Sentences with phrase «prosecution over»

Technology law specialist Luke Scanlon of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer was wrong to suggest that Twitter users with many «followers» would be more likely to face prosecution over comments that breach the Communications Act than those with fewer followers.

French far - right chief loses legal immunity, exposing her to prosecution over racism charge, Reuters

In a case involving a racketeering and money laundering conviction stemming from «spas» that were allegedly fronts for prostitution, appellate Judge Frank Easterbrook of the 7th Circuit chided the prosecution over an inflated calculation of proceeds from the operation.

New risks such as cyber incidents or data privacy, rising regulator and shareholder activism and the influence of third party litigation funders are putting corporate leaders under more pressure than ever of falling foul of investigations, fines or prosecution over alleged wrongdoing, says Allianz...

An Associate Professor, University of Calabar (Unical) Dr Eyo Mensah and five students in the institution are to face prosecution over alleged certificate forgery.

It's the latest escalation in a war of words between Cuomo and de Blasio after an inspector general report determined a memo recommending criminal prosecution over the mayor's fundraising activities in support of Senate Democrats was leaked by a Republican appointee at the board.

The sponsors want to reduce the number of people who face criminal prosecution over small amounts of the drug.

There was a lot of back and forth between the defense and the prosecution over whether Silver was contrite.

The memorandum, written by Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman, recommended criminal prosecution over the 2014 Senate fundraising campaign, saying it was an overt attempt to circumvent fundraising limits.

As was revealed last week, Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman in a report recommended criminal prosecution over the apparent attempt to skirt donation caps.

As the trial of the head of one of South Korea's largest conglomerates on corruption charges got underway, the president's ousting meant she lost her immunity to prosecution over the corruption scandal that forced her from office.

Assange, who denies the rape allegations, fears that if he is arrested he will be handed over to the United States to face prosecution over WikiLeaks» publication of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Last year, the world's largest dietary supplement maker, GNC Holdings Inc, agreed to pay $ 2.25 million to avoid federal prosecution over its alleged sale of illegal pills and powders.

The chances of further prosecutions over phone hacking at news of the World increased today after the Metropolitan police handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The chances of further prosecutions over phone hacking at News of the World increased today after the Metropolitan police handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

3) The Home Secretary at the time Sir Leon Brittan liaised with the Director of Public Prosecutions over the issue.

That means an overall decline of 26 % in prosecutions over five years.

As is typical of most business prosecutions over the past several years that criminalize questionable business judgment rather than clear white collar criminal acts such as embezzlement, the case against Collins was a jumble of conclusory allegations of fraud without any specific allegations of what Collins did that was criminal.

Not exact matches

Concern over the prosecution of medical cannabis businesses subsided after the recent budget passed by Congress.

In the mid-1980s, Sessions was criticized over the prosecution of three civil rights activists on charges of vote tampering in Perry County, Alabama.

He maintains the government's actions during the crisis saved the country and contends his prosecution is an attempt to discredit his Independence Party, which ruled for well over a decade.

Last year, the defence complained that the assortment of PDFs, spreadsheets, graphical and text documents the prosecution handed over was nearly impossible to navigate.

The two banks, however, will still face prosecution in Australia over the matter and, potentially, from overseas authorities.

This identical wash, rinse, repeat cycle has occurred literally hundreds of times over the past 38 years, with no serious investigations or prosecutions whatsoever in that this is official, state - sponsored, for - profit corruption.

There 57 prosecutions under the Computer Misuse Act in 2016, even though over 1.2 million instances of cybercrime were reported.

Already embroiled in controversy over remarks Hussain was alleged to have made in 2004 concerning the prosecution of Sami al - Arian, this appointment warrants careful consideration because of the problematic mission and track record of the OIC... Continue Reading»

Its prosecutor can not begin an investigation of an American without first notifying the U.S. and allowing it to take over the investigation and any prosecution.

Canada spent over 140 million dollars on the prosecution.

