Sentences with phrase «enforcement against the individuals»

Even if it were feasible, strict enforcement against the individuals and entities responsible is not a viable option.

In the wake of the Bribery Bill published earlier this year, the UK enforcement authorities, and in particular the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), are demonstrating that enforcement against individuals and companies involved in corrupt activity is high on their list of priorities.

The City's bylaw regime (including seeking a court injunction when necessary) is an effective tool to close down a non-compliant business, while the criminal law is generally only useful for enforcement against individuals.

Not exact matches

The SEC brings numerous civil enforcement actions against firms and individuals that violate securities laws every year.

Each year the SEC brings hundreds of civil enforcement actions against individuals and companies for violation of the securities laws.

The Gujarat Police CID Crime division spent two weeks investigating the complaint that was made against nine members of law enforcement and two other individuals.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and freshman Assemblywoman Monica Wallace also voted against the bill, which among other things, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from detaining individuals based on immigration status and would provide for legal representation for people without documentation who otherwise couldn't afford it.

The deadline for pistol permit recertification in New York has passed, leaving possibly thousands of gun owners with permits that are no longer valid, though law enforcement officials have already said they won't be pursuing criminal charges against these individuals.

Court documents showed that her work with a team of federal agents probing corruption in New York provided law enforcement with useful information against three individuals who were not identified?

This prohibition against inquiring into status includes, but is not limited to, when an individual approaches a law enforcement officer seeking assistance, is the victim of a crime, or is witness to a crime.

The agreement that created the position of enforcement counsel called for the assignment of these hearing officers to oversee actions taken against individuals who fail to correct problems flagged by the board.

Retired Spring Valley Police Officer Francis Brooke has filed a lawsuit against Rockland County, Director of the Rockland County Police Academy Steven Heubeck, The Sheriff's Dept., Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica and a half dozen or so other individuals and entities, many involved in law enforcement activities, claiming he has been the victim of illegal «retaliatory actions» against his speaking up on «matter of public concern regarding issues at the Rockland Police Training Academy.»

What these latest State Election Enforcement Commission reveal is that Patrick Riccards, ConnAD and ConnCAN have now moved past their efforts to influence policy through their lobbying and have begun to directly campaign for and against individual candidates.

This system maintains a comprehensive record of FMCSA enforcement actions taken against interstate carriers, hazardous materials shippers, and individuals subject to the FMCSRs or FHMRs.

The EO is a mandatory directive to the railroad, and failure to comply with its requirements will result in enforcement actions against the railroad or individuals who violate it.

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.

Canadian securities watchdogs issued 60 investors alerts against businesses and individuals in 2016, of which more than half dealt with online offers of binary options, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), an umbrella organization of the country's provincial and territorial securities regulators, said in its 2016 enforcement report.

Their media campaign in response to the investigations has created unnecessary fear among musicians about the Lacey Act, even though there have been no enforcement cases targeted at individuals, and federal agencies have stated in writing that they intend to target enforcement against knowing commercial importers and not individual musicians.

The Commission is at pains to clarify that the SMIT initiative does not aim to create new enforcement powers allowing it to pursue infringements of Union law in the Single Market area against individual market participants.

Acting for a Russian bank in relation to proposed enforcement proceedings relating to an LCIA arbitration award against an individual borrower in Cyprus and other jurisdictions, including asset freezing relief.

73 Although the SBC, which is the basic legislation in the matter, states in Article 12 (4) thereof, that the aim of such surveillance is to apprehend individuals crossing the border illegally, it does not contain any rules concerning the measures which border guards are authorised to apply against persons or ships when they are apprehended and subsequently — such as the application of enforcement measures, the use of force or conducting the persons apprehended to a specific location — or even measures against persons implicated in human trafficking.

«The California Tax Law Blog keeps both individual taxpayers and businesses abreast of new developments in IRS tax law enforcement, changes to international bank accounts, cautionary tales of tax evasion and how to defend against aggressive government audits.»

She advises firms and individuals in their distressed dealings with the FCA and in response to regulatory enforcement action brought against them by the FCA.

