Sentences with phrase «federal regulators do»

Federal agencies can have broad police powers and federal regulators don't act independently to their whims, generally there is a long process of fact finding, diligence, evidence gathering and legal opinion before charges or allegations are made.

Whelan noted that federal regulators did not find any major obstacles in their final environmental impact statement and that importing natural gas through Port Ambrose would have softened winter spikes in fuel costs that are passed on to consumers.

Before 2009, federal regulators did not require water bottlers to remove E. coli.

Not exact matches

And the ability of one particular app — the one that harvested the data ultimately obtained by Cambridge Analytica — to glean that data certainly didn't violate an agreement the company had with federal regulators, he said.

And, if approved by the companies» boards and federal regulators, the corporate marriage has the potential transform the way the health industry does business and how millions of Americans receive their medical care.

Federal regulators have warned about these companies, but they haven't done much to regulate the industry.

Federal regulators are poised to impose a $ 1 billion penalty on Wells Fargo for a variety of alleged misdeeds, including forcing customers to buy auto insurance policies that they didn't need, according to people briefed on the regulatory action.

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

Walgreens, which operates about 8,000 U.S. stores, had proposed to sell off hundreds of stores to regional rival Fred's (fred) to mollify regulators, but many media reports suggested the Federal Trade Commission was not convinced that the plan would do enough to preserve competition.

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

The company reported earnings and revenue for the first quarter that were roughly in line with consensus estimates, but did not provide much new color on an unfavorable tax allowance decision from federal regulators.

A new study by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that bondholders still don't believe the government would ever let the firms collapse into bankruptcy — after a decade of efforts by regulators to convince them otherwise.

The British Columbia government is considering adopting a «nuanced position,» B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen told Maclean's — a stance that would continue to back the federal government's aim of creating the regulator, but oppose its constitutional arguments for doing so.

While newspaper business matters generally fall outside the purview of Congress and regulators, the committee does provide oversight of the Federal Communications Commission.

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

Practically every company that goes public these days first files to do so under the JOBS Act, a federal law which gives companies that meet certain criteria the ability to file confidentially while regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission review its documents without subjecting them to public scrutiny.

Idaho's governor and chief insurance regulator met with top federal health care authorities, hoping to make their case for why Idaho health insurers should be allowed to sell plans that don't comply with the Affordable Care Act.

But it didn't tell drivers, riders or state and federal regulators about the breach, even though almost every state in the country requires companies to inform customers about major cyber intrusions.

Even if regulators do not act, when a presale results in nothing more than profits for its promoter, a disgruntled investor will inevitably make a private securities fraud claim to try and claw back some of their capital; assuming a court will determine a presale of digital tokens to be a private placement of securities, any such federal claim would fall under Rule 10b - 5.

One particularly interesting part of Giancarlo's testimony was where he mentioned that «current law does not provide any U.S. Federal regulator with such regulatory oversight authority over spot virtual currency platforms operating in the United States or abroad.»

In answer to a question on regulatory capture at the Federal Reserve banks, Conti - Brown said «the very idea that bankers are selecting their regulator — not through Congress but directly through the exercise of vote should give us all pause... How could the Reserve Bank presidents do anything but dance with the one that brung them.»

The presence of Merrill Lynch in the mix is neutral factor for the organization from a risk perspective, but BAC as a whole does not compare that well to its large bank peers looking at the Y - 9 performance report published by federal regulators.

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Regulators Investigate Napa, Sonoma Wineries and Distributors for Illegal Trade Practices Federal and state agents visited more than 30 wine - related businesses in Napa and Sonoma counties last week as part of a probe into consignment sales, in which a winery or wholesaler buys back bottles that don't -LSB-...]

Why did state health officials consistently say it was safe to drink the water in Hoosick Falls because it contained fewer than 50,000 parts per trillion of PFOA when federal regulators cautioned 400 parts per trillion was the recommended safety level?

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

As federal regulators study warning sound devices eventually to be made mandatory for electric and hybrid vehicles, Lexus is doing what others are as well and bringing in its version early.

