Jonathan Libby, a public defender representing Mr. Alvarez, said at oral arguments that while his client's lies may be contemptible, the harm they caused was too "diffuse" to punish with a criminal conviction.
Which ones are safe to buy and which will punish you with capital losses?
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Participants were therefore paying to punish someone with whom they would not interact again.
It could punish accountants with fines and public censure, remove them from audits or forbid them to work again on public companies.
Creditors will punish governments with dodgy numbers, as the Greeks have discovered.
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Level up and lay waste to formidable opponents as you learn to dodge, block, parry, and punish titans with the tip of your finger.
To a man, the Pumas trooped back towards their posts, expecting the metronomic boot of the Scarlets fly-half to punish them with three points.
Republicans also would get credit from moderates and independents for a willingness to compromise, but conservatives could punish them with primary challenges in 2014 and beyond.
Immigrant rights activists have asked federal officials to drop their case against him, arguing that deporting him would unjustly separate his family and unfairly punish someone with no criminal history.
It notes that laws to punish economic crimes with harsh penal sentences have been abolished under Mr Konare.
Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael urged campaigners not to "punish society" with "irresponsible, illegal and completely out of proportion" acts of civil disobedience.
Even more simply, that's why the state trooper sits in wait along the highway to deter us from exceeding the speed limit and to punish us (with fines, points, etc.) when we're caught doing so.
Total confirmed the move days after the US Congress proposed unilateral sanctions that could punish companies doing business with Iran.
If a new permanent international criminal court is set up in the next few years, as many including this newspaper hope, it too will be able to punish the guilty only with prison, not with death.
The removal of sanctions means the United States will no longer punish countries that do business with Libya.
There is a real question as to whether Parliament's ancient right to punish people for contempt complies with the European Convention of Human Rights.
As part of this struggle, Mr Gomaa has recently proposed a board to vet fatwas, with powers to punish those who issue incorrect or misleading ones.
French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes, meanwhile, is pleased with the decision to punish Chelsea.
This latest fine is intended to punish Microsoft for non-compliance with the EU ruling up to that time.
Vulnerable farmers could be protected by direct income support, as they are in America and Europe, rather than with price supports that punish consumers.
Echoing results across Europe, British voters appeared to punish the ruling government, fed up with economic doldrums and austerity measures.
In response, firms will need to be even more transparent in their dealings with customers, who will punish them severely if they fail to keep their promises.
Brian Cote of Andersen Consulting insists that shareholders, fed up with low returns, will punish firms that try to expand by adding capacity in an already glutted market.
In 1999 Millennium's former compliance officer accused Sitomer, Rome and another colleague of conspiring to force him out and to punish him by salting his termination statement with false information.
Exit from the euro would then punish middle class depositors while rewarding those Greeks with their money in Geneva.
The market would punish economies where governments or households borrow recklessly with higher bond yields, prompting them to tighten their belts.
Given the crucial role India and Pakistan play in American strategy, experts say it's unlikely that Washington will punish its allies politically or financially for dealing with Iran.
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