Sentences with phrase «taking action against companies»

We protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices and take action against companies that break the law.

No e-cigarette company has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve e-cigarettes for smoking cession, and the FDA has not taken any action against companies that claim e-cigarettes are effective for quitting smoking.

The CFPB said in issuing its report that it has made it a priority to take action against companies that are engaging in illegal servicing practices.

Although the FTC can't resolve individual credit disputes, it can take action against a company if there's a pattern of possible law violations.

However, as the regulator, they can take action against companies.

This coordinated initiative takes action against companies that falsely promise consumers student loan relief.

Guidelines would be put in place, and state officials would have the ability to take action against companies that violate any regulations.

Industrial waste is regularly dumped into the river in Mumbai, whose waters have long been deemed unfit for human consumption, but the latest surge in blue dog sightings has prompted animal advocates to urge the government to take action against companies.

Class actions give groups of people the opportunity to take action against a company or organization where they ordinarily couldn't do so on their own.

Not exact matches

Reuters reports that while ZTE dismissed the four executives, it took no action against the other employees, and Ross says the company continued to lie to government investigators even after the settlement.

Twitter said it is «taking action» against 10 times more abusive accounts than it was at the same time last year, which means the company is levying account suspensions — or, limiting users» ability to use the service — on «thousands more abusive accounts» per day.

Neon Energy chairman Alan Stein has warned the company's shareholders against taking any action towards a takeover bid it received earlier in the month.

«We will continue to take action against white supremacy, Nazi ideology, and all forms of hate,» the company said in a statement on Twitter.

But it suggests the Japanese company might take legal action against Malvinder Singh, an Indian billionaire who was CEO of Ranbaxy in 2008 when he and his brother sold their 34 % share in the company for $ 2 billion.

Can my company take any legal action against this person?

Every day, companies take action against employees who make unlawful statements about co-workers, or create hostile work environments.

«Going forward, we will take action against any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people,» the company wrote in statement on Thursday.

And in any case, the U.K. Information Commissioner says it can take action against individual directors even of a company that's been declared insolvent, Collins added.

The European Commission is taking legal action against Ireland and Luxembourg for allegedly giving sweetheart tax deals to companies like iPhone maker Apple and burger chain McDonalds that allowed them to shift profits from other EU nations.

These do not appear to be fake accounts, and since they don't seem to have violated any laws or Facebook policies, the company does not appear to be taking any action against them.

Mittleman has agreed that until July 1, 2019 it won't take any actions against Aimia, including soliciting proxies, voting any shares, calling a special meeting, proposing the removal of board members, engaging in short selling or making disparaging comments about the company.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

The announcement comes one day after federal regulators opened the door to taking enforcement action against the company.

ACTION taken against an Australian Internet domain name company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has resulted in the establishment of a $ 250,000 compensation trust fund.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

Some of the more paranoid or lawsuit - fearing companies in the U.S. require office couples to sign a wavier or «love contract,» vowing that their relationship is consensual and neither will take legal action against their employer (or each other) should the love prove less than eternal.

In recent months, the SEC has taken action against several newly - minted blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, including The Crypto Company and UBI Blockchain Internet, Ltd (which each utilized a reverse merger to become publicly traded).

Indeed, the CFPB has taken only one new enforcement action against financial companies since Mulvaney took over, a massive fine against Wells Fargo announced Friday.

«[M] isleading people or misusing their information is a direct violation of our policies and we will take swift action against companies that do, including banning those companies from Facebook and requiring them to destroy all improperly collected data,» a Facebook spokesman said in a statement to the Guardian.

The ordinance seeks to establish regulation and a permitting process that would enable the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency or Department of Public Works to take action against scooters from companies that don't have an official permit from the city.

This is not the first instance of an established company taking legal action against a startup founded by some of its former employees.

While this is not the first time an established company has attempted legal action against its former employees — in January, Tesla sued its former director of Autopilot for poaching people to join his new startup — this is the first time Waymo has taken such action.

We again sounded the alarm to Facebook, publicly calling on the company to strengthen its data privacy policies and «institute human and technical auditing mechanisms» to both prevent violations and take swift action against developers for misuse.

US scrutinizes China's IP practices The Trump administration is considering taking trade action against China and is discussing launching a probe into Beijing's insistence that foreign companies transfer technology to local Chinese subsidiaries and partners.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

Further, in an effort to encourage transparency and responsiveness to AGM voting, companies will need to explain what action has been taken to consult with shareholders when more than 20 % of votes have been cast against the board's recommendation.

If the data abuse report is confirmed, Facebook will «shut down the offending app and take legal action against the company selling or buying the data, if necessary ``.

This latter impetus takes two forms: withdrawing antitrust actions against successful non-monopoly companies and dissolving actual monopolies.

The US government says it's taking action against China over policies that have enabled Chinese firms to unfairly get their hands on sensitive technology from American companies.

While the Attorney General's office probably won't be able to affect the business of a company that is headquartered in California, don't be surprised to see the Attorney General try to take some sort of action against a company that won't kowtow to his demands.

Against this backdrop, the company faces a class action, is being investigated by ASIC and the competition regulator ACCC has taken legal action in the Federal Court, alleging unconscionable conduct and misleading farmers in relation to forecasting a milk price of $ 6.05 when it allegedly knew dairy commodity prices were falling globally.

I support taking legal action against companies who demonstrate negligence in thier duties towards the health and safety of the public.

UK competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading, says it will not be taking action against six Scotland - based dairy companies accused of engaging in price fixing.

As an ever - growing number of natural product companies take action against climate change, a new awards program recognizes leadership and bold initiatives.

And the legal action taken against the company (which went out of business in Israel) and the various individuals involved in the improper product oversight speaks to how much of an exceptional event the Remedia tragedy really was.

Pressure mounted for Fox News to take action against its top - rated host, Bill O'Reilly, as a series of prominent companies pulled advertising from his show and a leading women's rights group called for his ouster.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has today called at the TUC Congress in Liverpool for action to be taken against the umbrella companies making massive profits through the exploitation of supply teachers.

The New York State Public Service Commission is taking legal action against the parent company of a local cable television and internet provider, threatening a million - dollar fine and possible re-evaluation of its cable TV franchise deal in New York City.

A British MEP asked the European Union to intervene today, after police in Argentina took no action against a gang which ransacked the office of a cruise company offering trips to the Falklands Islands.

Governor Cuomo, asked about the committee's requests during a recent trip to Utica, focused on all of the actions he's taken since January of this year, when he declared parts of the village a state Superfund site, began actions against the potentially responsible company, St Gobain, and installed water filters.