Following completion of the investigation, we represented the organization in a voluntary self - disclosure to federal and state law enforcement authorities arising from the investigation, which resulted in a favorable financial resolution and no prosecution of criminal or civil claim against individuals associated with the organization.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

If the privilege is available, advantages of asserting the privilege include that the client may be prevented from making statements in a civil proceeding that could be used against him or her in future criminal or civil proceedings or private civil litigation.82 In addition, testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding may, under certain circumstances, amount to a waiver of the Fifth Amendment privilege for purposes of the same proceeding and any future proceedings.83 Conversely, risks of asserting the privilege include that adverse inferences may, under certain circumstances, be drawn in civil or administrative proceedings from an individual's assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in a prior civil or administrative proceeding.84 Moreover, an individual's assertion of the privilege in a civil proceeding could factor into law enforcement's charging decisions.

Navacelle represents clients against multi-jurisdictional criminal prosecutions, civil and administrative enforcement authorities, tackling parallel investigations, criminal judicial cooperation, protection of individuals» rights and handling of evidence.

Federal law requires «covered individuals» to report a reasonable suspicion of a crime against a long term care resident to the ISDH and a local law enforcement entity.

Brian Murray represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, class actions, and civil matters involving federal and state governments, including lawsuits against governments and enforcement actions by governments.

The rule waives the requirement for individual agreement if the victim is unable to agree due to incapacity or other emergency circumstance and: (1) The law enforcement official represents that the protected health information is needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim has occurred and the information is not intended to be used against the victim; (2) the law enforcement official represents that immediate law enforcement activity that depends on such disclosure would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure; and (3) the covered entity, in the exercise of professional judgment, determines that the disclosure is in the individual's best interests.

The final rule waives the requirement for agreement if the covered entity is unable to obtain the individual's agreement due to incapacity or other emergency circumstance, and (1) the law enforcement official represents that the information is needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim has occurred and the information is not intended to be used against the victim; (2) the law enforcement official represents that immediate law enforcement activity that depends on the disclosure would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure; and (3) the covered entity determines, in the exercise of professional judgment, that the disclosure is in the individual's best interests.

(B) If the individual is unable to agree because of incapacity, a law enforcement or other public official authorized to receive the report represents that the protected health information for which disclosure is sought is not intended to be used against the individual and that an immediate enforcement activity that depends upon the disclosure would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure.

In such cases, when law enforcement officials are requesting protected health information because the individual is a suspect (and thus the information may be used against the individual), covered entities may disclose the protected health information pursuant to § 164.512 (f)(2) regarding suspects and not pursuant to § 164.512 (f)(3) regarding victims.

The covered entity must make the decision whether to disclose only in limited circumstances: when there is no mandatory reporting law; or when the victim is unable to provide agreement and the law enforcement official represents that: the protected health information is needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim has occurred, that the information will not be used against the victim, and that immediate law enforcement activity that depends on such information would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure.

Third, this paragraph allows covered entities to disclose protected health information about an individual without the individual's agreement if the disclosure is expressly authorized by statute or regulation and either: (1) The covered entity, in the exercise of its professional judgment, believes that the disclosure is necessary to prevent serious harm to the individual or to other potential victims; or (2) if the individual is unable to agree due to incapacity, a law enforcement or other public official authorized to received the report represents that the protected health information for which disclosure is sought is not intended to be used against the individual, and that an immediate enforcement activity that depends on the disclosure would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure.

CSEC further acknowledged its capabilities may, under «the Assistance Mandate, be employed by national security or law enforcement agencies in a variety of circumstances — including intercept operations against a Canadian or individuals in Canada.

As a Senior Decision Maker, Ben will determine major GFSC enforcement cases including those involving findings of serious regulatory shortcomings against a licensee and / or individual directors.

Other challenges from companies, organizations, and individuals may take other tacks and attempt to get an injunction in place against the enforcement of the rule, or otherwise tie it up in court.

Through an array of enforcement activities, fair housing policy initiatives, and education and outreach efforts, HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity continues to take action against individuals and housing providers that discriminate.

RECA sets and enforces high standards of ethical, professional behaviour for licensed real estate and mortgage professionals, and takes enforcement action against unlicensed individuals acting as real estate and mortgage professionals.