Sentences with phrase «under public scrutiny»

These led to two tentative offers, one of which — from a Chinese insurance company with close ties to the ruling Communist Party — fell through under public scrutiny.
«The blockchain protocol itself, from the way I see it, has been designed very securely and has been implemented very securely and it has been in the public eye, under public scrutiny, for several years,» Elazari said.
I tend to agree with a recent CoinDesk piece that argued the hard fork should be seen as a «rite of passage» for a technology still very much in the process of maturing (although while heavily under public scrutiny).
This is not justice, this is just ensuring that fewer people are able to avail themselves of their entitlement to an appearance in a public court, disposed of by proper process and under public scrutiny.
Were Justice Zuker's references to social science evidence in the context of assessing the complainant's testimony the type that under public scrutiny would give rise to a determination based on generalizations rather than specific demonstrations?
I also suspect that those contrarians involved in their own branches of research might protest a little less loudly if they realised that it is quite within the bounds of possibility that demands be made for all THEIR original data and analysis software to come under public scrutiny.
Bringing breeders into direct public contact and under public scrutiny should increase competition between them to provide a better service.
The practice of assignment sales came under public scrutiny again, recently, when B.C.'s NDP party member, David Eby, turned a spotlight on the topic in February 2016.
The Seattle Times said that Amazon has come under public scrutiny for its treatment of workers after newspapers, including the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call and The Seattle Times, revealed harsh conditions at some of its U.S. warehouses.
Aston chief Dr Ulrich Bez explains its appearance at the Ring — «this race represents the ultimate final engineering durability test for any sports car — it subjects the car to the toughest possible assessment under public scrutiny.
Singer is, of course, far from the only man in Hollywood to have come under public scrutiny for a range of alleged misconduct and continued to get work.
«I want to do something original after this because I've been living under public scrutiny, as you've seen, for the last four years of my life,» he told the Los Angeles Timesabout his decision.
What it's about: A pilot who struggles with his alcoholism after he comes under public scrutiny in the wake of his miraculously crash - landing a damaged plane.
«In Europe and elsewhere, ETS data are under public scrutiny.

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Morgan first downgraded the stock to «hold» in October, after Valeant's price gouging practices fell under public and government scrutiny.
Actress Jessica Alba has recently been under a huge amount of public scrutiny after it came out that the «natural» products her Honest Company sold may not be so natural after all.
Pivoting is much harder when you're under the scrutiny of the public markets.
But as these recent fiery debates within the drug industry underscore, pharma's price hike tactics, now under constant public scrutiny, may well lead to more far - reaching change — whether imposed by legislation or by biopharma companies upon themselves.
The arrest comes at a national moment when the way people of color are treated by police in public places is under intense scrutiny, following the April 12 arrests of two black men sitting inside a Philadelphia Starbucks on charges that they were trespassing.
Practices regarding the collection, use, storage, transmission and security of personal information by companies operating over the Internet have recently come under increased public scrutiny.
The cost to employees of two years of shame under intense public scrutiny, especially in Germany, is difficult to calculate.
Uber, which under new global chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi is eyeing a public listing in 2019, faced scrutiny from a Senate inquiry into tax avoidance in 2016 about how much of its earnings remained in Australia.
Practically every company that goes public these days first files to do so under the JOBS Act, a federal law which gives companies that meet certain criteria the ability to file confidentially while regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission review its documents without subjecting them to public scrutiny.
From oil in Gatorade to the amount of caffeine and other stimulants in energy drinks and the so - called «pink slime» found in beef, previously unnoticed ingredients are coming under scrutiny as health - conscious consumers demand more information about what they eat and drink, and sometimes go public via social networking and the Internet.
Facebook's data collection practices, the core of its ad - based business model, have come under broad scrutiny in recent weeks as the company has been forced to raise its estimates of how much user information was leaked and to admit that «most» of its more than two billion users may have had their public profile data scraped by outside harvesters.
