disgorgement
noun[U]
LAWUSuk/dɪsˈɡɔːdʒmənt/usasituationin which apersonororganizationisforcedtopaybackmoneythat they have made in anillegalway:
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The SEC isseekingdisgorgement ofthemisappropriatedfunds.
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disgorgement
After the breach, that right articulates itself in the remedial right to compensation for losses, ordisgorgementof gains.
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Nor can the epistemic problems be solved via a setting of compensation equal to thedisgorgementof ill-gotten gains.
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Are they keeping something up their sleeves for subsequentdisgorgementto make the figures come right?
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He said thatdisgorgementwould simply be a windfall to the company.
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Thirdly, civil remedies can support the integrity of the markets and protect other participants through such measures as injunctions,disgorgementof profits and restitution to injured parties.
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The officers also paid a combined total of $10 million indisgorgement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company agreed to pay $75 million indisgorgementand civil penalties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abrams agreed to pay $2,287,914 indisgorgement, of which $1,498,822 represented the in-the-money benefit from her exercise of backdated option grants, and a $425,000 civil penalty.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Disgorgementis a remedy and not a punishment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They agreed to pay $22 million in penalties,disgorgement, and interest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Restitution anddisgorgementof profits are used primarily to deter future violations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also obtained $2.8 billion in penalties anddisgorgement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to the absence ofdisgorgement, these wines are generally very cloudy with particles of the sediment of dead yeast cells, known as lees, still present in the wine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both companies also agreed to pay a total of $13.1 million, representing a fulldisgorgementof all of the joint venture's profits during the time the companies were in contempt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Through the process of riddling and eventuallydisgorgement, the dead yeast cells (lees) are removed from the wine while still maintaining the dissolved carbon dioxide gas.
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