Sentences with phrase «as federal authorities»

Yesterday, Greenpeace activists staged a protest to highlight the fact that even now, as federal authorities are helpless to stop millions of gallons oil from gushing out of the Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling is scheduled to continue in Alaskan

Jeff Ruch, who directs Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, sent a fresh note about an under - appreciated risk that's building as long as federal authorities don't directly challenge the anti-government zealots who've taken over Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

This comes as federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into stock sales by three Equifax Inc executives before the company disclosed the massive data breach, news that has weighed heavily on the stock price.

As federal authorities have been slow to investigate tax - exempt advocacy groups for potential violations of tax and election laws, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman moved this week to take matters into his own hands.

As federal authorities investigate his fundraising activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to change up his re-election campaign strategy.

Not exact matches

But DACA recipients, known as «Dreamers,» fear that, beyond losing their work permits and protections against deportation, they could be uniquely vulnerable to federal immigration authorities because of the information the Department of Homeland Security has collected from them.

Turns out, as of this week, a US federal court agreed that regulators have the authority to send cryptocurrency price - manipulators to jail in the US.

The Arbitrator (i) shall apply internal laws of the State of New York consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, or, to the extent (if any) that federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, or, to the extent (if any) that federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable relief;

Homeland Security reportedly considered declaring election systems as «critical infrastructure,» which would have given the federal agency the authority to protect the systems.

He favors passing a balanced budget amendment, as well as giving Congress audit authority over the Federal Reserve.

Yepez, himself known as «El Marro,» or «The Mallet,» is wanted by federal authorities and suspected of crimes ranging from drug trafficking to fuel theft.

The federal government has already sent troops to Cancun to help reinforce security forces there, and municipal authorities recently brought on Julian Leyzaola, who inspired fear and praise during his time as police chief in Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana, as an adviser.

In the past, state and federal authorities have investigated Durst in connection with the 1982 disappearance of his first wife and the 2001 death and dismemberment of Durst's neighbor, Morris Black, as well as Berman's death.

Trump and Sessions have also pledged to crack down on «sanctuary cities» — typically localities that limit how local authorities can work with federal immigration agents — as a way of getting at drug traffickers and gangs.

The Trump Administration said Wednesday that unspecified local and state agencies as well as tribal authorities would help the federal government to create a set of drone regulations for commercial flights.

The cases, known as the London Whale episode for the outsize nature of the positions, resolved inquiries from four agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Financial Conduct Authority in London.

When shares of Capital Stock are to be issued upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Incentive Award, Google shall have the authority to withhold a number of such shares having a Fair Market Value at the date of the applicable taxable event determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations, as determined by Google in its sole discretion.

The appointment of even one SEC Commissioner with significant experience as a state securities regulator would dramatically improve coordination between state and federal securities authorities and bring a perspective informed by experiences from Main Street America where investor protection is personal and capital formation means real jobs.

President Donald Trump blasted the Monday raid by federal authorities of the home, hotel, and office of his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen as «a disgrace» and «an attack on our country.»

11 Congress granted this authority to the Federal Reserve in the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006, with an October 2011 effective date, but accelerated its implementation to October 2008 as part of the legislative response to the financial crisis.

As president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Robin Silvester oversees the federal body responsible for facilitating Canada's trade through the Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest port.

Bitcoin got an unexpected endorsement this week - federal authorities signaled they view the digital currency as a legal means of exchange and legitimate payment alternative.

«I haven't seen any argument as to why the federal government doesn't have authority to regulate this interprovincial pipeline the way they have authority over all kinds of other interprovincial undertakings,» she said.

As argued in a recent C.D. Howe Institute paper, Canadians should expect a higher level of preparedness from all relevant federal and provincial authorities.

interest from municipal bonds as well as distributions from mutual funds that qualify as exempt interest dividends; this income is generally not subject to regular federal income taxes; note that Fidelity reports this information to the IRS, and may be required to report the information to tax authorities in California among other states; the total amount or a portion of tax - exempt income (reported as specified private activity bond interest) must be taken into account when computing the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) applicable to individuals and may be subject to state and local taxes; you are required to report tax - exempt income on Form 1040, and may be required to report it on your state tax return as well

Since this debate over pipelines began in earnest last Fall, Jason Kenney and others have been calling on the federal government to invoke clause 92 (10)(c) of the Constitution, which allows the federal government to exert authority over infrastructure such as pipelines which, «although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.»

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- U.S. immigration authorities have detained a 23 - year - old Mexican man who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and given a work permit during the Obama administration, according to a lawsuit challenging the detention in Seattle federal court.

By issuing a federal cryptocurrency, the US Fed could position itself as the authority for the entire digital economy.

The organization... [will] make the argument that... the federal courts... are the final authority on issues important to progressives such as immigration, abortion, gay rights, social policy, the environment and corporate power, to name a few.

As a matter of constitutional law, the federal government has ample authority in this area.

British Columbia's demand for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the approval of interprovincial pipelines.

The customer acquires the virtual currency «bitcoin» which in the opinion of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht (BaFin)(Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) are units of account and therefore regarded as financial instruments pursuant to § 1 para. 11 KWG.

He formerly served as a executive at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a charge force authority for the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

The federal government does not have authority to do what you describe and marriage as a states rights issue has been decided in 32 states thus far.

Traditionally, churches are viewed as sanctuaries — safe - havens for immigrants, where federal authorities will not enter — it's not necessarily that they can't, but they don't.

Patrick G. D. Riley Wauwatosa, WI And it came to pass that, as the Federal judiciary sat in the courts of law interpreting the Constitution, the anti-usurpationists and the cultural warriors and the original intentionites came and said, Tell us, by what authority make ye these activist rulings?

It would block the Federal Government's attempt to reduce by 70 gigalitres the volume of water set aside for the environment in the northern Basin, as recommended by the Murray - Darling Basin Authority in 2016.

As SI went to press, local and federal authorities said that no evidence had turned up to indicate the murder was tied in any way to James Jordan's, or his son's, well - known affinity for games of chance.

Kills Crow grew up in Shannon County, S.D., the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, a 71 - day standoff between the American Indian movement and federal authorities in 1973 known as the Wounded Knee Incident, and the second - poorest county in America.

The recall occurred as State and Federal authorities are trying to figure out the cause of 38...

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Going down memory lane, Okunnu said the title to the whole of Festac Town was vested in the Government of Lagos State and that the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) remained the tenant of the State Government, same as Trade Fair.

«Security engagements are in top gear, as we are working with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Nearly three - dozen organized crime members were busted by federal authorities in Manhattan for an odd mishmash of crimes — trafficking 5 tons of stolen chocolate as well as hordes of illegal cigarettes.

As Florida authorities work to identify the people who died in a catastrophic bridge collapse, state and federal investigators will begin the task of figuring out how and why the five - day - old span failed.

► Peter Salzone - Update: An NYPD lieutenant from the 19th Precinct who federal authorities wanted to question as a witness in the probe.

As the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority looks to recommend a specific plan to federal authorities early in the new year, Cuomo's advocacy for the project could eventually provide crucial local financing to a project requiring Washington's approval.

The shipment was not declared to the relevant authorities, resulting in the shortfall of 499,048 barrels of crude oil in the value of $ 54,895,280 as revenue to the Federal Government.