Sentence examples for improperly backed from inspiring English sources

The agreement could end lawsuits by 86 people who claimed to have been sexually abused by Mr. Geoghan and foreclose a ruling about whether Cardinal Bernard M. Law last spring improperly backed out of a settlement that had been worth up to $30 million.

Bank of America disclosed on Thursday that the Justice Department was weighing whether to bring a civil complaint against it over claims that the bank had improperly handled securities backed by jumbo loans.

The state also improperly took back $2.4 million from a different pot of money and gave it to other job training programs in Illinois, the county wrote in response to the state.

The Bush administration had backed AT&T, saying the appeals court improperly credited maternity leaves before the law took effect and that Congress specifically did not make the law retroactive.

One critical worry over the last week was that investors would force the bank to repurchase now-toxic mortgage backed securities, arguing that they were put together improperly.

And there could be difficulties, backed up by legal sanctions, for those who spoke improperly about such matters.

Fast Food Forward said it had filed six complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, asserting that various restaurant managers had threatened to fire workers for striking or supporting a union or had improperly interrogated workers about backing the effort.

That has brought to light other problems, including crucial documents that have been lost or improperly transferred — raising questions about the banks' legal standing to foreclose as well as the value of securities backed by these mortgages.

Rambus was accused of acting improperly because it did not reveal that it had applied for patents that would be more valuable if suggestions it backed were adopted.

But the SEC backed OFHEO, and shortly before Christmas Mr Raines and Tim Howard, Fannie Mae's chief financial officer, lost their jobs.Yes, said the SEC, Fannie Mae had been improperly smoothing losses on derivatives contracts used to hedge its $900 billion mortgage portfolio.

The Justice Department accuses Bank of America of continuing the program after it acquired Countrywide and claims that the bank has improperly fought taking back defaulted loans that should not have been sold to Fannie and Freddie.