It is too early to assess the full extent of the fallout from these latest shareholder rebellions; however, while the proposals were put to shareholders on an advisory basis, it is clear that remuneration structures and levels of pay continue to be areas under intense scrutiny from both investors and the general public, and have the ability to cause a level of discomfort for board members through major PR hiccups.
There are lots of other crazy details here and the piece is worth reading in full, if only to appreciate the incredible tension that comes with being an extremely public Christian institution at a time when Christianity is under an intense amount of scrutiny for how it operates in America.
Chambers Bay, a public course like Erin Hills, did not hold up well under this scrutiny (maybe due more to the USGA's conditioning of it than anything).
April 12 — West Ham's move to London's Olympic Stadium will come under increased public scrutiny following a ruling by the UK's Information Tribunal which rejected in full the London Legacy Development Corporation (LDDC)'s appeal against an earlier Information Commissioner ruling to reveal full details of the secret contract enabling West Ham to move into the publicly owned Olympic Stadium.
Until the Sandusky incident, abusive coaches basically flew under the national radar unless someone held them up to public scrutiny and contempt.
I can't imagine wanting to live in the public eye under so much scrutiny in the first place, but it goes with the job.
Celebrities breastfeeding, despite being under the scrutiny of the public eye, provide mums with a positive role model for normalising breastfeeding.
In an era when young celebrity mothers are coming under increasing public scrutiny for how they are treating their kids, Katie Holmes» decision to let 2 1/2 - year - old Suri Cruise suck away on her bottle may seem like a minor infraction.
Encouraging role models It's always encouraging to see celebrities breastfeeding without a qualm despite being under the scrutiny of the public eye.
How to feel confident breastfeeding in public In today's society, breastfeeding in public still comes under scrutiny despite it being every mother's legal right to feed their baby wherever they please.
The 2005 case of United States v. Franklin, Rosen, and Weissman against United States Department of Defense employee Larry Franklin and American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy director Steven Rosen and AIPAC senior Iran analyst Keith Weissman [41][42] raised the possibility that AIPAC would come under greater scrutiny by the Department of Justice.
Grayling's decision to allow Stagecoach to exit its franchise is expected to come under scrutiny from the Commons public accounts committee in the new year.
«Since transparency is key to effective public service reform, probation providers will come under keener scrutiny,» he said.
Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.
With potential campaign finance law violations under scrutiny, one person said, the Cohen investigation was assigned to career prosecutors in the office's elite public corruption unit, which has a track record of convicting politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.
Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.
Questions - Cabinet Office Prime minister's questions Ten minute rule motion - victims of crime (code of practice) Motion - standing orders relating to ways and means; and supply Motion - scrutiny of draft orders under the public bodies bill Opposition day debate - TBA Adjourment debate - pedestrian access through railway stations
The Tier 2 Intra Company Transfer (ICT) route often used by multinational companies to transfer workers from overseas, although not part of the annual cap, also came under scrutiny by the public accounts select committee, based on the number of migrants entering via this route.
The British public is set to come under even closer scrutiny during 2012 from an advanced CCTV system specially designed for the London Olympics.
Under scrutiny for a huge racial gap in marijuana busts, NYPD brass said they're making arrests in neighborhoods where residents are calling to complain about public weed smoking.
Gov. Cuomo's former chief of staff, Lawrence Schwartz — who is under scrutiny in Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's explosive public - corruption probe and supposedly off the state payroll — is,...
Maziarz's campaign fund first came under scrutiny when the state Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption investigated possible crimes involving election law, campaign expenditures and fundraising in 2013.
Donations to de Blasio's shuttered nonprofit group have been under high scrutiny for more than a year now, with investigations by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, in town briefly today to wish staff a Happy Holidays according to his aides, defended his picks to lead the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are coming under scrutiny for being bogged down with mulitple conflicts of interest.
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