Sentences with phrase «act against practices»

The Hebrews thus were quick to act against practices in the ancient world that were common to other people but which violated the principle of the sacredness of life.

Some judges have been able to use wide interpretation of rules of procedure to work around the loss of the law and to try to protect expression rights, but the common law of defamation acts against the practice.

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Several experts questioned whether the practice is in keeping with the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits bias against people 40 or older in hiring or employment.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

To push back against the practice, the White House is using Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

These acts may seem small and limited, against a global background of persecution and terror, but every act of kindness and mercy, practiced on a wide scale, by ordinary believers, would be significant.

Still, the case against teleological ethics may here offer this response: Granting the difference between direct and indirect applications, this yields only the familiar distinction between «act - teleology» and «rule - teleology, «3 is problematic for the following reason: Social practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to produce.

So let me try and get this straight, if religious doctrine does not define some practice as against the law or evil but yet the laity performs these unlawful acts, it keeps the church free from culpability?

These acts typically include oral, anal bestiality; in practice such laws have rarely been enforced against het couples Sod laws can be found around the world.

Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act.

In an act of rebellion against negativity, I've been practicing positivity.

Our laws if allowed to operate according to its spirit and letter, would have imposed legal limits on government's authority by guarantee us certain rights and freedom when fighting against these evil practices in our institutions but unfortunately for us, certain provisions and attitude of party apparatchiks make our leaders automatic dictators who act without limitations.

Cable's vow to «act against abusive practices in zero hours contracts» coincides with the Labour leader's recent pledge also to crackdown on zero hours contracts.

At 1:30 p.m., Empire State Agenda will be joined in Albany by Assembly members, state senators, and LGBTQ advocates to «demand the State Senate take up the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), civil rights legislation that would extend New York's anti-discrimination laws to safeguard trans individuals, who currently stand outside our state's legal protections against unfair practices.»

Instead of being a polemic against the practices of pharmaceseutical companies, it takes a complete u-turn in the second act.

According to the definition in article 7 of the widely accepted Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court crimes against humanity are murder; extermination; torture; rape; political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice (21).

His books include The Case Against the Employee Free Choice Act (Hoover 2009); Supreme Neglect: How to Revive the Constitutional Protection of Property Rights (Oxford 2008); Antitrust Decrees in Theory and Practice: Why Less is More (AEI 2007); Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation (Yale University Press.

And unlike teachers at private schools, charter school teachers don't get the shield of the National Labor Relations Act, which contains some of the nation's strongest protections against unfair labor practices.

-- No person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this Act or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Aact or practice made unlawful by this Act or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this AAct or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this ActAct.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.

(D) It shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees or applicants for employment, for an employment agency to discriminate against any individual, or for a labor organization to discriminate against any member thereof or applicant for membership, because such individual, member or applicant for membership has opposed any practice made unlawful by this section, or because such individual, member or applicant for membership has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under this Act.

(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by him (or in his absence the Acting Attorney General), (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.

During the Nuremberg Trials, the Allied prosecutors were doubtful they could convict Nazi doctors of «crimes against humanity» — since those accused had carried out acts based on theories of eugenics that had been practiced for decades in the United States.

The complaint seeks «a declarative judgment that defendant's publishing contracts violate the Maryland Consumer Protection Act,» including the MCPA's prohibition against deceptive trade practices.

Of course, the Credit CARD Act passed last year provides some protection against these practices, but even the fact that the issue has come up in recent years offers a troubling look at the state of financial privacy in our society.

Debtors in New York are protected against unfair collections practices mainly under two different laws: the New York State Debt Collection Procedures Law and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Drove continued change to finishing practices; worked on the MSC assessment and B.C. Water Act; inspired 1,000 Canadian classrooms to plant milkweed to create Monarch butterfly havens; rallied against the Northern Gateway oil pipeline

In the late 1970s, the federal government enacted the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in order to give consumers greater protections against abusive debt collection practices; to eliminate harassment within the debt collection industry.

is an act setting up laws designed to stop debt collectors from using any abusive, disruptive, and deceptive debt collection practices against you to collect an outstanding debt.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

The Bureau's complaint alleges that Aria and his businesses violated the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's prohibition against deceptive acts and practices by misleading consumers about their services.

And since the passage of the Dodd - Frank Act, regulators have much more authority to go after unfair and deceptive practices and bring enforcement actions against bad actors, should the need arise.

Enforcement Action Pursuant to the Dodd - Frank Act, the CFPB has the authority to take action against institutions or individuals engaging in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws.

The CFPB concluded that the company and its affiliates violated the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's prohibitions against unfair and deceptive acts and practices, and also the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

For example, if a not - for - profit credit repair organization is charging consumers advance payments and failing to deliver services to the consumer, the FTC act's prohibitions against «deceptive» or «misleading» practices could be enforced against this conduct, even if a prosecution pursuant to CROA is unsuccessful based on its specific prohibition against advance payments.

• The Florida Credit Service Organizations Act The Florida Credit Service Organizations Act (FCSOA)[FN27] was enacted in 1987 to regulate certain trade practices in the area of credit repair and to guard against unfair and unconscionable contracts between credit service organizations and consumers.

Enacted in 1994, the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) helps protect you against predatory lending (i.e. unfair lending practices designed to take advantage of consumers with potential financial shortcomings).

Truth in Lending Act (TILA): This federal law aims at protecting the public against unfair and erroneous credit card practices and credit billing.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA - 1977) protects you against harmful, deceptive practices used by some debt collectors.

If they conduct unlawful business, initiate illegal business practices, or act against better business practices, there are consequences including: losing their license to practice business, fines, law suits, etc..

Numerous laws were violated including President Obama's Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's Prohibitions against unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices.

We have tested the ASA ® website against current accessibility and usability best practices, including those developed for compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act.

Additionally, the duties of proceeding against the unprofessional and unlawful practice of veterinary medicine and enforcing the Veterinary Practice Act is also delegated to the Board as specified in the above referenced statutes and administrativpractice of veterinary medicine and enforcing the Veterinary Practice Act is also delegated to the Board as specified in the above referenced statutes and administrativPractice Act is also delegated to the Board as specified in the above referenced statutes and administrative codes.

This is being done by non-veterinarians without a license to do so and is considered to be against the Veterinary Practice Act.

The main issue the Board initially took regarding the complaint against Jefferson is that she diagnosed a condition and prescribed meds over electronic means (the phone) which is prohibited by the Vet Practice Act.

This is typically in addition to basic protections laid out in the Fair Credit Billing Act for all consumers, which protects you against unfair billing practices and provides you with a mechanism for addressing billing errors, such as being charged for items you did not receive.

The game has a very limited set of single player functionality, a small number of challenge rooms that act as a tutorial and offering you a place to practice the mechanics, but the game is designed for online play against other humans and offers no AI opponents of any sort.

The game includes unlockable tracks with a Time Trial mode to practice your lap speed times and a Grand Prix that acts as the main game where you compete in a championship against other AI players.

Liberating dance from the realm of solely elite, highly - skilled and trained athletes, the medium holds the potential to act as a form of subversion against oppressive regimes and capitalistic ideals — so it's not surprising that movement became a primary facet of artistic practice at the height of counterculture in the»60s.

Since 2000 she has written extensively on the documentation of performance art (After the Act: The (Re) presentation of Performance Art, 2006) and performative curatorial practices and has curated numerous exhibitions and performance series in Europe as well as North America, including the series After the Act, Again and Against and Push and Pull (2005 - 2011) at the Museum of Modern art (MUMOK) in Vienna and TATE Modern in London.