Sentences with phrase «recent high profile cases»

However, with all the recent high profile cases of fraud and bankruptcy, several industries and the broader business world have been confronted with corporate misconduct, accounting irregularities, bankruptcies and an erosion of confidence and trust on the part of employees and investors.

The petition, to the Justice Secretary, says: «Several recent high profile cases have evidenced how the general public has fixed preconceived ideas of what constitutes rape, a victim and a perpetrator of sexual violence.

Albany, NY — On this week's Capitol Connection Alan Chartock talks to Albany County District Attorney David Soares about the recent high profile case involving state Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

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Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Several recent high - profile cases of questionable corporate behaviour that have come to light here, and around the world, have a common element — whistleblowers.

Before Comey tapped him to lead the Richmond office in 2014, he was section chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, investigating some of the highest profile cases against government officials and civil rights violations in recent years.

Possibly relevant is that another recent high - profile spoofing case involves one high - frequency trading firm, HTG Capital Partners, suing another one, Allston Trading, because HTG claims that Allston spoofed HTG's algorithms.

From allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to the court case against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi stemming from complaints of abusive behaviour both inside and outside the workplace, recent high - profile cases of harassment and violence have made it clear that many organizations struggle to uphold appropriate standards of conduct within their ranks.

Some of the most high - profile religious liberty fights in recent years, as Laycock mentioned, have been issues of accommodation for LGBT individuals, such as cases involving wedding photographers, caterers, and bakers.

Cuomo alluded to the Silver scandal — calling it «a recent high - profile ethics case» — during an Albany press conference announcing the new measures.

Libous» case is one of three recent, high - profile New York political corruption prosecutions brought by Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that are at or near their conclusions.

The catalyst to these calls has been two recent high - profile corruption cases that snared New York City politicians.

This shift — a long time coming, according to many researchers — was spurred in part by recent high - profile cases in astronomy and biology.

She is only one of many recent high - profile cases in which attempts at rehabilitation from substance abuse failed.

In the highest - profile recent case, Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador was issued a two - year suspension and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France win after a sample that year tested positive for clenbuterol, which WADA classifies as an anabolic agent.

But in a way that calls to mind the recent Jon McGregor novel Reservoir 13, it is pricklingly attuned to the bleak commonalities of all high - profile British crime cases: the tearful press conferences in village halls, the straggly lines of volunteers scouring scrubland for clues, the bouquets of dead flowers sellotaped to telegraph poles and fence posts, and most of all the public hunger for answers.

We have seen this in recent history in the cases of Enron's high - profile corporate greed and Martha Stewart gone awry.

PAC chairwoman Margaret Hodge said «recent high - profile failures», at Al - Madinah School in Derby, Discovery New School in Crawley and Kings Science Academy in Bradford, highlighted the case for better monitoring.

Some of these REITs — and Vornado has been a high - profile case of this in recent years — have evolved away from pure landlording and have moved to become «deal making» growth vehicles in which property speculation is as important (or more so) than collecting rent checks.

One of the recent, high - profile cases of fraud involved a for - profit institution known as DeVry University.

It is an especially sore subject in Lancaster County, which has been dogged by its image as the «Puppy Mill capital of the United States,» and which has suffered a string of recent high - profile cruelty cases.

In recent years there have been a number of cases in which high - profile paper from climate scientists turned out, on close inspection, to rely on unseemly tricks fudges and / or misleading analyses.

Considering that many of its higher profile vehicles really suck fuel like there's no tomorrow, you may not think that the US military concerned itself much with reducing fuel usage, but based on a recent announcement that's apparently not the case.

Some examples include a recent hurricane, drought, or winter storm; a controversial Supreme Court decision or a high profile court case; a local policy change or contentious issue; recent military action between nations; or an issue you've personally encountered in the last few weeks.

As he explains at this blog, Adam Smith, Esq., the legal landscape is littered with uncaught - conflicts horror stories, starting with the recent high - profile U.K. case involving two Freshfields partners.

