Sentences with phrase «for civil division»

Vladeck, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, was joined by Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice; Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray; and a Grandview, Texas, job seeker who lost money to a company that made false promises of full - time work with benefits.

The geographic jurisdiction for the Civil Division is the county in which it is located.

Lev Dassin, the acting United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, announced today that Westchester County has agreed to fund the building of 750 units of affordable housing in areas with low racial and ethnic diversity in order to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the United States under the False Claims Act as well as the Housing and Community Development Act.

Not exact matches

The mining and civil division of Perth - based BGC has won two contracts for work in Queensland, worth a combined $ 114 million.

During that hearing, Sessions was criticized for joking in the presence of a Civil Rights Division attorney that the Ku Klux Klan was «OK» until he learned they smoked marijuana.

For the 1997 - 2000 period, for instance, attorneys at the agency's enforcement division brought civil actions against 2,989 respondenFor the 1997 - 2000 period, for instance, attorneys at the agency's enforcement division brought civil actions against 2,989 respondenfor instance, attorneys at the agency's enforcement division brought civil actions against 2,989 respondents.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

Hassan Shibly, executive director of the Tampa, Florida - based branch of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, said his group would by the end of this week file a request for the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice to review Todashev's death.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, each a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, are responsible for certain civil aviation security matters, including passenger and baggage screening at U.S. airports and international passenger prescreening prior to entry into or departure from the U.S. International flights are subject to customs, border, immigration and similar requirements of equivalent foreign governmental agencies.

He was not afraid to say that «the hundred missionary societies in China today are as suicidal for Christianity as the civil divisions are to the national peace and prosperity.»

After World War II, the military headquarters recognized the need for some guide to the religious groups in Japan and asked the Religious and Cultural Division of the Civil Information and Education Section to prepare a concise description of Japanese religious organizations for the guidance of occupation personnel.

General secretary Jonathan Baume said his First Division union, which represents the top seven civil service pay grades, was striking for the first time in its history because members are «angry about what is being proposed» on pensions.

The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is examining New York's controversial system of civil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison tCivil Rights Division is examining New York's controversial system of civil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison tcivil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison terms.

A federal investigation into Burke's actions was launched in June 2013 by the civil rights division of the FBI office in Manhattan and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn at the civil rights division of the United States attorney for the Eastern District.

He added that the reference to Civil War in the debate for the bill would bring further division among Nigerians.

The Workforce Diversity Taskforce will be tasked with evaluating the notification and posting procedures for exams and hiring to ensure they are clear to all audiences, suggesting locations for posting announcements that would encourage broader participation, and helping to more broadly promote awareness for the wide variety of employment opportunities in county and local government as well as other civil divisions such as local school, fire, and library districts.

On Friday, Assistant US Attorney Thomas Perez, head of the Civil Rights Division, sent a letter to lawyers for the NYS Senate Majority saying that... Continue reading →

The department says its Civil Division Processing Center and Finger Print Bureau are closed «for a few days» as county engineers and contractors inspect the building.

Robert Megna: Director of the Division of Budget Jim Malatras: Deputy Secretary for Policy Management Andrew Zambelli: Counselor to the Governor Linda Lacewell: Special Assistant to the Governor Paul Francis: Director of Agency Redesign and Efficiency Sabrina Ty: Deputy Secretary of Legislative Affairs Barry Sample: Deputy Director of State Operations Leslie Leach: Appointments Secretary to the Governor Yrthya Dinzey - Flores: Chief Diversity Officer Gaurav Vasisht: First Assistant Counsel Alphonso David: Deputy Secretary for Civil Rights Kristin Proud: Deputy Secretary for Human Services, Operations, and Technology Elizabeth Glazer: Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Patrick Foye: Deputy Secretary for Economic Development James Introne: Deputy Secretary for Health and Director of Healthcare Redesign Thomas Congdon: Assistant Secretary for Energy and Environment Yomika Bennett: Assistant Secretary for Transportation

«Glenwood has always tried to adapt apartments for disabled residents and looks forward to working with the Civil Division to enhance the accessibility of the nine covered buildings,» read a statement released by the landlord.

And the US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division must review it for three New York City counties (Bronx, Kings and New York) for compliance with the Voting Rights Act.

Saab to Establish North American Headquarters for Defense and Security Division in New York State - Saab is in military defense and civil security, and will invest $ 55 million to relocate to New York State.

As you may know, on Friday afternoon, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the FBI, New York Field Division, announced that they are undertaking an investigation of the facts and circumstances of this case.