Dennis Shaul, CFSA's chief executive officer, said of the lawsuit, «We do not take lightly that we are suing our federal regulator, however, we have long said we are pursuing all options with regard to the CFPB's harmful small - dollar lending rule, and one of these options was litigation.»

A recent report has discovered that nearly two - thirds of the people who complain to federal regulators about medical debt collectors do not owe medical debt at all.

As a joke, given that it is the first of April, if we do get a regulator for overall financial solvency and systemic risk, I believe it should be called the Federal Office for Oversight of Leverage [FOOL].

The Federal Reserve, like other regulators around the world, did not do all that it could have to constrain excessive risk - taking in the financial sector in the period leading up to the crisis.

3) The state insurance regulators did a better job than the Federal banking regulators — the state regulators did not get captured by those that they regulated, and were more natively risk averse, which is the way regulators should be.

Feds fine Chase, order $ 309 million refund for credit card add - ons — The megabank took the money for, but did not deliver, the credit monitoring add - on product it sold to its credit card customers, federal regulators say... (See Chase refund)

It is astonishing that veterinary boards ignored advice from the Federal regulator of veterinary vaccines, and that they can do so without penalty.

On March 9, the nation's regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-- what they are doing about grid «resilience» and what, if anything, FERC should do about it.

And the fact that private companies should not be disposing of this kind of material without serious government regulations (Mother Jones reports that the licenses for WSC «don't need detailed approval from federal nuclear regulators because the dump wouldn't handle the highest grades of radioactive waste») is only part of the issue.

The Associated Press reports that although the NTSB doesn't have the power to impose such a ban, «its recommendations carry significant weight with federal regulators and congressional and state lawmakers.»

I applaud Federal and Provincial regulators that realize this and am disappointed at the ones that don't.

The Federal Court of Appeal does not clarify the extent to which CIP can extend beyond commercial transactions to other types of common endeavours — such as, for example, to protect the sharing of SCP information between two parties pursuing a law reform initiative, or seeking to persuade a regulator.

SCOTUSblog: «Amid much critical commentary about the way federal drug regulators are doing their job, a Supreme Court majority on Wednesday provided a ringing endorsement of lawsuits in state courts to fill in for lapses at the national level — in particular, lawsuits that claim drugmakers have not given doctors and patients enough warning about side - effects.»

Before it can do that, the bulletin says, the FIO must determine that the information is not available in a timely manner from relevant federal agencies, state regulators and publicly available sources.

NAIC is not a federal or state legislative body, nor does it regulate insurance law, even though its members are the insurance commissioners (i.e., the chief insurance regulators) of each state in the U.S.

Even if regulators do not act, when a presale results in nothing more than profits for its promoter, a disgruntled investor will inevitably make a private securities fraud claim to try and claw back some of their capital; assuming a court will determine a presale of digital tokens to be a private placement of securities, any such federal claim would fall under Rule 10b - 5.

Giancarlo says that «Current law does not provide any U.S. federal regulator with such regulatory oversight authority over spot virtual currency platforms».

Current law does not provide any U.S. federal regulator with such regulatory oversight authority over spot virtual currency platforms

But if I had to point a finger, I'd say Congress and the federal regulators bear the most blame because they could have done something.

For their part, the federal regulators who sparked the controversy by publishing the proposed rule feel they're doing the right thing by getting the issue thoroughly aired.

The federal banking regulators are now continuing to review public comments as they determine whether or not to move forward with publication of a final rule, and if they do publish the rule, whether the rule will define brokerage and management as financial activities.

The problem is that claims backed by slanted figures like the $ 1,000 / hr are not dealt with by our regulators and so the myths are allowed to be perpetuated while ORE does nothing lest they attract another anti-competition suit by the Competition Bureau and many Realtors just don't want to tempt fate by breaching the codes of ethics imposed by all three of ORE's authorities — board, provincial and federal and retaliating.

In August 2003, the Owner wrote that Best Van Lines, Inc. («Mover») «was performing interstate moving services without legal authority from the [federal regulators], and did not carry cargo insurance as required by law».

«Does Congress want the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Treasury Department, and Federal Trade Commission to be the regulators of local land matters?»