Sentences with phrase «use of powers of attorney»

The report identifies a number of problematic areas the student loan assistance companies wander into including the Credit Repair Organizations Action and the use of the power of attorney.

In today's blog Lorne N MacLean, QC discusses remedies for elderly clients and relatives who suspect fraud through the use of a Power of Attorney is occurring such as:

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In 2011, Attorney General Schneiderman and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli formed «Operation Integrity,» a first - of - its - kind joint task force using the State Comptroller's power to refer cases involving the abuse of public funds to the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute public corruption.

The alliance is made possible by DiNapoli's use of the same section of Executive Law that Schneiderman argues would allow Cuomo to expand the attorney general's powers.

For nearly an hour, assistant U.S. attorney Tatiana Martins told a jury of nine women and three men of the power Dean Skelos, the former senate majority leader, had amassed in Albany and how he used his position to «strong - arm businesses that depended on his vote in the Senate.»

After Andrew Cuomo unceremoniously shuttered the Commission, the subpoenas were withdrawn — until U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara's office incorporated the work into its own investigation, resulting in charges of «using the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars of bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.»

Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen has accused the former New York assembly speaker of using his «enormous power» to earn kickbacks and bribes.

Crain's reported this afternoon that the complaint, in which Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara accuses Silver of using his political power to line his own pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from law firm Goldberg & Iryami, cites an unnamed «Developer 1» who was the largest political donor on the state level since 2005.

The «End New York Corruption Now Act» would also expand the powers of the attorney general's office to prosecute public corruption, create new criminal categories for undisclosed self - dealing and bribery, and change the pension forfeiture rule passed earlier this year to prevent state funds being used even to provide for a convicted official's spouse or children.

Mount Vernon — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that he's using his new power as a special prosecutor to investigate the death of a woman who died in police custody last week.

«The next attorney general should be a person not afraid to use the powers of that office for the betterment of our state and country.

A 35 - page criminal complaint filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office lays out his alleged scheme where Silver «used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.»

Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas, whose office filed briefs arguing to uphold the convictions, said Thursday that «instead of revitalizing the New Cassel community, these corrupt officials used their positions of power to line their own pockets.

In the other scheme, Silver used his political power to sway legislation on rent regulation and tax abatement in favor of developers who in turn hired an attorney that was funneling Silver a percentage of their legal fees.

Mr. Schneiderman's call comes after the state's former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on charges of fraud and extortion by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who alleged that the longtime power broker had used his influence to inappropriately earn attorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimateAttorney Preet Bharara, who alleged that the longtime power broker had used his influence to inappropriately earn attorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimateattorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimate income.

New York's attorney general says he's using his new power as special prosecutor to investigate the death of a mother of eight last week in a police holding cell.

His attorney, Paul DerOhannesian of Albany, said the appeal would contest federal prosecutors» increasing use of the statute against lying to federal investigators, which he said gives federal prosecutors power to «manufacture crimes.»

Molly Tack - Hooper, an attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania who represented the student, told Public News Service that the court's opinion was clear: «There is no question that in Pennsylvania, schools just don't have the power to punish kids because they use the «F - word» on social media if they do it on their own time.»

If you don't live in one of those states, you may be able to accomplish the same goal using a durable power of attorney for health care, health - care proxy, or Do Not Resuscitate order.

Last year, using my power of attorney for my mother, I took my mother's name off the mutual fund and added my wife's name on it so that we are now joint owners.

If you are not able to attend the actual closing event, you may use a Power of Attorney (POA).

But when it comes to online banking, Drew - Lytle says you want to make it as clear as possible in the will or power of attorney document that the person in charge of the estate is allowed to access bank information online using the provided passwords.

You, the Member, hereby grant ConsumerDirect, its employees, agents, subcontractors and assigns, a specific, limited power of attorney, granting such authority necessary to provide our stated products to you, and to use the information contained in your personal credit profile and / or other creditor / sources of information to acquire your credit data, including, but not limited to, credit reports, scores, identification products, monthly credit report monitoring products and profiles so that we may provide current and future products to you.

