Incredibly, N.C.A.A. investigators engaged one of Shapiro's bankruptcy lawyers, Maria Elena Perez, which would seem like an insurmountable conflict of interest.
At some point the Department realized this presented an insurmountable conflict, and Yoo retained Miguel Estrada as private counsel.
Daisy, who Fitzgerald brilliantly describes as speaking with "an unthoughtful sadness," is so far removed from the quiet charm we've come to know Mulligan for her inclusion seems an insurmountable conflict.
When the international community and particularly its presumably most responsible powers are not engaged or united enough to address a conflict, they frequently resort to excuses of "insurmountable age-old conflicts," from Syria/Iraq to Ukraine, to the Horn of Africa.
He knew history's hold on Middle Eastern minds yet dismissed the notion that ancient conflict was insurmountable.
Unless the administration and the Fed propose policies and procedures to eliminate such conflicts, they are insurmountable.
The pricey lawsuits, investor losses and reputational hits were supposed to mean the hurdles to taking public companies private — including board and management conflicts — would be insurmountable for some time.
But Steinberg does not think the potential conflict presents an insurmountable or even difficult problem.
Legal aspects, though reported as conflicting, were not insurmountable obstacles to MAR procedures.
The inherent conflicts of interest are insurmountable.
But the conflicts, or perceived conflicts, apparently became insurmountable last spring, when Mr. Cohen was under consideration for the No. 2 spot at Treasury, then suddenly — and somewhat clumsily — withdrew his name.
