Joining the chorus of criticism against big payouts, the president of the central bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, urged banks that had recently returned to profitability to use the cash to "strengthen their capital positions, rather than to distribute a large part of their profits or to pay out unwarranted levels of compensation or bonuses".
To say now, as the judgment in this case does, there was a tacit reservation, that under the pretence of exercising the police power of the State the rights of the company may all be taken away, and their investments destroyed without compensation, is, in my opinion, not only unjust, but unwarranted by any judicial decision heretofore made.
More than a half-dozen officers have filed federal lawsuits against Mr. Lively and the Police Commission, claiming their First Amendment rights to free speech have been violated and that they have been subjected to unwarranted disciplinary action that has included sudden schedule changes and denial of compensation and equipment.
This is a failed "say on pay" shareholder derivative action, arising from the Board's unwarranted and excessive spending of Company (i.e., stockholders') funds on executive compensation -- namely, the Board's recent authorization of excessive 2011 compensation for executives who havepresided overextremely disappointing Company performance.
Finally, from a realistic standpoint, we think that AMA's suggested abandonment of the joint and several liability rule would work a serious and unwarranted deleterious effect on the practical ability of negligently injured persons to receive adequate compensation for their injuries.
The newspaper group has since set up a £12m compensation fund for hacking victims and last month printed an apology in its three papers for "an unwarranted and unacceptable intrusion into people's private lives".
To the extent director compensation is aligned with or is below the average of the applicable peer group, companies may determine that immediate action is unwarranted.
The gripe is unwarranted.
Was that comparison unwarranted?
"The criticism was unwarranted.
Her concern is unwarranted.
