Sentences with phrase «federal statute calls»

Signed into law by President Bush in January, this significant new federal statute calls for a dramatic expansion of state - level achievement testing in math and reading at grades 3 - 8.

And while the Federal statute called the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA) sets tough compliance requirements on the industry, credit repair companies can and do operate fearlessly as long as they're following the rules.

Not exact matches

Unions say right - to - work laws infringe on workers» collective bargaining rights, and proponents call for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

Right - to - work proponents have called for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

Nolan called Bruno's convictions «minor,» and noted that the US Supreme Court is considering the theft of honest services statute that was the crux of the federal government's case against him.

AASA, the School Superintendents Association, highlighted a joint letter on the Dept. of Education's proposed «supplement, not supplant» regulations, which called them «far - reaching federal mandates» that are «in conflict with the spirit and intent of the underlying statute, which is premised on state and local...

You agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, foreign and local statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the CAN - SPAM Act and the National Do Not Call Registry.

In fact, you are conferred this right, among many others, in a federal consumer protection statute called the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Friends of Animals is calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a federal animal cruelty statute aimed at ending crushing, a heinous act in which animals are tortured and maimed.

Meanwhile, lawmakers, presidential candidates, climate scientists and environmentalists increasingly are calling for federal investigations of Exxon under racketeering and securities fraud statutes.

Chevron's filing also cites numerous statutes that refute the plaintiffs» claims that fossil fuels unreasonably interfere with public rights, including the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Mining and Minerals Policy Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Federal Lands Policy Management Act, all of which specifically call for the production of oil and natural gas within the United States:

In Duncan, the newspaper argued that the federal law should pre-empt the state statutes, because the telephone call crossed state lines, placing it under federal jurisdiction.

This pocket guide is designed to familiarize federal judges with statutes and procedures established to help public courts protect government secrets when courts are called upon to do so.

Further to my earlier rant and call to arms for Canadian law libraries to digitize historical Canadian federal and provincial legislation: Colleague and SLAW reader Neal Ferguson points out that the Revised Statutes of Canada, R.S.C. 1970, are actually available in very large files on the Internet Archive, available here.

Further to my earlier rant and call to arms for Canadian law libraries to digitize historical Canadian federal and provincial legislation: Colleague and SLAW reader Neal Ferguson points out that the Revised Statutes of Canada, R.S.C. 1970, are actually available in very large files on the Internet Archive, available here... [more]

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court hears an incredibly important case called Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, stemming from a federal lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort statute, a remarkable federal law that allows people from countries outside the United States to sue foreign individuals and multinational corporations that commit human rights violations abroad - like torture, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, disappearances, summary execution, that kind of thing.

I.E. if I am in PA and you are in PA and we're talking to each other, it is illegal for me to record the call without the other party's consent, but if I'm in PA and you are in California, then the Federal laws / statutes apply instead and either of us could record (because it's outside the overall jurisdiction of PA).

PIPEDA — we call it — is enforced by the federal Privacy Commissioner then, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec have each passed their own privacy statutes.

However, in 1990 in a case called VE Holding, the Federal Circuit held that a small technical amendment to another venue statute — 28 U.S.C. § 1391 — effectively overruled that line of cases.

For example, the EEOC Guidance, which is important because Federal law pre-empts state and local statutes regarding discrimination, recommends using a so called, individualized assessment before excluding an applicant based on criminal history.

For example, the EEOC Guidance, which is important because Federal law pre-empts state and local statutes regarding discrimination, recommends using a so called, individualized assessment... Read more»