So, y'know, that constitutes a payment to the witness for testimony, which, y'know, would then impugn the integrity of the witness.
Fifa's ethics committee is investigating whether the payment breaches rules, including constituting a conflict of interest, and whether it could amount to corruption.
In addition, economist Bruce Bartlett has argued that the rebate would create a large opportunity for fraud, treats children disparately, and would constitute a welfare payment regardless of need.
One of the directors, but not Lord Heseltine, received a payment of £1.22m for 2003, which constitutes accumulated bonuses "for quite a number of years," according to the Haymarket finance director, David Fraser.
The players' case largely hinged on the argument that an athletic scholarship constitutes a form of payment in exchange for work -- a point of view that Ohr evidently agreed with.
Last year, football players at Northwestern University shook up the NCAA by filing a petition to hold a union election, arguing that their scholarships constitute a form of payment that makes them employees of the school.
But its current disposition makes it more likely than a conservative board to entertain the argument that collegiate scholarships constitute a form of payment and that the players could therefore be considered employees.
The issue is, of course, that these payments constitute a conflict of interest (COI) in that doctors are receiving payments from the very companies making the products that they will be prescribing.
Investigators were looking into whether the payment constituted a violation of campaign finance laws.
For purposes of this subsection an administrative expense priority shall not constitute an assurance of payment.
The health system should, in as much as possible, reduce the occurrence of out-of-pocket payments that constitute a barrier to the utilization of health care.
