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Most notably in 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure of a single leader removable only for inefficiency, neglect or malfeasance is unconstitutional.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025 -
The first asserted that the bureau’s management structure, with no board and a single director who could be removed by a president only for inefficiency or malfeasance, was unconstitutional.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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According to state records, a $194,000 medical malpractice judgment was awarded against Lee in 1996 in Orange County Superior Court.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Feb. 2025
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Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.—
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The abandonment charge was eventually downgraded to negligence, and the drug charge was dropped.—
Federico Fahsbender,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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But somehow my stupidity and negligence caused the fire.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Peltier has maintained his innocence and his case has been plagued with allegations of trial misconduct, conflicting testimonies, withheld evidence and potential bias among jurors.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Despite numerous allegations, Spacey has been legally cleared of misconduct in two separate trials in the U.S. and the U.K.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Anderson is charged with child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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She was charged with child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Irresponsibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irresponsibility. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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