Sentences with phrase «rules against fraud»

The government sets certain rules against fraud or health and safety standards, but the consumers ultimately decide whether a product or service meets their needs.

Not exact matches

That figure includes 487 individual cases of alleged insider trading, 365 for stock manipulation, 343 for violations of laws and rules related to financial disclosure, 196 for contempt of the regulatory agency, and another 94 for fraud against customers.

In May, Alabama state court ruled against HealthSouth (HLS) in its suit against Ernst and Young, the company's auditor at the time of its major fraud.

Recent developments, including ongoing investigations into bribery and corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight of Wal - Mart's corporate culture and behavior.

Cryptocurrencies are commodities The ruling gives the CFTC the needed authority to bring a fraud lawsuit against Patrick McDonnell, a New York resident charged -LSB-...]

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

A New Jersey Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday that fraud claims against New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning in a memorabilia civil case will still go to trial.

Joe Percoco's attorney, Barry Bohrer, issued a statement suggesting the charges against him were based on non-credible witness testimony and wouldn't square with the Supreme Court's recent ruling vacating a fraud charge against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Congressional candidate Liz Berney said she plans to appeal a Nassau appellate court ruling that dismissed her claims of fraud against Republican primary opponent Dr. James Milano.

The state Appellate Division — which ruled in March that state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's fraud suit can go forward against Donald Trump's defunct «school» and the candidate himself — granted Trump permission to appeal its ruling to the state Court of Appeals.

An appellate court ruled AG Eric Schneiderman can proceed in his fraud case against Trump University, wchih which was in operation from 2005 to 2010.

Neither myself as the then sector Minister who piloted this agreement through parliament or my deputy was invited by this committee and yet against the rules of natural justice, the committee goes ahead to allege fraud,» he said.

EFCC Kicks Against Bail for Agbele The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has said it will immediately appeal the ruling of a Federal Capital Territory High Court which today granted bail to one Abiodun Agbele, a suspect who is being investigated by the Commission for a range of alleged criminal infractions bordering on fraud and -LSB-...]

Observance of safety rules does not guarantee protection against fraud of any real life, nothing to do with online dating, and yet can reduce the risk that you will be deceived.

Just recently, late November 2013, we have witnessed a presidential fraud in Honduras, which comes to legitimize a previous coup d'etat, and all the human rights violations and violence being suffered by the peoples of Honduras, in particular against the first nations and Garifuna peoples, and in favor of the rule of organized crime in the region.

Stock Exchange Board of India has laid down some strict rules and regulations to safeguard the interest of various investors against the frauds that might happen.

National Consumer Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education, April 19, 2018, Complaint and Press Release The National Consumer Law Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Education for records related to its purported justification for delaying implementation of a rule to protect student loan borrowers from school fraud and abuse, including records of communications between agency officials and representatives of the for - profit college industry.

We adopted the rules against financial fraud for a very good reason.

As we previously noted, the rules give the Department authority to better protect students and taxpayers against school fraud and to provide relief to defrauded student loan borrowers.

Still others claim that ghostwriting offends Model Rule 8.4's proscription against dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

In my opinion the ECJ's decision in Taricco I that national courts must disapply the rules of statutes of limitations if they prevent Member States from fulfilling their obligations under Article 325 TFEU (in the present case, the relevant Italian legislation) leads to perceiving serious fraud as a crime against the rights and interests of citizens, i.e., against fundamental social human rights guaranteed under Articles 2 and 3 of the Italian Constitution, and hence calls for resolving the conflict within the Italian Constitution by balancing the rights under these articles and the accused's individual rights guaranteed by the legality principle (Art. 25 (2) Const.).

The ECJ's decision that national courts must disapply the rules of statutes of limitations if they prevent Member States from fulfilling their obligations under Article 325 TFEU (in the present case, the relevant Italian legislation) leads to perceiving serious fraud as a crime against the rights and interests of citizens, i.e., against fundamental social human rights guaranteed under Arts. 2 and 3 Const., and hence calls for resolving the conflict within the Italian Constitution by balancing the rights under these articles and the accused's individual rights guaranteed by the legality principle (Art. 25 Const.)

On March 4, 2014, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the $ 9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was the product of fraud and racketeering activity, finding it unenforceable in the United States and holding Steven Donziger liable for RICO violations.

According to a statement by Hailsham Chambers, whose Michael Pooles QC and Imran Benson acted for the respondent firm of solicitors, the ruling «draws residential conveyancing solicitors closer than ever before into the position of effectively guaranteeing their clients against the possibility of fraud by third parties.

In fact, the Italian Republic, before the adoption of Directive 2017/1371 (on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law), was free to provide that in its legal system those rules, like the ones on the definition of offences and the determination of penalties, form part of substantive criminal law, and are thereby subject to the principle that offences and penalties must be defined by law (para. 45).

The rule is designed to protect society against fraud, dishonesty, and speculation.

Developed and wrote decision explaining ruling and informed interested parties of results; participated in court proceedings against claimants attempting to obtain benefits through fraud.

Further, the court ruled that since the seller didn't seek damages, but rather wanted to rescind the sale, the seller had no basis to assert fraud against the broker, who wasn't a party to the purchase agreement.

However, the state's highest court ruled that there was sufficient evidence that the Bowers might have committed fraud against the Sedgwicks and ruled to reinstate the allegations and send the matter back to the trial court.