Using the power of attorney to obtain a VA home loan makes it necessary for the lender to verify the service member is both alive, and not missing in action.

Legal Advice — Use this if you need to setup any estate instruments, like a will, trust, power of attorney, etc..

Lenders will need to obtain an «Alive and Well» statement at the time of closing for service members and their families using power of attorney.

Organizations designated as an agent on a Power of Attorney form or a Limited Power of Attorney / Agent Authorization form must use this form to identify the individual (s) who is authorized to receive information or act on CollegeInvest Direct Portfolio College savings account (s) on behalf of that organization.

If an individual is in debt, they can often use debt solution programmes that involve giving over power of attorney to a court official.

Wills, estates, trusts and powers of attorney are all common tools used in estate planning.

Power of Attorney (POA)- A document used by a person to authorize one or more other persons to represent him or her in taking specified actions.

Information includes how to make use of a legal will, a trust and power of attorney, to protect the health and welfare of our pets and prevent him or her from ending up in a shelter.

They stated further that» it is inappropriate for state attorneys general to use the power of their office to attempt to silence core political speech on one of the major policy debates of our time.»

On March 29, 2016, when 17 attorneys general — 15 Democratic state attorneys general, one Democrat from the District of Columbia, and one Independent from the Virgin Islands — announced a coordinated effort to initiate legal action against ExxonMobil and other groups opposing President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, the AGs tried to hide evidence they were collaborating with radical groups opposed to fossil fuel use.

This shakedown campaign, using the full power of law enforcement offices, recruited several other state attorneys general — if only briefly, until the open records requests started coming in — was launched with a press conference in New York on March 29, 2016 featuring Al Gore.

You may revoke your Advance Directive at any time by using Rocket Lawyer's Healthcare Power of Attorney - Revocation.

It is possible to use a British Lasting Power of Attorney in, for example, Spain but this is complicated and requires an explanation to the authorities in Spain as to how Lasting Powers of Attorney work and may even require the authority of a Court in Spain.

The person appointed under the Power of Attorney will then use the Power wherever required (in a Notary, a Court, a bank etc.) and will be required to present it to that entity in order to confirm they are legally acting on your behalf.

To avoid the uncertainty and anguish of litigation, contact us to be counseled on the use of a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care.

If the person appointed under the Power of Attorney refuses however to hand this back to you or you have doubts as to whether they will in fact stop using it, then you may need to send a more formal notification to them.

Justin became a notary in 2008, and offers advice in matters such as powers of attorney for overseas use, and purchasing property in other countries.

«The work can include anything from power of attorney for use in Spain, to buying property in France or as far away as Botswana, the US or Australia.

It is particularly interesting that 35.8 pre cent... of respondents who experienced a problem related to wills and powers of attorney said they used some form of non-legal assistance.

If you know the ideal person to make medical decisions on your behalf, in case you ever can't, you can use our Montana Power of Attorney document to help make it official.

The use of the power to stay proceedings when the Attorney - General and the appointed amicus can not agree on the amicus» pay.

Tax and estate planning, including advising on wills, powers of attorney and planning using trusts (whether new or existing) and alternative vehicles such as companies or partnerships.

The Lasting Power of Attorney must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before it can be used.

While this document can be used as a Medical Power of Attorney for Child, Rocket Lawyer also has a Consent for Consent for Medical Treatment of a Minor, which can provide a more detailed medical care instructions for one or more minors, including their allergies or existing medications and dosages.

If you change your mind after signing your Power of Attorney for Child, you may cancel it by using a Revocation of Power of Attorney.

A Power of Attorney for Child is most often used by parents to allow a temporary caretaker to make decisions when they're gone for work, vacation or otherwise out of town.

This Military Power of Attorney will allow such powers as: taking possession and accepting delivery of personal property, managing housing and real estate transactions, using and operating motor vehicles in the service member's name, performing banking transactions, preparing and filing the service member's taxes, and many other available authorities.