The phrase "associates may not" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that associates are prohibited from doing something.
Example: "According to company policy, associates may not share confidential information with outsiders."
Alternatives: "associates are not allowed to" or "associates cannot".
Still, today's report from Veronis, Suhler & Associates may not be quite as bullish as O'Connor would like.
The prosecution apparently concluded that the government officials Deaver contacted were not technically his direct colleagues at the White House and therefore that the ethics law's restrictions on contacts with former government associates may not have applied.
At the same time, staff leaders must make sure the programming and institutional marketing are so strong that board members are excited about inviting their friends, and do not suffer from 'board embarrassment syndrome,' the fear that their friends and associates may not enjoy becoming involved.
In this stage, As-tolerance associated genes may not as sensitive and active as those in early stage.
Other conditions have been reported to be associated but may not be caused by the mutation in FLCN or may not be related at all.
As TRAF1/C5 associated mortality may not be restricted to RA, we also studied a large cohort of non-RA patients.
The core finding of this investigation is the consistent and clinically related GABA decline in the motor thalamus, which may associate (during DBS) or may not associate (under LD) with simultaneous changes of GPi cGMP.
Another potential limitation was the 55% participation rate; however, factors associated with participation may not be the same factors associated with dropout.
Although we have focused on early refusal and consent, the characteristics associated with these events may not be associated with ultimate refusal or consent.
The Associate Attorney General may not redelegate this authority.
Then there are times when, it seems to me, the depiction of structures associated with labor may not be intentional, as with Childe Hassam's painting of slushy ice on the Hudson River, a factory faintly visible in the distance.
