Sentences with phrase «questionable practices used»

Not exact matches

New York's Gagosian Gallery and Jeff Koons were sued by a collector who accused gallery founder Larry Gagosian and the artist of scheming to exploit demand for his works and using «inappropriate and highly questionable practices» to fund extravagant lifestyles.

But in the memo, he also uses Facebook's goal to connect people as justification for «questionable contact importing practices» (his words), along with «all the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends.»

But Mr. Canellos's team argued that Mr. Fuld did not know that Lehman was using questionable accounting practices despite testimony from another Lehman executive that suggested otherwise.

The inadequate understanding which Marxists have shown of the media and the questionable use they have made of them has produced a vacuum in Western industrialized countries into which a stream of non-Marxist hypotheses and practices has consequently flowed.

Witnesses describe a pay - to - play atmosphere, where donors were given special access to the governor and his top aides, and the questionable practice of Percoco using his state offices while he was not a state employee, and instead managing the governor's 2014 re-election campaign.

The former chief executive of a company chaired by Buffalo Republican Rep. Chris Collins said in recently filed court papers that the congressman manipulated its finances and used a «questionable accounting practice» that led the company's bank to drop it as a customer.

Reached at his Connecticut home, O'Connor, who is using vacation time during a leave of absence, said he complained to the Inspector General about the Public Integrity Commission and looks forward to being contacted about his allegations of questionable practices by Commission Executive Director Barry Ginsberg.

The former chief executive of a company chaired by Rep. Chris Collins said in recently filed court papers that the congressman manipulated its finances and used a «questionable accounting practice» that led the company's bank to drop it as a customer.

What I felt to be particularly curious about this list was that, for the past 20 years (estimated ~ 1994 - 2014), Prof. Roig has become somewhat of a specialist in studying lying, cheating, mistrust, dishonesty, questionable writing practices and plagiarism (using key - words from the paper titles), with, on average, about 2 papers published a year on these topics, even in respectable journals like Science and Nature.

Producing food without the use of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, genetic modification and all the other questionable farming and agriculture practices is not a cheap undertaking.

One of the most powerful tools available in a grassroots movements ~ and that has proven effective in the past ~ is boycotting a product or company that is using questionable or unethical practices.

While Ridley Scott's direction is as polished as you would expect, his use of colour is questionable; too often, he switches between saturated and de-saturated to illustrate the moral or emotional prevalence of the character or surroundings, a practice which quickly grows tiresome.

Where, she wondered, «is the research to support: close reading, increased Lexile levels, the use of informational texts, and other questionable practices in the primary grades?»

It found that 77 % of charter schools use taxpayer money for questionable financial practices.

PURE has played a major role in changing the discussion about charter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter network.

One of GCI's findings indicates that 77 percent of charter schools engage in questionable financial practices; most would agree that Arizona does not have sufficient funds for public education to risk having money used for expenses that are not in the financial interests of public school students.

A custom writing service never uses amateur writers; it never allows questionable practices of just re-writing or «spinning» previously written works; and it does not tolerate poor research and writing that does not meet the highest standards.

They cleaned up the predatory practices, the massive overcharging, and the questionable marketing, and turned it into Createspace — a legitimate POD company used by LOTS of self - publishers.

Exposing for the first time a kind of reverse insurance fraud where insurance providers are routinely bilking your credit scores using questionable accounting practices.

«In late - February and March 2017, media reports alleged that Canadian banks were using high - pressure tactics and questionable practices to sell a broad range of products and services, citing information received from current and former bank employees.

In announcing this new rule, the CFPB hopes that companies will have incentive to not use any questionable business practices.

Drs. Schultz and Phillips write: «The practice of annual vaccination in our opinion should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination.»

The practice of annual vaccinations should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination or is required by law.»

The practice of annual vaccination in our opinion should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination or is required by law (i.e., certain states require annual revaccination for rabies).

Although vaccinations are available for canine diseases such as leptospirosis, Lyme Disease, Bordatella, and influenza, the long - term safety and efficacy of these vaccinations is questionable, so their use in clinical practice is not routinely recommended.

Alongside this habit of using language to mystify questionable practices sits an incarnation of political doublespeak which seeks to obscure the real nature of a thing by titling it as its complete opposite.

The lawsuit alleges Koons and Gagosian gallery founder Larry Gagosian of using money paid in advance for art as contributing to funding an extravagant lifestyles by using «inappropriate and highly questionable practices,» according to Fortune magazine.

As a result, even if you follow email marketing best practices in terms of your list hygiene (e.g., no unsolicited addresses), if other accounts are engaging in spam or other questionable tactics, then those activities will affect the integrity of the shared IP address being used to send your emails, and your own reputation will suffer.

And, oh yeah, another lawyer who relied on questionable Logistep evidence has been banned from practicing law in France for six months, after the Paris Bar realized that this questionable «evidence» was being used more for extortion - like «pre-settlement» letters that demand money to avoid getting taken to court.

Tech savvy law firms understand the challenges and use cutting edge tools to work proactively and prevent questionable billing practices and disputes.

This information is used to identify questionable legal practices and other systemic shortcomings.

Look for developments such as more loss - leading advice on websites; more use of video and visual; more integration of video communication between lawyer and client; more use of fixed fee «unbundled» services; more integration of discussion communities with legal practices; and some possibly questionable referral arrangements between what are presented as not for profit organisations and associated for profit providers.

Facebook vice-president Andrew «Boz» Bosworth said in a controversial, highly offensive internal memo that the company's obsession with growth «is justified,» even its «questionable contact importing practices» and the «subtle language» it uses to help people stay searchable by friends.

Hearn's plan is bound to get a lot of flak from bitcoin critics, as it could be used for all sorts of questionable practices.

A more common practice was checking the credit history of finalists and using this information to rule out candidates with questionable backgrounds.

Questionable hiring practices just don't slip under the radar like they used to and the damage to brand and reputation caused by outdated screening practices can be significant.

An Investigation into the Questionable Practice of Using Excessive Massively Multiplayer Online Game Play as a Marker of Pathological Video Game Dependence among Adolescent and Young Adult Male Players

It was a list of questionable practices some agents, specializing in REO, are using at the expense of others.

FHA will use this information to track the business closely and will refer any questionable practices to the appropriate regulatory agencies, as necessary.