Sentences with phrase «federal civil enforcement action»

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Without a valid Officer of the United States in place at CFPB at the time the suit was filed, WLF argues that CFPB had no standing to bring a civil enforcement action in federal court.

With law enforcement officials aggressively pursuing gang members on Long Island after a recent spate of homicides by the transnational gang MS - 13, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a class - action lawsuit on Friday that federal authorities had gone too far.

Many private schools do not want to be considered «recipients of federal financial assistance» out of concern that such a designation would make them subject to the onerous federal regulations and enforcement actions (such as those that fall under Title IX) of the federal civil rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (civil rights agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (Civil Rights (OCR).

The California Legislature is strongly resisting federal action on almost all fronts — climate, civil rights, environment, immigration, law enforcement — but not education.

In addition, our litigators defend clients in a wide range of civil and criminal enforcement actions arising out of the major federal environmental statutes — including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, CERCLA (Superfund), FIFRA, RCRA, TSCA, and EPCRA (Right - to - Know)-- as well as climate change regulation, renewable energy regulation, and project development.

Each federal environmental law has enforcement provisions, backed by substantial penalties, which enable the government to bring administrative proceedings and civil and criminal enforcement actions.

My best guess is that the proper method of enforcement in federal buildings is simply administrative action, since violating the code can provide cause for firing federal employees under Chapter 75 of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.

The federal government had alleged violations of laws protecting civil rights and giving the federal government the power to review actions of law enforcement agencies with a pattern and practice of violating federal rights.

As lead counsel in over 200 federal and state jury trials and numerous administrative proceedings, Peter Anderson helps public companies, their officers and directors, along with financial service companies, accounting and law firms and their principals, as they respond to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and criminal prosecutions and complex civil litigation.

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.

We often assist clients with internal investigations concerning alleged misconduct and defend civil and criminal enforcement actions involving federal, state, and local agencies.

The course covers issues behind the Fair Housing laws and prohibited actions, including a review and update of the Oklahoma and federal fair housing laws and the role of the Oklahoma Office of Civil Rights Enforcement.