Sentences with phrase «for willful violation»

July 22, 2014)(unpublished), plaintiff sued four defendants (an insurance agency, an insurance brokerage company, and certain agents) for willful violation of trade secrets.

Ninth Circuit confirmed bankruptcy court's inherent authority to impose sanctions under 11 U.S.C. 105 (a) in favor of chapter 7 trustee for willful violation of the automatic stay.

The state education commissioner can remove a board member for willful violation or neglect of duty, or for disobeying a law, or a decision, order or regulation of the commissioner or the Board of Regents.

Under the Equal Pay Act, a complainant may file a civil action within 2 years (3 years for willful violations), regardless of whether he or she has pursued an administrative complaint (29 CFR 1614.409).

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And after a 2012 inspection of a Johnson Controls battery plant in Ohio, federal OSHA issued 20 citations for «serious» and «willful» health violations, and issued $ 188,600 in fines.

This could also be an effort by Trump and Cohen to avoid prosecution for knowing and willful violation of federal campaign finance law.

Last year, OSHA levied a $ 145,000 fine (later negotiated down to $ 105,000) on the Japanese company, which supplies parts to Toyota Motor Co., for, among other infractions, a willful violation for knowingly exposing workers to unguarded radial presses.

The counsel, Risa Sugarman, who was appointed by Cuomo, said it was likely that de Blasio and others committed «willful and flagrant violations» of campaign - finance laws and referred the matter for criminal prosecution.

The News on April 22 reported that Board of Elections Chief Investigations Counsel Risa Sugarman in January had found enough «willful and flagrant» violations to warrant a criminal referral to the Manhattan DA's office pertaining to de Blasio and his allies» efforts to raise money for state Senate Democrats in 2014.

A memo written by Sugarman describing that fundraising as involving «willful and flagrant» violations of the law has prompted criminal investigations the Manhattan District Attorney and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The lead investigator for the Board of Elections looking into the 2014 fundraising efforts of the Bill de Blasio administration believes there was a `'» willful and flagrant» violation of campaign finance laws during that period of time.

Under state law, the Education Commissioner may remove a Board member for office for a violation of the law or willful neglect of duty; the Board argues that Paladino's statement violates the Dignity for All Students Act, «which requires school districts to provide students with an environment free of discrimination, harassment and bullying.»

The lead investigator for the Board of Elections looking into the 2014 fundraising efforts of the Bill de Blasio administration believes there was a `'» willful and flagrant» violation of campaign finance laws during that period of time.

De Blasio, his top aides and political advisers are being investigated for «willful and flagrant» violations of campaign - finance law by steering unions and corporate donors to funnel nearly $ 1 million to three upstate Democrats running for Senate seats in 2014.

Authorities are investigating allegations that de Blasio solicited «dark money» donations to his since - shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, and helped raise money for Democratic state Senate candidates that involved «willful and flagrant» violations of campaign - finance laws.

For example, nearly half of all suspensions issued in California public schools during the 2011 — 12 school year were for «willful defiance,» a category of student misconduct that includes refusing to remove a hat or turn off a cell phone, or school uniform violatioFor example, nearly half of all suspensions issued in California public schools during the 2011 — 12 school year were for «willful defiance,» a category of student misconduct that includes refusing to remove a hat or turn off a cell phone, or school uniform violatiofor «willful defiance,» a category of student misconduct that includes refusing to remove a hat or turn off a cell phone, or school uniform violations.

In 2013 Los Angeles Unified School District banned all suspensions for «willful defiance» — an ambiguous category, presumably similar to «insubordination,» used for everything from dress - code violations to eating and talking in class.

As part of the long list of violations that could lead to a student's suspension in LAUSD schools before 2013, «willful defiance» was targeted as the most vague and subjective reason for taking a student out of class.

(b) A willful violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $ 100 for each separate offense.

If violations are determined to be willful, criminal penalties may be imposed, including a fine of up to $ 25,000 and imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year.

«It is outrageous for companies to engage in willful safety violations that put workers at risk.»

A willful violation, or one that the employer intentionally and knowingly commits can carry a penalty of $ 5,000 up to $ 70,000 for each violation.19 In addition, if the violation is so severe, the employer could face criminal proceedings and if the violation resulted in the death of an employee the employer could face $ 250,000 in fines.20 Finally, repeated violations, meaning failing to correct a previous violation, could bring a penalty of up to $ 7,000.21

Violators of the California Yelp Law can be fined up to $ 10,000; $ 2,500 for the first violation and $ 5,000 for recidivist offenders, in addition to «willful, intentional or reckless violations.»

Examples of «willful neglect» from the comments in The Federal Register help define the term: (1) disposal of a hard drive in an unsecured dumpster where the covered entity failed to implement policies and procedures to safeguard PHI during the disposal process; (2) failure to respond to an individual's request for restriction of the uses of PHI where the covered entity did not have any policies and procedures in place for consideration of the request for restriction; (3) a covered entity's employee loses a laptop that contains unencrypted PHI and the covered entity feared for its reputation if the incident became public and decided not to provide the appropriate notification.5 In each of the examples, the covered entity had actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.

Exercising reasonable diligence with regard to HIPAA compliance will result in lower penalties, while willful neglect can lead to the maximum amount for each identical violation in the same calendar year.

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote — Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

The FinCEN action against XRP II LLC (Ripple) took many by surprise early last month, although many in the Bitcoin community were not shocked to see an organization with such close ties to a digital token face backlash for «willful violations» of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and failure to implement appropriate anti-money laundering (AML) procedures.

The New York City Commission on Human Rights could impose a civil penalty of up to $ 125,000 for an unintentional violation and up to $ 250,000 if the violation is willful and malicious.

In states like California where zero - tolerance discipline policies are enforced, they've been handing out more suspensions than diplomas every year.2 And students are not being suspended for school safety issues; on the contrary, close to half of the suspensions were for «willful defiance,» which can include things like disrespectful behavior or dress code violations.

The FLSA subjects employers to civil monetary penalties of up to $ 1,100 per violation for willful or repeated violations of the FLSA, and allows an aggrieved employee to bring a private claim for: 1) back pay; 2) an equal amount in liquidated damages; and 3) reasonable attorneys» fees.

NAR received a $ 500,000 judgment from an Illinois federal court for a website operator's willful violations of NAR's trademark rights.