Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal criminal law»

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Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»

U.S. federal law enforcement agencies are scrutinizing whether bitcoins are being used increasingly in criminal activity such as the now - defunct Silk Road illegal drug marketplace.

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing his federal prosecutors across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants and «use every tool» they have to go after violent criminals and drug traffickers.

Jerika Richardson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, said the office would seek to «determine whether there were any violations of the federal criminal civil rights laws.»

He was the editor of the Criminal Reports for 11 years; taught law school courses in both provinces concerning the law of evidence; and, conducted a national consultation process for the federal Department of Justice concerning a proposal to replace the Canada Evidence Act with an evidence code that was a Canadian version of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence; see: (1976), 34 Criminal Repofederal Department of Justice concerning a proposal to replace the Canada Evidence Act with an evidence code that was a Canadian version of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence; see: (1976), 34 Criminal RepoFederal Rules of Evidence; see: (1976), 34 Criminal Reports 26.

While federal law does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on criminal convictions or arrests, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a policy statement indicating that an employer's use of criminal history information in making employment decisions may violate the federal prohibition against discrimination based on race or national origin.

In his criminal litigation practice, he has successfully represented clients involved in high - profile matters such as the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal, a federal fraud investigation involving environmental law violations, campaign finance irregularities in the 2010 District of Columbia elections, a CEO involved in a federal public corruption investigation in Michigan, and a company accused of mortgage and credit card fraud.

Judge Otis D. Wright II set his literary phasers to «kill» in entering an order sanctioning four lawyers $ 81,000 and referring them not only to their respective state and federal bars for discipline, but also referring the matter to the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Internal Revenue Service for criminal investigation.1 The lawyers in question (three of whom were principals in Prenda Law, a copyright «troll» purporting to hold the copyrights to a number of pornographic films) pursued illegal porn downloaders and offered to settle copyright infringement claims for $ 4,000 each.

Criminal restitution for trafficking victims is mandatory under U.S. federal law.

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As a member of the firm's Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance + Criminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enfoCriminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enfocriminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforfederal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforcement.

As lead counsel in over 200 federal and state jury trials and numerous administrative proceedings, Peter Anderson helps public companies, their officers and directors, along with financial service companies, accounting and law firms and their principals, as they respond to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and criminal prosecutions and complex civil litigation.

Canada Federal government drops Supreme Court CSIS overseas spying appeal, Canadian Press Sleeping man who admitted to raping a sleeping woman wins a new trial, Canadian Press Calgary man charged for flying in balloon rigged chair, Canadian Press United States Former Goldman Sachs programmer wins dismissal of second criminal conviction, Reuters U.S. appeals court upholds decision to strike down Puerto Rican bankruptcy law, Reuters International School teachers among people arrested for promoting Islamic State, Reuters International judge resigns from U.N. - backed war crimes trials in Cambodia, Reuters

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

Other than a direct appeal from a state supreme court to the U.S. Supreme Court, or a direct appeal from a state supreme court of a collateral attack on a state conviction, a federal habeas corpus action is the only chance someone convicted of a crime has to show a federal government official that state officials did not comply with federal law and the U.S. Constitution in their criminal case.

When asked about the 2012 list, Rosen said he expects the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)-- the agency of the U.S. Government that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination — to give extra scrutiny to the use of criminal background checks.

My professional areas of operation cover Federal and state law enforcement / training, contract negotiation, internal audits, special investigations covering criminal matters as well as employee misconduct which resulted in conducting, supervising and managing high level investigations for U.S. Department of Justi...

In this edition of the National Association of REALTORS ® Window to the Law, NAR Senior Counsel Lesley Walker discusses new guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and how to avoid violating the federal Fair Housing Act when considering an individual's criminal history or limited English proficiency.