«The civil aviation authority in the Netherlands said we've seen enough of this fuel that I'm comfortable putting people on it,» says Holmgren, who works for refiner UOP, a division of Honeywell International.

Martin Furlong, national officer for the civil servant union, the First Division Association (FDA), said: «In the past five years the total remuneration [for senior civil servants]-- including bonuses, pensions and pay awards — has reduced in value by a quarter.

On January 8, 2014, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education (ED) issued a joint «Dear Colleague Letter» to K — 12 schools.

Ali, R., & Pérez, T.E. Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, December 2011).

This plan is designed to identify school divisions with the greatest potential for noncompliance with civil rights laws.

In August 2011, following a complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW), the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and two private schools for alleged violations of federal disability law, i.e. the Americans with Disabilities Act.

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.

«We are pleased to have worked hand - in - hand with the schools to ensure equal and fair treatment for the students of the St. James Parish school district,» Tom Wheeler, acting assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, said in the news release.

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a joint federal guidance stating that school discipline was discriminatory based on race and ethnicity and that exclusionary discipline «creates the potential for significant, negative educational and long - term outcomes, and can contribute to what has been termed the «school to prison pipeline»» (Joint «Dear Colleague Letter», 2014).

For additional information, you may contact Yvette Rivera, Associate Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Division, Departmental Office of Civil Rights at [phone], TTY [phone], or [email protected].

For questions regarding the DBE program or certification appeals procedures, or to make suggestions for improving our services, contact the External Civil Rights Programs Division For questions regarding the DBE program or certification appeals procedures, or to make suggestions for improving our services, contact the External Civil Rights Programs Division for improving our services, contact the External Civil Rights Programs Division at:

The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, including its Aviation Consumer Protection Division, monitors compliance with and investigates violations of the Department of Transportation's (Department) aviation economic, consumer protection, and civil rights requirements.

In particular, the Division has entered cooperative agreements with the Directorate General for Competition in the European Union and the General Civil Aviation Administration of China.

In May the Department of Justice's Environmental and Natural Resources Division filed a civil lawsuit against FCA for the its diesel emissions software, but in late July the EPA gave FCA approval to resume selling its diesel models.

This Division also maintains the Civil Section which works in conjunction with the Courts to serve the public and the Animal Services Section which is responsible for operation of the Yolo County Animal Services shelter and animal control services.

At a time of rising divisions within the United States, the advocacy of previously ignored artists of color who made artworks born of the struggle for civil rights is of great urgency.

The Division, and the 94 U.S. Attorneys have the responsibility for overseeing criminal matters under the more than 900 statutes as well as certain civil litigation.

But for all of its experience in civil rights case, the Division now finds itself in an unfamiliar role in a discrimination lawsuit: the role of defendant.

This is already the norm for contested motions in the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench, regardless whether there is a self - represented party, but is new in the Civil Division.

For example, civil trial attorneys within the DOJ's Tax Division are requesting the issuance of John Doe summonses (ie, summonses that seek information regarding specific unidentified persons) and are seeking the enforcement of Nova Scotia summonses (ie, summonses served on a US branch of an overseas bank requesting the production of bank records held by parts of the bank located in a jurisdiction with strict bank secrecy laws) mostly against financial institutions.

He has vast experience for his years in civil fraud and asset recovery and regularly appears with and without leaders in the chancery division and the commercial court.»

«Second Circuit Permits High School Bullying — By Administrators Main DOJ Civil Rights Division Sued for Discrimination»

She left there in 1986 to become an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., eventually rising to deputy chief of the Civil Division and then associate solicitor for the Division of General Law at the U.S. Department of the Interior.

R (On the application of Catt) v. Association of Chief Police Officers and Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (Court of Appeal, Civil Division), (Led by Martin Westgate QC), intervention on behalf of Liberty: Judicial review of decision to retain information on national extremism database, in reliance on Article 8, ECHR.

For ten years — from June 1980 until September 1990 — Ontario had a Provincial Court (Civil Division) to adjudicate «small claims» cases.

I ran legal aid, the civil division, in Detroit for a few years.

However, in Wilkinson v Kitzinger [2006] All ER (D) 210 (Apr) the President of the Family Division, Sir Mark Potter, distinguished between marriage and civil partnership on the basis that the former must be between a man and a woman as provided for in the MCA 1973, legislation which was originally debated in the late 1960s at a time when homosexuality had only been legalised by the Sexual Offences Act 1967.