Sentences with phrase «unfair business practices with»

Sinha was responding to queries on whether cases of alleged unfair business practices with regard to third party administrators by public sector general insurance companies have come to the notice of the government.

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«Year after year, China continues to distort global markets and harm U.S. businesses and consumers with unfair trade practices,» the White House press office said in a statement.

Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small, when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.

There's the Affordable Care Act, Thawed Cuba - American relations, the economy has shown steady growth with unemployment under 5 % for the first time in 8 years, the Iranian Nuclear treaty, same sex marriage, GM is alive and Bin - Laden's dead, updated the Fair Labor Standards act so people get paid for overtime hours... again, Dodd - Frank Wall St reforms, the CARD act to protect credit card users from unfair charges and business practices, etc etc..

By referring people whose submissions are rejected to a vanity - publishing enterprise with vague encouragements that maybe they'll be picked up by Harlequin's trade lines if they do really well, they're already taking part in unfair business practices.

I also have a hard time getting past the inherent hypocrisy of the Big 6's laments about unfair practices, when they themselves played a huge part in running the indies out of business by refusing to negotiate terms for the indies that even came close to the terms negotiated with the big box stores.

Countrywide, sued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown for «unfair business practices» and «false advertising», was making high cost mortgages «to homeowners with weak credit, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) that allowed homeowners to make interest - only payments».

(b) The purpose of this Act is to provide prospective consumers of credit services companies with the information necessary to make an informed decision regarding the purchase of those services and to protect the public from unfair or deceptive advertising and business practices.

In spring 2013, Ontario's Ministry of Consumer Services introduced legislation with tough measures to protect consumers from unfair business practices surrounding what's called «debt settlement services» (also known as «debt reduction,» «debt relief» and «debt negotiation» in advertising sales pitches).

The purpose of the Act is to provide prospective buyers of credit repair services with the information necessary to make an intelligent decision regarding the purchase of those services, and to protect the public from unfair or deceptive advertising and business practices.

The bailouts, their obvious love of big businesses, big banks, big insurers, big health - care organizations over the small, the facilitation of such businesses moving overseas and then practicing unfair trade with us, the failure to go after white - collar criminals, their utter unconcern for the consumer who, after all, is supposed to be the party that the economy is supposed to serve... it's the Republicans * themselves * that are now clearly the major threat to the idea of the free market.

But beyond the miniscule amount of fair trade and organic coffees offered in those ubiquitous stores (the mermaid doesn't have a single blend that's both fair trade AND organic), Starbucks has also been charged with unfair and predatory business practices that drives out local businesses, as well as union - busting.

The «protectionist instincts» that I and others have are (1) to protect the independence of the bar (sure to be lost eventually under nonlawyer ownership), (2) to protect the health of the legal marketplace (sure to be badly harmed by the cartelization of ABS (see the 5 % commissions charged by the cartel of real estate agencies who still control the vast majority of the realty market, and especially see the ridiculously high costs of dealing with the American title insurance industry where four companies have upwards of 87 % of the conveyancing and title insurance market after first decimating the real estate bar with predatory pricing and other unfair business practices)-RRB-, and (3) to protect the public from those ravages.

Click here to review a sampling of cases, in which Attorney Keith L. Miller has successfully represented individuals or companies with unfair or deceptive business practice.

Compelling to arbitration — and ultimately obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all claims — a statewide putative class and representative action brought against a craft store chain in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that involved meal and rest break, failure to pay wages, inaccurate wage statements, unfair business practices, and PAGA claims;

We have neutrals with extensive experience in virtually every practice area, including antitrust, banking, civil rights, consumer actions, employment, environmental / toxic tort, healthcare, insurance coverage, intellectual property, product liability / torts, pharmaceutical / medical devices, securities, and unfair business practices.

We're starting with fraudulent ICOs, but as we grow we'll take on cases ranging from unfair business practices to product safety.

Mr. Shenian's practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, with emphasis on real estate, commercial, contracts, creditor's rights, business fraud and unfair business practices.

A European directive (Directive 2005 / 29 / EC Of The European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 [PDF]-RRB- that deals with unfair business - to - consumer commercial practices became effective law in Britain at the end of last year.

Our debt finance group is supported by members of other subgroups within the Business Department, including mergers and acquisitions (for all sizes of transactions, for public and private clients, and on both the buyer and seller sides), investment management (for clients with investment management divisions and matters), small business investment companies (for clients looking to form SBICs, obtain SBIC funding, or conduct portfolio financing transactions), securities (for public clients, particularly with respect to public and Rule 144A debt offerings), tax (including for cross-border transactions), ERISA / employee benefits and international (for clients with international operations and assets), as well as other practice groups within the Firm, including Cleantech & Renewables, Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition practices and the Labor and Employment pBusiness Department, including mergers and acquisitions (for all sizes of transactions, for public and private clients, and on both the buyer and seller sides), investment management (for clients with investment management divisions and matters), small business investment companies (for clients looking to form SBICs, obtain SBIC funding, or conduct portfolio financing transactions), securities (for public clients, particularly with respect to public and Rule 144A debt offerings), tax (including for cross-border transactions), ERISA / employee benefits and international (for clients with international operations and assets), as well as other practice groups within the Firm, including Cleantech & Renewables, Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition practices and the Labor and Employment pbusiness investment companies (for clients looking to form SBICs, obtain SBIC funding, or conduct portfolio financing transactions), securities (for public clients, particularly with respect to public and Rule 144A debt offerings), tax (including for cross-border transactions), ERISA / employee benefits and international (for clients with international operations and assets), as well as other practice groups within the Firm, including Cleantech & Renewables, Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition practices and the Labor and Employment practice.

The Los Angeles - based Law Offices of Lisa L. Maki is a nationally recognized litigation firm with Los Angeles employment attorneys focused on offering confidential legal guidance and dedicated representation in plaintiff, complex business and personal injury litigation, employment law, class action, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment, and unfair business practices claims.

Aaron uses his background and experience with complex litigation to litigate on behalf of groups of people who were harmed by unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business practices:

Ms. Morkan has extensive experience assisting clients with litigation related to business disputes, from claims of breach of contract to fraud and unfair trade practices allegations.

Capital for companies or investors faced with challenging business environments caused by the unfair business practices of another party.

Mr. Friedman has assisted large corporations, businesses and insurance carriers with a wide variety of complex business transactions and commercial litigation and appeals, including those dealing with business break - ups, unfair trade practice, business torts and insurance defense matters.

Tim has represented clients in the federal and state courts and in domestic and international arbitrations on a wide variety of business issues including disputes arising in connection with the merger, acquisition, sale or purchase of business entities, contract disputes, securities, trade secret and unfair trade practice claims, privacy and cyber tort matters, technology and software disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, corporate governance, and employment disputes.

Stevenson filed a lawsuit against Insignia, alleging intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and also a violation of the state's unfair business practices act.

His practice focuses on business and real property litigation in state and federal courts, with particular experience with handling disputes involving landlord - tenant issues, commercial contracts, construction, ADA and state accessibility requirements, corporate conflicts and unfair business competition.