According to Edward J. Larson's scholarly, informative, Pulitzer Prize - winning book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, the prosecution of young John Scopes for presumedly violating a state law restricting the teaching of evolution in the public schools need not have resulted in the now legendary high - pitched standoff between the atheistic radical Clarence Darrow and the robustly religious populist William Jennings Bryan.

The 55 year old, who was held in Armagh (pictured below) yesterday morning over the blast in 1990, was freed pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland.

Anyone who considers themselves a conservative SHOULD be for legalizing marijuana since the prohibition of marijuana and prosecution of marijuana users involves everything conservatives are against: intrusion into private lives of citizens, over arching government control, increased government spending and waste and it goes completely against the idea that every person has «the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.»

After years of alleged cover - ups and silence from the church over its paedophilia scandal, abuse survivors and their advocates have hailed the prosecution of Pell as a monumental shift in the way society is responding to the crisis.

The WA Department of Agriculture last month began preparing a prosecution case against WA - based Emanuel Exports over conditions on a ship that left Fremantle on 1 August, 2017, on which 2,400 sheep died, primarily of heat stress.

Just because an over zealous prosecutor using this to make some kind of example (Santa Clara is notoriously bad with over the top police enforcement - See El Camino on a weekend night, and prosecutions....)

In December 2000, Austin was allegedly run over by windsurfer Dane Barnhard, who left a six - inch gash in Austin's shin and now faces prosecution by the Maui district attorney.

The crown prosecution service confirmed that Mallya, 61, was arrested on behalf on the Indian government, who have accused Mallya of fleeing to the UK in order to avoid arrest over another claim that he owes # 1bn in unpaid debts.

The prosecution and defense differed sharply Wednesday over whether a videotape that captured an infant's traumatic birth showed criminal incompetence on the part of a midwife charged in his death or a valiant effort to save the baby's life.

Mrs. Olabisi added, «In order to ensure a diligent and professional investigation, the Inspector General of Police has directed the Deputy Inspector - General of Police in - charge of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) to deploy the Homicide Section of the Department to immediately take over the investigation of the case and ensure a meticulous investigation and speedy prosecution of the arrested suspects.

Onuoha is the second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Director - General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others over alleged theft of N2.6 billion belonging to NIMASA.

Demands for criminal prosecutions follow Barclays» # 290 million fine for attempting to manipulate the interbank lending rate Libor, which is used to price over # 200 trillion worth of financial products around the world.

Oral arguments are scheduled to take place in the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday in a years - long civil litigation over the U.S. Department of Justice's failure to fully release under FOIA records about the prosecution of activists over their activism.

The main file handed over by the police to the Crown Prosecution Service was 216 pages long, and more than 6,300 documents have also been handed over.

Ripp was one of many town residents who, over the past three years, stood up at board meetings asking Venditto, among other things, about the town's relationship with former restaurateur and then - town - vendor Harendra Singh — who is scheduled to be the prosecution's first witness.

Congress is planning a hearing questioning his handling of the prosecution that forced Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York to resign and about the failure of regulatory oversight over Wall Street on his watch.

Emails released by the Crown Prosecution Service now the trial is over show Pryce claimed to have confided about the speeding tickets to Miriam González Duránte, Clegg's wife, and to Cable and his wife during a dinner.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will seek to bring murder charges over the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

«The trial of the century», as Egyptians have dubbed Mubarak's prosecution, began soon after millions of Arabs took to the streets all over the Middle East, and it was concluded against the backdrop of the deep frustration of most from the results of the Arab Spring.

My Bill mandates the establishment of a separate Directorate of Prosecution in each state with administrative control over all prosecutors in the state.

Immediately after his arrest and interdiction in March, David Nenyi Ampah - Bennin, director general in charge of public affairs of the Ghana Police Service told the media that investigations into the affair could be over in about a week, after which prosecutions will begin.

Over two days as a prosecution witness, Hoffmann testified that he did not know about the town's potential liability for the loans until he received a telephone call almost three years ago from a Newsday reporter — and then went to town officials to find out what was going on.