Sentences with phrase «wake of investigations»

The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (FCPA) was enacted in wake of investigations by the US Security Exchange Commission (SEC) which revealed that hundreds of US companies had paid bribes totalling more than $ 300m to foreign government officials, politicians and political parties.

In addition to a selection of Chillida's works, this gallery contains pieces by great pioneers like Fontana, Oteiza, and Naum Gabo and other artists whose work followed in the wake of their investigations, including Agostino Bonalumi, Sue Fuller, and Norbert Kricke.

Plans for no - notice Ofsted visits were put forward by Education Secretary Michael Gove in the Commons yesterday in the wake of investigations into allegations of a «Trojan Horse» plot by hard - line Muslims at a number of Birmingham schools.

Alex Fielding, the founder of the $ 250 million robotics company Ripcord, is stepping aside as CEO in the wake of an investigation into a 19 - year - old former employee's allegations that she was fired after complaining of a toxic work environment.

In the wake of the investigation, DesignerWare declared bankruptcy, listing the Byrds along with investigators in California and the federal attorney general's office as potential creditors.

Miller, who was decertified as an NBA agent in the wake of the investigation, has not yet been charged in the case, according to Yahoo.

The IFRC will refocus on anti-corruption efforts in the wake of the investigation and pursue legal action against lose involved, AP reports.

Megachurch pastor Andy Savage, of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, has resigned in the wake of an investigation by Highpoint into sexual abuse allegations made against Savage in January.

For de Blasio, the appearance in Albany came with pitfalls: He'd be testifying before Senate Republicans, a conference that has held deep antipathy for him and his policies, which has only increased in the wake of an investigation into his fundraising efforts on behalf of Democratic candidates in 2014.

In the wake of her investigation, which recommended against criminal charges for Paterson and Day, the latter was transferred from his job as the head of Paterson's security detail and placed in charge of traffic services.

Earlier this month, Deputy Housing Chief Michael Harrington and Deputy Inspector James Grant, head of the Upper East Side's 19th Precinct, were stripped of their guns and badges and transferred in the wake of the investigation.

A Brooklyn City Councilman, Mark Treyger, is looking to make it illegal for police officers to have sex with people in their custody in the wake of an investigation into two Coney Island detectives accused of raping a teenager.

The state later resumed payments after clearing up issues with invoices and other documentation that were needed as state agencies put into place new reporting requirements developed in the wake of the investigation.

Smith was placed on administrative leave in the wake of an investigation into whether he improperly padded his compensation without authorization.

NIH suspended operations yesterday at a facility that makes experimental drugs for the agency's Clinical Center in the wake of an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that revealed multiple problems that could expose sterile drugs to contamination.

In the wake of the investigation, in 2010 Hauser announced he was taking a year's academic leave.

The two are fascinated by the murders in their small Midwestern town and the mysterious perpetrator, but aren't getting the leads that they had hoped for (or the Twitter followers they expected in the wake of their investigation).

And in 2014, it conducted an extensive review of graduation records in the wake of an investigation by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Ajamie heard those allegations in the wake of his investigation about Weinstein's dealings with The Foundation for AIDS Research, a New York - based non-profit that uses the acronym amfAR.

Not exact matches

In fact, that's why prosecutors on each end of this flight, in both Houston and New York, are apparently conducting their own investigations: criminal investigations, which go far beyond what lawmakers at the federal level and in New York state have proposed in the wake of this tragic incident.

David Ganek, whose hedge fund Level Global shut down in the wake of an insider trading investigation, said his lawsuit against prosecutors is about «transparency» and «accountability.»

Airlines» customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark - ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.

Dan Rather retired in the wake of the uproar and consequent investigation.

In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytics scandal, and the news now that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook's use of private customer data, a lot of people are taking a minute to check the third - party app settings on their Facebook profiles.

Recall that in the wake of the London riots of early August, Research In Motion faced pressure both to assist British police in their investigations and to resist doing so.

