Sentences with phrase «unconscionable actions»

«The calculated, callous and unconscionable actions of both Toronto and Durham police in their deliberate avoidance of an SIU investigation of Dafonte Miller's catastrophic injuries at the hands of Constable Mike Theriault and his brother, Christian Theriault represent the most compelling example of what is wrong with independent investigations of police in Ontario.

My only hope would be that one day, in the not too distant future, he will be able to summon the courage to speak out, again — and name the names of those whose (IMHO) unconscionable actions have obviously adversely affected his choices.

Not exact matches

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.

· ACCC takes action against Woolworths over alleged unconscionable conduct towards suppliers

Mr Sims said it «unfortunate», however, that just as the ACCC was wrapping up its case against Coles, it decided to launch legal action against Woolworths over alleged unconscionable conduct against suppliers.

The ACCC has launched an action against Coles alleging unconscionable conduct in relation to its Active Retail Collaboration program.

It recommends that legislation be introduced giving the Trade Practices Commission the ability to bring proceedings on behalf of a person who has a right of action at common law arising from the unconscionable conduct of another.

«The ACCC will continue to take enforcement action if it considers that companies have engaged in unconscionable conduct, particularly in cases involving vulnerable consumers and where there have been other breaches of consumer protection provisions of the ACL.»

As for the possible use of cloning to produce copies of humans, most ethicists» initial reaction is that such an action would be unconscionable — although in the U.S., unlike in the U.K. and many other nations, it is not explicitly illegal.

The class action suit, filed in Missouri, accuses Pfizer, Bayer, and Johnson & Johnson of using «unconscionable, unfair, deceptive, unethical and illegal» methods to get consumers to throw away their products when expiration date has passed, though the companies know «that if stored properly these medications can and do remain chemically stable, safe and effective long after those dates.»

When I see Maass spouting nonsense, I fear he IS indicative of the legacy industry's attitude, as evidenced by their actions (windowing, agency model collusion, unconscionable contracts, denial).

(b) With respect to an action brought to enjoin violations of the chapter or fraudulent or unconscionable conduct, the administrator may apply to the court for appropriate temporary relief against a defendant, pending final determination of the proceedings.

(a) The administrator may bring an action to restrain a creditor or a person acting in his behalf from engaging in any business subject to licensing under subsection (a) of Section 5-19-22 without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in Section 5-19-22 and a licensee or any person acting in his behalf from engaging in violations of this chapter or engaging in a course of fraudulent or unconscionable conduct in inducing debtors to enter credit transactions or in the collection of debts.

Other compelling reasons to begin taking action include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.

The claim by the defendants to Adams» own claim in a separate action for the consent order to be set aside on duty, estoppel, mistake and unconscionable conduct was dismissed.

However, as it deals with equitable division of marital property — in other words, the earnings, marital earnings or increase in value of non-marital property, I do find that to be unconscionable in this action.

Contrary to the lower court's determination, the wife established that the prenuptial agreement was, at the time this action was before the court, unconscionable.

[51] Nor has the Court been persuaded that upholding the class action waiver in the present circumstances would be unconscionable as implied by the plaintiff.

Prior opinions issued by many state courts have found class arbitration waivers unconscionable and have allowed class actions despite the existence of an express agreement in consumer contracts barring them.

In determining whether to take action, the ACCC gives enforcement priority to matters that demonstrate one or more of a range of factors such as whether the conduct is of significant public interest or concern, is conduct resulting in a substantial consumer (including small business) detriment, is unconscionable conduct, particularly involving large national companies or traders, or is conduct demonstrating a blatant disregard for the law.

He also chewed out Makhnevich in a default judgment, finding her actions to be unconscionable and a breach of fiduciary duty, and ruling that Lee's commentary couldn't be defamatory under New York state law.