In case you missed the headlines earlier this week, after a two -
year investigation into Canada's real estate brokerage industry, the Competition Bureau concluded that Multiple Listing Service (MLS) rules established by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) restrict consumer choice and limit the scope of alternative business models.
CREA had been in negotiations with the Competition Bureau since last October, when the bureau announced, based on the findings of its three -
year investigation into CREA's access rules regarding its trademarked MLS system, that it wanted key sections of those access rules removed.
The Competition Bureau is currently negotiating a settlement with CREA following a two -
year investigation into CREA's MLS access rules; whether it decides to focus its attention on TREB at the same time remains to be seen and may well influence the timing of another legal challenge to the Toronto board.
The provincially appointed Barrett Commission, which completed its two -
year investigation into the leaky condo crisis last year, supported financial compensation for the condo owners involved, calling on both the province and the federal government for action.
According to Zillow, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has concluded a two -
year investigation into the company's «co-marketing» arrangements that allow mortgage lenders to pay for portions of realty agents» monthly advertising costs on Zillow websites.
Prior to being appointed as interim co-lead counsel, PSW attorneys conducted an extensive over two -
year investigation into the CDS market, and secured a role in a competitive, nationwide search as legal counsel for one of the largest county retirement systems in the United States, the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA).
Tesco and the SFO confirmed today that the pair have reached a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), following a two -
year investigation into the supermarket giant.
He thinks no one should care about the results of my three -
year investigation into the climate world, but perhaps you'd like to decide for yourself.
The show chronicles an almost 50 -
year investigation into the role of language and meaning in art, as well as Kosuth's use of neon, which he first developed as a medium in the 1960s, a practice that is said to precede Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz and Keith Sonnier, when the artist considered the medium a form of «public writing», without fine art associations.
Featuring over forty works dating from 1965 to the present, the installation simultaneously chronicles Kosuth's fifty
year investigation into the role of language and meaning in art, and his consistent use of neon.
This new book by Brighton - based photographer Murray Ballard is the result of a nine -
year investigation into the practice Ettinger inspired.
Read more about this six -
year investigation into student achievement from the researchers themselves.
A three -
year investigation into a University of Connecticut biology laboratory has found its chief guilty of falsifying and fabricating data on more than two dozen papers and grant applications.
This has called for the U.S. EPA to launch a two
year investigation into the effects to wild life, if the mine was approved.
The reassignment today is the latest development in what Bratton said was a two -
year investigation into corruption by current and former NYPD members «and several others.»
Twelve people have been arrested following a one -
year investigation into a spate of vehicles thefts in the New York area.
On Monday, Grant, Deputy Chief Michael Harrington and Reichberg were arrested on bribery - related charges stemming from a three -
year investigation into whether high - level NYPD officers were accepting money and lavish gifts such as free travel, meals and jewelry in exchange for favors.
A House investigative committee is charging Rangel with ethics violations, stemming from a nearly two -
year investigation into his finances, his failure to report rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his use of multiple rent - stabilized apartments, and his efforts to fundraise for a City College center named after him.
But the landscape seemed to begin to shift in the Democrat's direction in January of this year, after Mr. Grimm physically threatened NY1 reporter Michael Scotto when the journalist tried to ask about a four -
year investigation into the Republican's financing of his first campaign.
The NCAA conducted an almost two -
year investigation into the University of North Carolina, and it was concluded earlier this year.
Weeks before the release of a nearly two -
year investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of missionary kids, the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) has fired and replaced its investigator, Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE).
Mike Mayo, an analyst at CLSA Ltd. in New York, warned investors in a note that «The two -
year investigation into banks rigging Libor, which has taken a toll on Barclays, has the potential to hurt Citigroup, JPMorgan and Bank of America.»
Navient said the CFPB filed suit because the company rejected an ultimatum from the agency to settle a near three -
year investigation into it by Friday, when President - elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated.
The punishment is the culmination of a three -
year investigation into state - sponsored doping leading up to and during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Not exact matches
At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal
investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last
year's election.
