But he conceded that the threat of legislation in France was what had recently impelled the mostly male chief executives of the industry association he heads to adopt a code of good practice committing them to a minimum share of women on boards.
Yes, he would have to attend every practice, commit himself to his team, but he seemed up for doing that.
And the settlement may not be the last word on Wall Street's liability for any predatory lending practices committed through the creation of mortgage-backed securities.
"The decision below, unless promptly reversed, also would allow and encourage the types of 'abusive practices committed in private securities litigation' that Congress intended to avoid by enacting" securities litigation reform, the hedge funds said.
Following this decision, RICO was increasingly used by the government to prosecute white-collar and corporate crimes, as well as unfair trade practices, committed by legitimate companies not associated with organized-crime groups.
Hopkins compared the limited information BP had made available about its plans to drill in the Bight with what would be required to drill in other regions, and with practices committed to in other regions.
Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are consortia of practices committed to improving clinical practice.
And yet, as Williams (1981) and Thomas Nagel (1979) showed in their now classic pair of articles, it appears that our everyday judgments and practices commit us to the existence of moral luck.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook has agreed to settle an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into deceptive privacy practices, committing to cease making false claims and to submit to independent audits for 20 years.
Importantly, mere accidents are not criminalized, and to underscore this, it is clearly stated that anyone who is well-meaning and make best efforts to comply with good manufacturing practices commits no crime (Box 1).