According to a recent New York Times investigation, Canellos has been instrumental in ensuring no Lehman executives were prosecuted in the wake of the financial crisis.

Australia's privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal.

TOKYO (Reuters)- The Japanese affiliate of Ernst & Young LLC has launched an in - house investigation into its audit of Toshiba Corp in the wake of the electronics maker's $ 1.2 billion accounting scandal, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

In a report published on June 13, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who led Uber's internal investigation, recommended some sweeping management changes at Uber in the wake of its numerous scandals.

Last year, LafargeHolcim's AGM took place in the wake of an internal investigation into the company's affairs in Syria.

VICTORIA — In the wake of serious revelations about Christy Clark's fundraising tactics, B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan is calling on the government to provide Elections BC with sufficient resources to complete its investigation before British Columbians vote.

The move comes in the wake of a Guardian and Observer investigation which alleged that in 2013 that academic Dr Aleksandr Kogan used a quiz app to harvest the data of 50 million users, before passing it on to data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.

The Holder investigation — as it has been called internally — was launched earlier this year, in the wake of an explosive blog post by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler about pervasive sexism, unchecked sexual harassment and a general state of corporate fuck - upery.

That illusion has evaporated in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and now, Facebook is officially the target of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation.

Facebook's stock dove on Monday in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica reports because states and members of Congress are already demanding explanations — and investigations.

The competition regulator has put the Australian cattle market on notice by reinforcing recommendations for modernising reform with news that it has launched cartel investigations in the wake of a self - initiated market study into the nation's single biggest contributor to agricultural incomes.

The changes comes in the wake of an ESPN story that said Miller and a sports agent discussed a $ 100,000 payment to Arizona freshman Deandre Ayton, and seven months after the FBI arrested assistant coach Book Richardson as part of a larger investigation of corruption in college basketball.

The Park District endured months of financial and criminal investigations in the wake of a scandal that led to the dismissal of several key administrators.

Still, the amount of money raised is eyebrow - raising for good - government advocates, who have been pushing for a host of ethics reforms in the wake of the corruption scandals, arrests and convictions, with still more investigations ongoing.

Facebook has suspended about 200 apps that had access to large amounts of user data four years ago, part of its internal investigation in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a statement Thursday called for an independent investigation of Bronx Democrat Jeff Klein in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation made against him by a former staffer.

Lawmakers and police are taking action in the wake of the eight - month «Turn to Tara» investigation into human trafficking across the Hudson Valley.

Gov. David A. Paterson called on every member of the state's public integrity commission to resign on Wednesday in the wake of a damaging report about the commission's handling of an investigation into his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer.

In the wake of Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's announcement yesterday that he would take a pass on seeking Row C in light of a likely investigation by his office into new reports of a $ 10,000 business loan by a failed NYC Council candidate from Staten Island to MacKay's wife, I asked Wilson spokesman Bill O'Reilly if his candidate was concerned about running on Row C.

As for Rangel, Tasini predicted the scandal - scarred congressman, who was forced to give up his Ways & Means Committee chairmanship in the wake of a critical ethics committee report and remains under investigation, will «cost Democrats seats all across the country» if he's the nominee.

The committee began an investigation into the security of Britain's roads, trains and airports in the wake of the July 7th bombings in London, and today publishes its preliminary findings.

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler issued a statement in the wake of a raid by FBI agents on the home and office of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer on Monday in which the congressman warned the president not to interfere with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday appointed a new chairman for the Long Island Power Authority in an effort to stabilize the utility company amid investigations in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, according to a published report.

Ryan has smoothed the way for Stefanik through the ranks to subcommittee chair on the House Armed Services Committee and membership on the House Intelligence Committee — a mixed blessing at best in the wake of halting its Trump - Russia investigation.

Paterson's tenure has been decidedly rocky, and whatever success he has managed to achieve in keeping the state out of the red is greatly overshadowed by the David Johnson / domestic violence scandal that led him to drop his plan to run for the office he inherited in the wake of Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal and ongoing Yankees tickets investigation that will likely far outlast his brief stint in the governor's office.