Sentences with phrase «federal civil penalties»

Yarmuth's bill proposes establishing the public fund with a combination of federal tax money, voluntary contributions from citizens and the proceeds from federal civil penalties.

He said the indefinite delay buy the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is illegal because the agency acted without notice or public comment and violates the 2015 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act.

The settlement includes a $ 438 million federal civil penalty and total payments of $ 426 million to the states.

Federal civil penalty fund pays refunds to scam victims — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's civil penalty fund has allocated nearly half a billion dollars for victims of scams that were too broke to make refunds... (See Civil penalty fund and scam victims)

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In addition, America Express Co. agreed to refund $ 85 million to 250,000 customers and pay $ 27.5 million in civil penalties after the bureau, along with other federal and state regulators, determined numerous violations of consumer protection laws involving credit card marketing and services.

2002 - Australian Law Reform Commission, Principled Regulation: Civil and Administrative Penalties in Australian Federal Regulation (member, Advisory Committee)-RRB-

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othPenalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and othpenalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

Impose a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison for anyone even attempting to a clone a human being, and establish a minimum civil penalty of $ 1 million or three times the gross profits resulting from the violation, whichever is greater;

Although a civil agency, their enforcement tools include civil penalties (fines), the power to go directly to federal court to freeze corporate and personal assets, obtain injunctions, and return money to victims.

The move was apparently spurred on by a law that went into effect last year, which instructed federal agencies like NHTSA to revise their civil penalties to better align with inflation and continue to act as a deterrent.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has imposed a $ 1 million civil penalty on Harbor Freight Tools, an equipment importer, for failing to issue a timely recall of more than 800,000 after - market trailer light kits that violate Federal safety standards.

The carrier may also be assessed civil penalties of not less than $ 10,282 for providing transportation requiring federal operating authority registration and up to $ 14,502 for operating a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce without necessary USDOT registration.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $ 40,000 against Qantas Airways, a carrier based in Australia, for violating federal aviation laws and the Department's rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.

It directs Finnair to cease and desist from further violations of this statute and federal regulation and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $ 35,000.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed civil penalties totaling $ 183,800 and issued a Notice of Probable Violation and a Proposed Compliance Order to Kinder Morgan - Wink Pipeline, LP for possible violations of Federal pipeline safety regulations discovered during an integrated inspection of the operator's Wink pipeline system in Texas.

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The bank would pay a $ 2.75 million civil penalty as a federal fine.

Think Again Leading Debt Collector Agrees to Pay Record $ 2.8 Million to Settle FTC Charges A leading debt collection company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $ 2.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained $ 3 million in civil penalties from suits against Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a settlement with GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA Inc. (GSEMNA) in February 2017, in which GSEMNA agreed to pay civil penalties of $ 41 million and disgorge

Under Scott Pruitt, the EPA has collected, on average, 49 percent less in civil penalties against violators of federal environmental laws than in the first year of the previous three administrations, according to a new report from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project.

Our compliance team brings a depth of experience in the wide range of compliance issues that affect various types of providers, such as the Federal False Claims Act, the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties laws, and various legal and billing issues that pertain to the specific practice or provider.

Member, Court Procedure and Practice Committee and Former Chair, Tax Shelter Litigation Subcommittee, Taxation Section, American Bar Association Member, American Association of Attorney - CPA's (AAA - CPA) Member, Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee and Former Chair, Civil Penalties Subcommittee, Taxation Section, American Bar Association Former Member, Board of Governors, Court of Federal Claims Bar Association Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel

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.

Imagine that these various federal enforcement and administrative organs in their diligence had also launched an intertwined network of websites, microsites and social media resources, as well as a reporting centre — a sort of hotline — where concerned citizens could inform the government about violators of this critical national law — a law with corporate penalties up to $ 10 million and civil damages up to $ 1 million per day.

Representing one of two defendants in the White River (Indiana) fish kill case involving federal, state and class action claims seeking civil damages and penalties exceeding $ 50 million and federal criminal prosecution under the Clean Water Act.

I am aware that there are federal criminal and civil penalties for knowingly obtaining, disclosing, or using this personal information for a purpose not permitted under DPPA (18 U.S.C. Sections 2721 - 2724).

The law also permits claimants to seek punitive damages for deliberate violations, and the CFPB, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), other federal agencies, and individual states may likewise sue employers for non-compliance and seek civil penFederal Trade Commission (FTC), other federal agencies, and individual states may likewise sue employers for non-compliance and seek civil penfederal agencies, and individual states may likewise sue employers for non-compliance and seek civil penalties.

A recent featured article on Workforce.com — «Background Screening Firms Face Increased Scrutiny» — tells how background check firms are being watched more closely in the wake of a $ 2.6 million civil penalty against a leading screening firm by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

(10) A violation of this section may subject the party committing the violation to civil or criminal penalties or a federal or state warrant under federal or state laws, including the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act, and may subject the violating parent to apprehension by a law enforcement officer.

This is the first time the Federal Trade Commission has written such enforcement rules and can now impose civil penalties on offenders.

A federal district court recently declared unconstitutional portions of a Rhode Island statute which imposed both civil and criminal penalties when public records were used «to solicit for commercial purposes.»

Young challenged the constitutionality of the unlicensed practice enforcement statutes, including newly adopted provisions allowing the Commission to impose a civil penalty of up to $ 1000 per day for unlicensed practice, in Federal District Court.