"Paterno reported the information to his superior(s) pursuant to his understanding of university protocol and relied upon them to investigate and report as appropriate, " the family's analysis said.

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The conduct engaged in by MSSB in this case represents an unfair method of competition in the securities industry precisely because it attempted, either explicitly, implicitly or through nefarious and surreptitious means, to impose upon Fidelity, a non-Protocol firm, rules of commerce by which it never agreed to be bound.

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The conduct engaged in by MSSB in this case represents an unfair method of competition in the securities industry precisely because it attempted, either explicitly, implicitly or through nefarious and surreptitious means, to impose upon Fidelity, a non-Protocol firm, mles of commerce by which it never agreed to be bound.

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But any protocol that can be agreed upon is unlikely to alter current practice in the area much.

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No approaches to enforcing the Geneva Protocol, however, have ever been agreed upon in advance.

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The governments that fell down on the job of upholding the Geneva Protocol then strove to demonstrate their commitment to arms control by agreeing upon an unverifiable ban on possession of chemical weapons.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chemical Reaction

Similarly, if the ultimate concern here is to not bestow a benefit upon a competitor, then why not create something akin to the present Broker Protocol and require new employer firms to reimburse the former employer for the remaining pro rata training costs?

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