Sentences with phrase «federal crackdown on»

In the first, Lee R. Petillon, a partner with the California firm Petillon & Hiraide, presents his pick for the year's most significant legal event: the federal crackdown on backdating stock options.

In July 2009, the ASPCA and The HSUS, along with numerous federal and local agencies, participated in a multi-state dogfighting raid, the largest federal crackdown on dogfighting in U.S. history, resulting in the rescue of over 500 dogs.

In July 2009, the ASPCA participated in a multi-state dog fighting raid, the largest federal crackdown on dog fighting in U.S. history.

During the largest federal crackdown on dog fighting in U.S. history, more than 400 dogs were rescued during an eight - state raid in 2009.

Earlier this year, Dropout Nation reminded charter school players about the importance of learning from the two - year long federal crackdown on the for - profit college sector.

In her final State of the City address, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said the city will stand defiantly against an impending federal crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows...

Oakland is also home to cannabis clubs in defiance of the federal crackdown on such venues.

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Public discourse on marijuana legalization at the federal level has only seriously considered the options of Congress making it legal or, conversely, empowering some sort of crackdown.

Business groups have criticised the federal government's latest crackdown on the 457 visa program, following today's announcement that the Fair Work Ombudsman would be given new powers to monitor and

He said it was a «tactic employed by the Federal Government to divert the attention of Nigerians away from the hunger and outrage generated by the crackdown on judges.»

In her final State of the City speech, Mark - Viverito unveiled a slew of proposals, including blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from most spaces on city property, free birth control for all women, a significant expansion of the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibiting local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government in crackdowns on foreign nationals.

Last week, Lumosity hit the news for a different reason, as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made it the latest target in a crackdown on companies selling products that purportedly enhance memory, provide some other cognitive benefit, or reduce the serious side effects of dementia.

On higher education, California and the administration found much more common ground with initiatives such as the expansion of Pell grants, simplifying the federal application for student financial aid, and its crackdown on for - profit colleges that did not deliver on their promiseOn higher education, California and the administration found much more common ground with initiatives such as the expansion of Pell grants, simplifying the federal application for student financial aid, and its crackdown on for - profit colleges that did not deliver on their promiseon for - profit colleges that did not deliver on their promiseon their promises.

City officials, accepting millions in federal urban renewal money, had promised a crackdown on vice, but it took the heart of a cop to know exactly what would happen.

OTTAWA — The governing Conservatives will use Tuesday's federal budget to unveil a crackdown on multinational companies that charge Canadian customers more than Americans on everything from books to clothing and appliances.

Federal wildlife agents plan to start trapping feral cats on Key Largo in a crackdown likely to spark anger among the legions of people who take care of outdoor cats.

From the illegal federal «gag order» on US National Weather Service and NOAA employees, to the new weather information crackdown in Egypt, global power centers are increasingly desperate in their attempts to hide the climate engineering atrocities from populations.

In the past week, over 150 federal agents raided homes and businesses across the United States in a crackdown on an international rhino horn ring.

The nationwide crackdown on child pornography and other sex offenses has created severe manpower shortages and technology challenges for probation officers, police and federal agents struggling to track offenders who are jumping online with cellphones and portable game systems and flocking to social networking and other sites, where children or pornography can easily be found.

Move is among city actions that have drawn federal ire amid crackdown on illegal immigration.

That's not entirely true, says Kathryn Haun, a former federal prosecutor who led the crackdown on virtual - currency crime and joined Coinbase's board in May.

So far, not even President Donald Trump's travel ban — a veritable crackdown on immigration into the U.S. from Muslim - majority countries in the Middle East, which was struck down in federal court — has appeared to tamp down foreign interest in U.S. real estate, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of REALTORS ®.