contravention
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“The conduct by these individuals alleged in the indictment is a contravention of the company’s policies and compliance controls, including efforts to circumvent applicable export-control laws and regulations,” Super Micro said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Griffin acknowledged withholding information from a Chicago-based attorney who was assisting Girardi’s firm with the case, in contravention of Durkin’s order and despite the clients’ repeated inquiries and demands for the money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
And at least one time, the government deported a noncitizen in direct contravention of a court order forbidding that deportation.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026
Immergut asked the lawyer for the federal government on Sunday, saying she saw the moves to send troops from California and Texas as a “direct contravention of the order that this court issued yesterday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
M. Haas would never—I know it—have painted a stroke of a brush in contravention of the law.
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Ren? Bazin