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.
Three
years ago, retailers found a champion in the Competition Bureau when it launched an
investigation into Visa and MasterCard, which process 90 % of the credit card transactions in the country.
The European Commission ruling wraps up a three -
year long
investigation into whether Amazon received an unfair advantage based on a 2003 Luxembourg tax ruling which allows an Amazon subsidiary to pay less tax there than other companies.
Although the DOJ has not told the AP why it secretly obtained two months of phone records from the news organization, it is assumed that the seizure was related to a
year - long
investigation into the leak of classified information about a foiled Al Qaeda plot in Yemen last
year.
It is hard to see when the five -
year long
investigation into Russian energy giant Gazprom will end, the EU's Competition Commissioner told CNBC Monday.
But US investigators, who have opened
investigations into several members of Trump's inner circle and their ties to Russia over the past
year, say they have been able to corroborate some of the details in the dossier by intercepting some of the conversations between some senior Russian officials and other Russians, CNN reported on Friday.
Before Trump fired him in early May, Comey oversaw the FBI's
investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials to interfere in last
year's presidential election.
A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a
year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an
investigation into the former boss.
Sepp Blatter's 17 -
year reign over FIFA, the governing body of world soccer is effectively over, after the organisation suspended him and other officials in connection with
investigations into alleged corruption.
The chicken producer plunged
into crisis Monday after police said BRF executives conspired with laboratories to falsify test results and cover up a salmonella outbreak, the latest fallout from a food - safety
investigation that threw the country's meat industry
into disarray last
year.
Kalanick was pressured to resign last
year after the company became mired in legal woes and a raft of government
investigations into how it does business.
A congressional
investigation into the actions of the Obama administration and Clinton's State Department during the attack has been stalled for
years.
Following the conclusion of its
investigation into an explosion last
year in September, Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technology Corp., or SpaceX, will take its rocket to the launch pad again on Sunday,
On March 28, after a seven -
year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer
into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 -
year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.
Equifax said in a regulatory filing that it might claw back some of Smith's compensation for this
year, depending on results of the board's
investigation into the breach, which the company has said occurred between mid-May and July.
The White House initially cited a Justice Department memo criticizing Comey's handling of last
year's
investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails as the impetus for Trump's decision.
Paul Weiss is the same corporate law firm that conducted last
year's internal
investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes, which resulted in the former Fox News chairman's resignation.
That money, which is mostly held in short - term U.S. bonds and money market funds, was kept in Ireland for
years, until an
investigation by the European Union
into whether the company failed to pay taxes caused it to move its holdings to Jersey, a small island off the coast of Normandy that rarely taxes corporations.
McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this
year amid an internal
investigation into his handling of the bureau's
investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.
McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this
year amid an internal
investigation by the Office of Inspector General
into his approval of unauthorized disclosures to the media in October 2016 about the bureau's Hillary Clinton email
investigation.
As the
year progressed, CEO Travis Kalanick resigned amid an investor revolt, many of Uber's other top executives resigned or were forced out, shady business practices were revealed, and more than 20 employees were fired as a result of an
investigation into bad behavior in the workplace that includes sexual harassment.
The charges against Duhaime are not related to bribery overseas (they concern a project in Montreal), but it is worth noting that SNC - Lavalin first caught the attention of the RCMP just over a
year ago due to an
investigation into — guess what?
The NCAA announced on Friday that it «could not conclude» that UNC violated academic rules after a
years - long
investigation into the academic scandal, saying the university will not be sanctioned.
The next month, the FBI and the NYPD announced they were opening an
investigation into newly published communications between Weiner and a 15 -
year - old girl in England, who alleged in an interview with The Daily Mail that she and Weiner had exchanged messages for several months beginning in January 2016.
Rosenstein wrote a memo to Sessions recommending Comey be fired for the way he handled the
investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server last
year, arguing the FBI would be «unlikely to regain public and congressional trust» until Comey was dismissed.