Sentences with phrase «agency said the rule»

Instead the agency said the rule had not been studied enough.

The agency says the rules have also prevented agents from offering alternative pricing options to consumers based on lower levels of service.

Not exact matches

Releasing the final version of those rules «is a priority for the agency and we are working to publish [a guidance document] this year,» a spokesperson said in an email.

In a notice posted in the Federal Register, the agency said «the risk to the flying public justifies» the quick adoption of the rule.

He says the court of appeals could indeed tell the FCC that it overstepped its authority in its rule making, and instruct the agency to make new rules.

The agency has said store locations would comply with local zoning rules, minimize proximity to schools and factor in where illegal dispensaries are currently operating.

«California has more manufacturers testing autonomous vehicles than any other state and today's rules continue our leadership with this emerging technology,» California Transportation Agency Secretary Brian Kelly said in a statement.

The NLRB, in a statement Thursday, says the purpose of the ruling was to refine its standard of joint - employer status to match up better with the needs of today's workers, where nearly 3 million people are employed on a contract basis through temporary agencies.

Prior to the new rule, he added, the agency's Standard Operating Procedures said only «that sellers should finance the goodwill when they sold a business, but we found that SBA loans increasingly were being used to finance goodwill along with other real assets.»

Estonia's financial watchdog had said it suspected Danske Bank's local branch of misleading authorities, adding the agency made inspections at the branch in 2014, during which it found what it called extensive and systematic violations of anti-money laundering rules.

Pai, chosen by Trump in January to head the agency, also has said he wants to dismantle other significant regulations as part of a sweeping review he said would remove barriers to business and modernize rules.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump in January, said the regulatory agency will vote at a Dec. 14 meeting on his plan to rescind the so - called net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack...

In the same ruling, Berlin denied the agency's initial request for the contact data for 21,000 Google employees on Friday, saying the Labor Department's demand was too broad and could violate workers» privacy.

An FCC representative said the agency wasn't concerned about the legal challenges to its anti-net neutrality rules.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing new rules to curtail payday lending practices the agency says can lead borrowers into long - term «debt traps.»

But the agency said the latest proposed steps are meant to further alleviate the rules» effects on community institutions and rural populations.

The agency has toughened mortgage rules and fined big banks for allegedly taking advantage of consumers, but it has run afoul of Republicans who say it has gone too far, contributing to an environment in which consumers are having more difficulty getting mortgages and credit cards.

«The Congressional Review Act is a pretense for the majority party in Congress to wipe rules off the books without ever talking about the merits the agency had in mind when it made the rule final,» Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University of Maryland, said in an email.

State - run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday (Feb. 25) that the Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party of China has proposed removing the phrase that the president and vice-president «shall serve no more than two consecutive terms» from the country's constitution.

The General Services Administration, which manages property owned by the federal government, including the Old Post Office housing the Trump International Hotel, has said the lease would violate federal conflict - of - interest rules once the Republican businessman is sworn in on Jan. 20, according to a letter to the agency from lawmakers.

In March, the agency ruled against an application by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to bring the first Bitcoin ETF to market, although the SEC recently said it would review that decision.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington ruled in favor of the Fed in 2014, saying the agency had made a «reasonable interpretation» of the law.

Referring to the decision, a spokesman for Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority said that «every institution must decide on the details of their internal regulations specifying the rules for their employees» investments and trading,» suggesting that the regulatory agency does not intend to interfere in Nordea's decision, nor act against similar moves that may be taken by other companies.

Lawsky said last month that his agency plans to issue rules for businesses handling virtual currencies, including a «BitLicense», which could make New York the first U.S. state to regulate virtual currencies such as bitcoins.

However, while the two agencies» rules «can't be identical,» she says, «they can be consistent and compatible.»

A uniform fiduciary rule crafted by the agency, however, will be business - model neutral, she said — a term that has had many in the advisory community scratching their heads.

The agency could also issue an interim final rule before six months have passed, which would take effect immediately but also be the subject of public comment, said Sweeney.

