Sentences with phrase «federal reviews in»

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The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the Foreign Investment Review Act (FIRA) in 1973, forming a federal agency to advise on the respective benefits and hazards of particular transactions.

In a 2012 study, Gerry Angevine and Vanadis Oviedo of the Fraser Institute described «outdated regulatory processes and procedures, unnecessary duplication of federal and provincial government project reviews, and an unwieldy environmental review process.»

So common in fact is this process, that the NRC has deputized Texas to issue licenses to buy radioactive materials without federal review.

Two federal bills introduced last year, which would create a grant program to help states introduce or improve review committees, remain stalled in committee.

In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reportIn a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reportin August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.

A group of Democrats in Congress urged the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a letter this week to conduct a more in - depth review of online retailer Amazon's plan to buy grocer Whole Foods.

In the past, just before banks were due to face their annual compliance review from federal regulators, they would conduct their own internal audits and close accounts that belong to businesses that are considered too risky.

The Federal Reserve approved Wednesday the capital return plans of all 34 banks it reviewed in the second part of an annual stress test.

While the Supreme Court in October 2015 declined to review the case, the justices in January agreed to review a similar one, Salman's case, in which a federal appeals court in California had issued a potentially conflicting ruling.

In June, the office had disclosed an earlier breach affecting 4.2 million such workers, which included performance reviews as well as social security numbers for federal employees.

In April, Sessions charged a task force that he created with reviewing lenient federal enforcement policies in regard to marijuanIn April, Sessions charged a task force that he created with reviewing lenient federal enforcement policies in regard to marijuanin regard to marijuana.

Popular social - review site Yelp is in court once again over alleged extortion and review manipulating now that a group of business owners is attempting to appeal a ruling that was dismissed in federal court two years ago.

The Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline program paid at least $ 1.2 million to duplicate or deceased recipients and more than one - third of participants out of 3.5 million reviewed appeared not to be eligible, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released on Thursday.

If enacted, the legislation would expand foreign investment review procedures overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is chaired by the treasury secretary and seeks input from the departments of defence and homeland security, among other federal bodies.

NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester participates in panel, «A Review of the Objectives for Monetary Policy» before the 2018 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business - 1830 GMT.

The firm is currently fielding both a federal lawsuit in Texas centering on Restasis as well as challenges from would - be competitors like Teva, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, and Akorn through the U.S. Patent and Trade Office's inter partes review (IPR) process.

An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»

«Group after group and committee after committee within GM that reviewed the issue failed to take action or acted too slowly,» Anton Valukas, the former federal prosecutor hired by the automaker to investigate the reason for the delay, said in a 315 - page report.

Huawei or its subsidiaries have been cited as a defendant or co-defendant in at least 172 federal patent infringement cases since 2003, according to a review of court filings.

In a win for online privacy advocates but a blow to advertisers, a federal judge has ruled Google may have violated wiretapping laws by scanning and reviewing users» Gmails.

The Federal Communications Commission, in a report to for seven Democratic senators, said it had reviewed the cases, which involved wireless carriers exempting streaming video from counting against customers» monthly data limits, a practice known as zero rating.

In 2016 I provided advice to the Department of Finance as part of the Review of Federal Tax Expenditures.

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 - New York State Attorney Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday said he has been investigating for six months who posted significant numbers of fake comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission in its review of net neutrality rules.

Reducing fuel efficiency goals for vehicles March 16 Trump ordered a review of federal fuel - efficiency standards for vehicles, which Obama finalized in January, well ahead of schedule.

Net neutrality supporters are focusing their efforts in part on the Congressional Review Act, a once - obscure law that allows Congress to overturn regulations enacted by federal agencies within 60 days of when they take effect.

Jan. 17, 2014: First of 10 applications filed in Federal Court and the Federal Appeal Court by environmental and First Nations groups seeking judicial review of panel recommendation to approve project.

And just — to review the years here, so Stanley Fischer joined the Federal Reserve as vice chairman in 2014 through 2017.

The filing, which came out in March, disclosed a review of certain activities in the wealth and investment management business in response to inquiries from federal government agencies.

When Ontario asked Don Drummond, the respected former federal civil servant and bank economist, to review provincial expenditures in 2011, his most prominent recommendation was to scrap full - day kindergarten as «prohibitively expensive.»

Rather than disclosing the full extent of problems like fraudulent home appraisals and overextended borrowers, the bank adjusted the critical reviews, according to documents filed early Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.

Though federal prosecutors said it wasn't necessary, Judge Kimba Wood selected a «special master» to review records seized in connection with the ongoing investigation...

To further increase the possibility that all borrowers have a fair opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should require that servicers include a range of potential remediation amounts or categories in communication materials and other outreach, such as direct mailings to borrowers, public service announcements, the independent foreclosure review website, regulators» websites, and officials» testimonies and speeches.

Our Government will review federal assets; when it is in the best interest of Canadians, they will be sold.

Federal and provincial finance ministers considered the Report in their triennial review of CPP finances in May, 2009, endorsed its main conclusion regarding the satisfactory state of the Plan's finances, and announced some changes to the plan that will likely have minor financial implications, but are not insignificant.

Trump and his allies fear that documents and recordings that the FBI swept up from Cohen's home and office could come back to haunt the president, whose lawyers have joined Cohen's in New York in asserting attorney - client privilege and are asking a federal judge to approve an independent review of the material.

Federal student loans of all types are included in the FAFSA review, as well as work - study and grant opportunities.

It could be difficult to implement under current law, and would concentrate greater power in the Office of Management and Budget, which already reviews federal regulations.

Other steps include a national security review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the U.S. federal states, and Trump's White House.

Private health insurer nib said it sees significant opportunity in the federal health minister's review as it lifted its profit forecasts.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. applied to the Federal Reserve for approval to expand its stake in Wells Fargo & Co. after reaching the 10 percent threshold that requires regulatory review.

Last spring's federal budget, under the heading «Canada's Digital Future,» promised reviews of the key laws covering the entertainment and information industries — the Broadcasting Act, Telecommunications Act and Copyright Act — all with a focus on «the role of Canadian content in an increasingly digital world.»

Those orders, now or soon to be under review in three separate federal appeals courts, declared that President Trump and his aides very likely violated federal law in acting to shut down DACA.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Below the Line: Estimates of Negative Equity among Nonprime Mortgage Borrowers, a new forthcoming article in the Bank's Economic Policy Review series.

«Stock Ownership and Patterns of Recusal in Federal Courts,» with James Anderson and Merritt McAlister, Georgetown University Law Review 103 (5): 1165 - 1210, 2015.

109 For most of the last century, enforcers reviewed vertical integration under the same standards as horizontal mergers, as set out in the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

The new federal tax reform is going to create awkward discussions at review time in 2018.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

«A review of these documents conducted by my staff has identified 11 separate FCIC referrals of individuals or corporations to DOJ in cases where the FCIC found «serious indications of violations [s]» of federal securities or other laws.

Before the Northern Gateway review panel even commenced formal hearings in January 2012, the federal Minister of Natural Resources issued an open declaration that Canada needs more access to Asia - Pacific markets for resource exports.

Monday's legal proceedings stemmed from a motion for a temporary restraining order under which Cohen had sought to stop federal investigators from reviewing materials seized in a search warrant last week.