Sentences with phrase «justice department issued»

Washington state legalized medical cannabis in 1998 and its medical cannabis market expanded greatly after 2009 when the federal justice department issued a ruling known as the Ogden Memo.

Hours after Trump took his oath on Friday, the Justice Department issued an opinion saying that his appointment of his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser would be lawful despite a federal antinepotism law.

During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

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The Department of Justice said in a news release that «these bonds were issued by the former Republic of China prior to losing power to the communist government in 1949.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters)- Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with Microsoft Corp's dispute with the U.S. Justice Department over whether prosecutors can force technology companies to hand over data stored overseas, with some signaling support for the government and others urging Congress to pass a law to resolve the issue.

The company still faces the wrath of the U.S. Justice Department, which is nearing a decision on whether to criminally charge GM over its failure to disclose the problem and recall affected cars after it staff first discovered issues with the switch in 2001.

That court issues warrants that allow Justice Department officials to wiretap individuals, a process that has been thrown into the spotlight amid the Russia investigation.

In December, the first document the Department of Justice (which is representing the SEC) issued in response to Robbins Geller's complaint seemed like a brush - off.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 - Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with Microsoft Corp's dispute with the U.S. Justice Department over whether prosecutors can force technology companies to hand over data stored overseas, with some signaling support for the government and others urging Congress to pass a law to resolve the issue.

Justice Department lawyers argued in court earlier this month that the federal guidelines issued in May were non-binding with no legal consequences.

The Justice Department agreed to give Congress the Comey memos after House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia threatened to issue a subpoena for them.

Back in November 2016, John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that if Sessions became attorney general, he would have the power to rescind the Department of Justice memos issued under the Obama administration that have allowed marijuana companies to exist without fear of DEA raids.

In return, however, the Department of Justice has laid out strict requirements that marijuana cultivators and retailers must follow, and Colorado has issued rules of its own.

On Tuesday, President Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations that would ban bump stocks, after pressure to do more to curtail access to deadly weapons following the Florida shooting.

Former DirecTV CEO Michael White discusses the Justice Department's antitrust issues with the AT&T - Time Warner merger.

This is the first time the president has weighed in on the issue, but the Justice Department announced they would look into bump stocks as part of a review process on the legal definition of machine guns following the Las Vegas shooting.

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

One such consent decree came Thursday in Baltimore, and the Justice Department a day later issued a scathing report on the Chicago Police Department.

Judge John D. Bates of the District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision today that found in favor of the Justice Department in its civil antitrust lawsuit to block health insurer Aetna Inc.'s acquisition of rival insurer Humana Inc..

The trifecta of the President, the FBI Director, and an Attorney General on the same page will put the Justice Department in a fighting mood on this issue.

It follows the news last week that America's Department of Justice is to investigate the carriers over the same issue.

Inside the White House, Cobb also acted as a moderating force on issues concerning the Justice Department.

She worked as Minister across nine Canadian government departments, and her service included the role of Vice Chair of the Treasury Board and chair of the cabinet committee for public safety, justice and aboriginal issues.

In 1982 and 1984, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FTC issued new merger guidelines outlining the framework that officials would use when reviewing horizontal deals.135 The 1984 version included guidelines specific to vertical deals.136 Part of a sweeping effort to overhaul antitrust enforcement, the new guidelines narrowed the circumstances in which the agencies would challenge vertical mergers.137 Although the guidelines acknowledged that vertical mergers could sometimes give rise to competitive concerns, in practice the change constituted a de facto approval of vertical deals.

Meanwhile, President Trump — who was in favor of an assault weapons ban and longer waiting periods before his National Rifle Association - supported presidential campaign — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning the bump stocks used to convert semi-automatic guns into automatic weapons.

The Justice Department has «systemic» problems in how it handles sexual harassment complaints, with those found to have acted improperly often not receiving appropriate punishment, and the issue requires «high level action,» according to the department's inspectoDepartment has «systemic» problems in how it handles sexual harassment complaints, with those found to have acted improperly often not receiving appropriate punishment, and the issue requires «high level action,» according to the department's inspectodepartment's inspector general.

Former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr said the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election raises «difficult and serious» issues that need to be evaluated by the Justice Department.

The FBI's Monday raid of Cohen's offices indicates that the Justice Department is looking at issues beyond special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

But the proposal languished in Congress, and while President Trump told the Justice Department last month to issue new regulations, thus far it has not.

A purchase of the Orange County Register and other newspapers by the parent company of the Los Angeles Times could raise antitrust issues by depriving readers and advertisers of competition, the U.S. Department of Justice has said.The deparDepartment of Justice has said.The departmentdepartment's...

The Justice Department's independent watchdog issued a cryptic press release Wednesday afternoon, saying that it was opening an investigation into surveillance of an unnamed person.

For two years, he has also served as Special Advisor on justice issues to Canada's federal Department of Jjustice issues to Canada's federal Department of JusticeJustice.

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation and has issued subpoenas to the bank.

She will inherit a series of legal issues the ride - hail behemoth is continuing to grapple with: For instance, Uber is facing fresh lawsuits over its data breach earlier this year and dealt with a number of probes from the U.S. Department of Justice last year.

Earlier this year, the company reached a settlement with the Oregon Department of Justice that cost it $ 1.1 million, and it looked like that issue was behind it.

While issues remain, such as a weakness in internal controls and an ongoing Department of Justice probe into price fixing, PRGO's valuation no longer presents quality risk / reward.

That's one reason why the Trump Administration issued a news release from Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. Monday night, announcing the arrest of 11 «caravan» members accused of crossing the border illegally near San Ysidro, without asking for asylum.

The U.S. Justice Department also filed a brief for the mosque, and in November a judge refused to issue an order to halt construction of the Islamic center.

A 25 - page report issued Friday by the Justice Department follows up on President Donald Trump's repeated pledge to offer more legal protections for people — and organizations — of faith.

However, this decision has been said not to have any direct issues with the U.S. Department of Justice.

The justice and education departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.»

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

A long - awaited Justice Department internal report on former FBI chief James Comey's public disclosures on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state and whether FBI employees leaked information to try to hurt her 2016 presidential bid is expected to be issued next month.

President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

But it's worth noting that the Justice Department has a small set of «core prohibitions» around campaign finance issues that it is vigilant about prosecuting.

«We are calling on the United States Department of Justice to take immediate action to monitor the Board of Elections» proceedings and resolve issues that threaten the constitutionally guaranteed voting rights of all Americans.

Sources say that the Justice Department in Washington has been briefed on virtually every move the Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has made, including the recent decision to issue subpoenas to the mayor's office.

Justice Ademola had last Friday issued summon against the AGF following complaints by Dasuki's lawyers, Mr. Joseph Daudu SAN that the order of the court made since November 3 had not been allowed to be implemented by operatives of the Department State Security (DSS).

This week, Mr. Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.