Sentences with phrase «actions under criminal law»

Such provisions must be formulated in terms that are clear, precise and stringent, both in order to enable people to understand the consequences of their actions under criminal law and also in order to prevent arbitrariness when applied by the courts.»

Not exact matches

Under a state law passed in June of last year, ride - hailing contractors are required to pass a criminal background check, but county lawmakers lobbied for more thorough vetting for prospective contractors in Westchester amid a slew of allegations against Uber and its employees, including a class action suit claiming drivers had sexually assaulted customers.

What each and every one of them forgets is that their actions constitute a criminal act under US Federal and State law.

-- In any criminal action, civil action, or administrative proceeding, a State regulating the growing and processing of industrial hemp under State law shall have exclusive authority to determine whether any such plant meets the concentration limitation set forth in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of section 102 and such determination shall be conclusive and binding.».

His environmental and tort litigation experience includes dozens of products liability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort doctrines.

Since Ghana repealed the Criminal Libel Law (July, 2001), libel cases in Ghana will now come under the aegis of civil torts action.

Under section 36 of the Act, the potential remedies for a successful competition law private action are the actual damages (i.e., compensatory damages) proven as a result of the criminal violation (or breach of a Tribunal or court order).

Bowen dismissed one count accusing Oasis of usury under the penal code, agreeing with the defendants that it was a criminal statute and so there was no private right of action under the law.

If we allowed only private actions brought under the criminal law, we would lose both the expertise and the disciplinary op - portunities to keep the prosecutor in check, facts that occur as a result of the government serving as a repeat player in the criminal justice system.

Drawing upon some of the materials embedded in the social justice accounts of tort law, [16] Part IV clarifies why creating an intermediate retributive sanction under the right safeguards to the tort system is a superior way of punishing and preventing misconduct than strictly relying on compensatory damages, class actions for compensatory damages, extra-compensatory damages for victim - vindication, the criminal justice system as we know it, or even a privately enforced criminal justice system.

Unlawful combatants remain civilians and may be captured, detained, and treated as criminals under domestic law for their unlawful actions in combat.

This 40 - pp publication details significant hurdles to assigning personal accountability for the actions of fully autonomous weapons under both criminal and civil law.

The article by Adams also recommends employers look at the best practices manual for criminal background checks put together by the Legal Action Center's National Hire Network, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and National Workrights Institute in collaboration with background screening companies Employment Screening Resources (ESR) and CARCO Group.

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