In two recent high profile US cases, one jury found for the plaintiff where the two songs had almost nothing in common (Got ta Give it Up and Blurred Lines) whereas in the other case, the jury found for the defendant even though there was significant borrowing from the plaintiff's composition (Taurus and Stairway to Heaven).

Recent high - profile cases suggest the need to rethink basic assumptions about witness preparation — to, in effect, probe the essentials of this fine art more deeply than is encouraged in most litigation skills training.

His recent work highlights include high - profile cases concerning the housing benefit cap and the so - called «bedroom tax».

We are the national leaders in this field, having been involved in a number of high - profile cases, including the recent «community DoLS» cases of Re X and NRA.

Gallagher says the committee will be examining whether recent high - profile events (such as the Laporte and Haw cases) are indicative of a trend towards eroding the right to protest, or an inevitable and necessary reaction to increased security concerns.

That authority, and a strong (but not infallible) ability to hold majorities together for difficult cases, has given him the authorship of an unusual number of high - profile and noteworthy opinions during his recent tenure.

Tom's recent Commercial Court experience includes acting in the high - profile eight week trial in (1) JP Morgan Chase Bank plc (2) JP Morgan Securities Ltd v. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts v. Clifford Chance Partnerschaftsgesellschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Wirtschaftsprüfern, Steuerberatern und Solicitors, which was selected as one of The Lawyer's top 20 cases of 2014; and acting in Ng Su Ling v. (1) Goldman Sachs International (2) Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pt, which has been selected as one of The Lawyer's top 20 cases of 2015.

John, who was appointed SC in 2005, began his career in 1990 at the Johannesburg Bar where he appeared in high - profile cases, including the Competition Commission against the General Council of the Bar and against a recent Minister of Health who sought to prohibit a newspaper from publishing details of her medical treatment.

Recent highlights for the set include Ashley Serr acting in the high - profile whistleblowing case Frost v Ministry of Defence.

A recent case of food poisoning or a high - profile hotel break - in might be a starting point for an article about premises liability.

Prince was a top - tier Bay Street litigator who worked on high - profile cases including intervening for the Canadian Medical Association on the recent Carter case at the SCC.

Henein's defence of Jian Ghomeshi and all that has surrounded that high - profile case underpinned her recent substantial level of influence.

However, in a number of high profile and sensitive cases in recent years Member States have been unable to find the necessary majorities to either vote in favour or against certain draft acts, a so - called «no opinion» scenario.

A recent high - profile case about Crocs before the General Court of the European Union shows that those who wish to apply for design registration in the EU have to be on their guard.

Recent case highlights include acting for two senior individuals in very high - profile SFO and Financial Conduct Authority investigations.

There have been a number of high profile cases in recent years when there have been failures on the part of the police, including in the case of Clare Wood.

This is particularly a motivating factor when there are multiple sex partners in a single episode, something present in a number of high profile rape cases in recent memory.

Given the Sixth Circuit's public dissension in recent years, including several sharply worded opinions and allegations of improprieties in death penalty cases, I suspect this case would have received more attention had it not been overshadowed by the close of the Supreme Court's term and several high - profile decisions.»

Recent cases include the high profile City bonus claims of Keen v Commerzbank and Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald International, acting for British Airways v Noble and Forde in the Court of Appeal (a case which affected some 9,000 employees), and the highly significant disability discrimination claim of O'Hanlon v HM Revenue and Customs which is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal next month.

at our most recent blog post for some additional context regarding Ghomeshi and other high profile sexual harassment cases.

Among her recent cases, Lorelei drafted the appellate brief that resulted in the Eleventh Circuit's affirming a final summary judgment the Firm obtained in favor of a national hospital client against a physician's high - profile race discrimination claims.

One of the more recent high - profile cases that we did was challenging an environmental assessment of the Kearl oil sands project that was put forward by Imperial Oil, because it failed to address the significance of greenhouse gas output from the project itself [Pembina Institute v. Attorney General (Canada)-RSB-.

In recent years, several high profile cases throughout the nation have occurred shedding light on serious problems in the death care industry.

In recent years there have been numerous high profile legal cases linked to poor succession planning in farming families.

We have run some of the highest profile cases in recent years, including jury trials.