Sentences with phrase «act civil fines»
J. Craig Williams points out that the Environmental Protection Agency's new agreement with animal - feeding operations gives the farms «immunity from Clean Air Act civil fines and penalties in exchange for the farms» agreement to submit air quality data and pay a one - time fine.»
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Trader Joe's also agreed to enter a consent decree and pay a $ 500,000 civil fine to resolve claims it violated the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California mentioned a Bloomberg report, citing two unnamed sources, that regulators were planning to fine Wells Fargo $ 20 million under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
The act would let people issued civil summonses for the offenses avoid Criminal Court and have their cases heard by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, which could issue fines or require community service.
The FAST Act authorized NHTSA to levy larger fines on manufacturers, increasing the allowed civil penalties from $ 35 million to $ 105 million for a related series of violations.
(1) No person shall --(a) take or attempt to take in any court any photograph, or with a view to publication make or attempt to make in any court any portrait or sketch, of any person, being a judge of the court or a juror or a witness in or a party to any proceedings before the court, whether civil or criminal; or (b) publish any photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section or any reproduction thereof; and if any person acts in contravention of this section he shall, on summary conviction, be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
Fees and fines imposed on criminals (through the Victims of Crime Act or VOCA) are making these civil legal aid lawyers for elder abuse victims possible.
The potential penalties for contravening the civil misleading representations provisions of the Competition Act include Competition Tribunal or court orders to cease the conduct, publish a corrective notice, pay restitution and / or pay «administrative monetary penalties» (essentially civil fines) of up to $ 750,000 for individuals ($ 1 million for subsequent violations) and $ 10 million for corporations ($ 15 million for subsequent violations).
Some specific penalties under the Act include criminal fines of up to $ 25 million (under the criminal conspiracy provisions), civil fines of up to $ 10 million (for abuse of dominance and civil misleading advertising) and imprisonment for up to 14 years.
As minister of state at the Home Office, Baroness Scotland helped steer the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2006 through the House of Lords: the Act which introduced on - the - spot civil fines for employing illegal immigrants.
The consent order released today does not have a fine attached to it, as the FTC doesn't have the authority to obtain civil penalties for initial violations of the FTC Act or under Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act.