The first action was related to improperly installed carpeting that could interfere with a driver's application of the brake pedal.
Late last month, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ― which oversees spying activities and issues warrants when Americans are involved ― released a report that detailed how the NSA was improperly vacuuming up data related to Americans who were merely mentioned in electronic communications overseas.
A lawyer who sued General Motors for making unsafe pickup trucks says that after the automaker hired Mr. Webster with great fanfare, he permitted G.M. to shelve his report into whether the company had improperly destroyed documents relating to the case.
This related to an improperly awarded printing contract for a local newspaper in Nantes which could have damaged his chances of becoming prime minister.
The dentists seeking the new privileges are oral and maxillofacial surgeons, who are traditionally considered expert in repairing fractured jaws, improperly aligned teeth, cleft palates and related abnormalities and trauma.
The Fairfax County Circuit Court judge in John A. Muhammad's second death-penalty trial for murders during the 2002 Washington-area sniper shootings removed himself after prosecutors contended that he had improperly interviewed potential witnesses and obtained documents related to the case.
The document charge is related to allegations that Heard improperly filled out an incoming passenger card.
The Whistleblower statute provides an avenue to report concerns related to classified matters without improperly disclosing classified information.
In doing so, the judges pointed out that lawmakers who drafted the act had heard of only "about six anecdotes" related to doctors treating patients improperly because they owned guns.
Still to be dealt with are potentially large legal bills — and settlements — related to accusations that many banks acted improperly, first in bundling all those loans into mortgage securities, and later in foreclosing on homeowners.
And on Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Doty will hold a hearing on damages related to a ruling that the N.F.L. improperly negotiated television contracts to ensure it would be paid if games were missed in a lockout.
