sentences with phrase «pro quo under»
«It's completely dismaying — it's a huge incentive to play fast and loose with state law as a way of engaging potentially in bribery and quid pro quo under federal law, but as a private citizen.»
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However, under questioning by one of Silver's attorneys in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Taub said there was no explicit quid pro quo.
While everyone is adamant that there is no quid pro quo for all this cash, the politicians themselves seem only too willing to do favors for the real estate industry, with a reported 68.6 million square feet under development by the end of 2015.
All three cases involved a common issue — a new definition by the Supreme Court requiring a formal exercise of government power rather than just a meeting or phone call to prove a quid pro quo bribery scheme under the federal law prohibiting «honest services fraud.»
In one of the scenes, three Star Wars princesses appear under a banner with the Latin words «Pro Status Quo,» a famous phrase that has been interpreted in a variety of ways in history; the literal translation is «For that which is.»
In a case involving sexual harassment under a quid pro quo or hostile work environment theory, additional remedies may be available.
This protection is the quid pro quo for a civil litigant being compelled to produce relevant documents and to submit to questioning under oath as part of the civil discovery process.