MEXICO CITY (AP)-- Mexico's intellectual property agency said Friday it has ruled in favor of a small local firm's rights to the «iFone» name, saying that ads for Apple's iPhone have encroached on the trademark.

Evans, who is managing broker of Re / Max Coast Mountains in Prince Rupert, B.C., says the rules banning dual agency are in response to the real estate scene in the Lower Mainland and that shadow flipping is «impossible» in his area.

A notice slated to be published Friday in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Land Management said the agency «has concerns regarding the statutory authority, cost, complexity, feasibility, and other implications» of the 2016 rule, which is set to go fully into effect next month.

Representative Mike Doyle, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said, «The only way we're going to close this trust gap is through legislation that creates and empowers a sufficiently resourced expert oversight agency with rule - making authority to protect the digital privacy and ensure our companies protect their users» data.»

EDMONTON — In breaking the PC promise to ensure that high ranking officials employed by Alberta's boards and agencies are covered by sunshine rules, Prentice is proving that nothing has changed under his management and his PC government will continue to protect the high salaries of government friends and insiders at the expense of transparency and accountability, said NDP Leader Rachel Notley.

Mr. Keller says the CFP Board hadn't been aware of the problem earlier because the board, which lacks the powers of a regulatory agency, expects that CFPs «accurately disclose their compensation, know our rules and follow our rules.»

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community Germany's top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament «to ensure religious freedom» following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.

Furthermore, the judge who ruled against the Leeds Adoption Agency said very firmly: «Those who follow religious beliefs long established across Europe can not be equated with racist bigots.

Julian Green, a Park District spokesman, said the agency was still digesting the 27 - page ruling Thursday.

Following up on a pledge to reform Freedom of Information Law provisions, Cuomo said that he wants the Legislature to fall under the same rules as state and local agencies when it comes to releasing documents to the public.

Under the proposed law, local constituencies, such as community boards, council members and borough presidents would have a say in how the plazas are used, but the transportation agency would have ultimate rule - making authority, Garodnick said.

On Thursday, the agency reversed course, saying it would work with the sex toy company to find a way to permit it to advertise without violating the M.T.A.'s rules.»

A state of emergency, however, would only allow for the agency to accelerate the purchase of short - term fixes, like new parts or a mobile boiler, due to NYCHA's procurement rules, a spokesperson for the mayor's office said.

«We don't think it's plausible at all that agency personnel are going to meticulously follow» those rules, said John Kaehny, the executive director of the good - government group Reinvent Albany.

In 2002, the state's highest court unanimously ruled that subpoenas served on public agencies were subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law, but a spokesman for the city Law Department said the feds had asked City Hall to keep its subpoenas secret.

The decision to suspend missile launches was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central committee on Friday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

Skretny said NRP failed to establish a basis for a civil suit, basically ruling that neither another party to the case — the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency — nor the mayor, nor any other city official could award Stenhouse a contract without Common Council approval.

The command in a statement said, «Contrary to the report which is an orchestrated attempted to disparage the Command and pitch the public against the police, it is pertinent to state unequivocally that the Police which is a law enforcement agency guided by the rule of law and duty bound to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of citizens did not play any role, under whatever guise, in the murder of the deceased.

He says the public deserves to know how the MTA is spending its money and that the new rule ensures the agency won't be able to leave the public in the dark.

Schumer said HUD reinterpreted its own rules in 2005 and the argument over which set of agency rules should be followed effectively froze the funding.

«The new findings show that the agency plays by its own rules when it comes to contracting,» the report said.

A couple who say their wedding was disrupted because the U.S. Postal Service didn't tell them their wedding invitations needed extra postage lacked legal grounds to sue the agency, a U.S. judge has ruled.

Remarking that the registration of all mobile phone users without exception will help the security agencies to pre-empt terrorist attacks, the President said that telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria must adhere to the rules and guidelines of the Nigerian Communications Commission in this regard.