A Merrill spokeswoman declined to comment, citing rules against public material statements between the deal's announcement and its completion.
Another state judge that year imposed $5,000 in sanctions and ordered the firm to pay $14,500 in attorneys' fees, ruling that "misrepresentation of the material statements here was outrageous".
"The standard for a false or misleading advertisement is whether the ad makes a material statement that is likely to mislead the consumer," said Kent R. Middleton, an advertising professor at the University of Georgia.
Under the SEC's rules, you can't make a false material statement or not give enough context in making a statement to make sure it's not misleading.
Papadopoulos "made material false statements and material omissions" during a Jan . 27interview with the FBI, according to the statement.
He was arrested more than a year ago and pleaded guilty in October to making "material false statements and material omissions" in the FBI's Russia investigation in January 2017.
In October, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making "material false statements and material omissions" to the FBI about a meeting he tried to set up between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
While there were additions in all domains, one of the principal areas for an increase in recommendations was in the Personal Factors domain, in particular, for culturally and linguistically diverse populations (see online supplementary materials; 11 statements, BPS 7.3 7.13) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations (9 statements, BPS 7.14 7.22).
Don't include defamatory material (eg statements showing someone in a negative or disparaging way).
On the question of export controls for nuclear-related materials, the statement said that both the United States and India would "continue to strengthen" such controls.
