dismissal of a complaint

The right to appeal the final action on or dismissal of a complaint.

The potential automatic dismissal of a complaint has drawn much of the attention, but the rule on legal representation is also troubling to veterans of the ethics committee.

The Association of National Advertisers is seeking the dismissal of a complaint from a company that published the organization's member magazine, The Advertiser, since the first issue in 1991.

That was followed by the Ministry of Commerce's dismissal of a complaint that General Motors had lodged against a Chinese carmaker, SAIC Chery Automobile, which makes a car strikingly similar to G.M.'s Spark.