Sentences with phrase «many of the federal statutes»

The GOP majority can not use this to make a border wall part of federal statute.

The term «water law» in the Colorado River basin has come to refer to a monstrous volume of federal statutes and agreements, court precedents and state laws and regulations that can differ from place to place and have changed incrementally over the years but are structured by the interstate agreements to divide the river.

The biggest «savings» that Coburn identifies is actually a misreading of federal statutes, according to NSF officials.

This order concerns violations by United Air Lines, Inc. («United») of the Federal statutes prohibiting U.S. and foreign air carriers from subjecting any air traveler to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex or ancestry.

Note: Despite the repeal of the federal statute for 2010, taxpayers must continue to complete and file Form 706 with the District.

The «EPA overreach» described by the industry execs consists of nothing more than the proper and necessary enforcement of a federal statute that has long aimed to protect the health and environment of the residents of Appalachia.

The federal government increasingly has used the False Claims Act to enforce compliance with a variety of federal statutes and regulations against companies that either contract with or receive funding from the federal government.

Thus, in suits for damages based on violations of federal statutes lacking any express authorization of a damage remedy, this Court has authorized such relief where, in its view, damages are necessary to effectuate the congressional policy underpinning the substantive provisions of the statute.

It makes unnecessary the two step analysis of the applicability of provincial laws suggested by s. 88 of the Indian Act, RSC 1985, c I - 5 (at least so far as provincial laws are claimed to apply to «Indians» rather than «lands reserved») and the Court's decision in Dick, [1985] 2 SCR 309 — in fact we don't need s. 88 any longer since there are no longer any inapplicable provincial laws that need to be made applicable by operation of a federal statute.

Katz had been convicted on a multiple count Indictment of transmitting illegal gambling wagers by telephone from Los Angeles to Miami and Boston in violation of a federal statute.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to decide the constitutionality of a federal statute banning states from authorizing sports betting.

Section 13 of the Official Languages Act states that both the French and English versions of a federal statute are equally authoritative.

For example, the digital versions of federal statutes available from Justice Canada are «official», and they exist in forms and with rights extended to all and sundry that permit reuse and republication without royalty or permission.

The Leahy - Smith America Invents Act (AIA), a collection of federal statutes signed into law on September 16, 2011, has significantly impacted the intellectual property landscape.

In order to bring a lawsuit in federal court, there has to be a violation of a federal statute related to employment.

That is how the logic of the federal statute would go: I don't know if anyone has been prosecuted for that.

I often notice that statutory interpretation is much easier when I resort to the French version of a federal statute.

«Net Neutrality» is not an issue of first impression: there are several decades» worth of federal statutes, legislative history, and administrative and regulatory laws, federal court opinions, federal - state preemption issues, and Congressional, political, and campaign finance issues to comprehend — and a rich and long scholarly (and non-scholarly) bibliography to peruse.

Finding that the visual images transmitted by the accused through email depicted minors, as required for violation of federal statute which prohibits receiving or transporting visual depictions of minors engage in sexually explicit conduct was supported by expert testimony that they were minors.

These issues require consideration of a federal statute known as the Act of 1851 and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which that Act implemented.

I would also add that this belief that «it is all online» has contributed to the dearth of a badly needed revision of federal statutes but that is a post for another time.

It includes a full text consolidation of the federal statutes and regulations (excluding the Income Tax Act), with

Moreover, under this dissenting view, a state policy of providing special protection for franchisees... can be recognized without impairing the basic purposes of the federal statute.

So the fact that a lot of states have done this in the teeth of a federal statute that is unquestionably constitutional is not in any way an indication that there is a longstanding or now longstanding opposition to federal law.

Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has decided that provisions of a federal statute (the Criminal Code of Canada) are contrary to the Constitution (specifically, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms).

If done correctly, a restatement of a federal statute would, theoretically, end up with the exact statute itself along with some commentary about how judicial decisions have filled in the blanks differently — a state of affairs that already exists with the copious academic literature commenting on federal copyright law.

General business and personal reputation, in addition to criminal convictions and charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, and contraventions of Federal Statutes such as Income Tax Act, or Provincial Statutes such as the Real Estate Services Act, Securities Act, Insurance Act, or Mortgage Broker's Act, or whether an applicant has been disciplined by a professional body will be reviewed when considering an applicant's «good reputation».

Not exact matches

The Arbitrator (i) shall apply internal laws of the State of New York consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, or, to the extent (if any) that federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, or, to the extent (if any) that federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable federal law prevails, shall apply the law of the U.S., irrespective of any conflict of law principles; (ii) shall entertain any motion to dismiss, motion to strike, motion for judgment on the pleadings, motion for complete or partial summary judgment, motion for summary adjudication, or any other dispositive motion consistent with New York or federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable federal rules of procedure, as applicable; (iii) shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; and (iv) shall have authority to award any form of legal or equitable relief;

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

«There's a bunch of people currently serving time of jail, politicians who engaged in bribery or kickbacks, and were prosecuted under honest services instead of the federal anti-bribery statute,» says Henderson.

The cliff is the default outcome of the Budget Control Act of 2011, a federal statute that helped bring the U.S. debt - ceiling crisis to an end.

Shannon Minter, a transgender man who is legal director of the San Francisco - based National Center for Lesbian Rights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly undone.

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.

Lawmakers and regulators have a range of options to choose from, including a major fine from the Federal Trade Commission, new federal legislation, state - level action, and even revising a federal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted oFederal Trade Commission, new federal legislation, state - level action, and even revising a federal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted ofederal legislation, state - level action, and even revising a federal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted ofederal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted on them.

In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

Bogle: I think you could have a federal statute requiring investment advisors large and small, institutions and individuals in the profession, to observe a fiduciary duty around things like reasonable costs, good corporate governance, and conflicts of interest.

A federal district court judge has found that claims against Intel Corporation's Investment Policy Committee for its retirement plans is time - barred under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA)'s three - year statute of limitations.

Students of the Federal Reserve read our nearly 100 - year - old enabling statute, the Federal Reserve Act, and can not find the words «financial stability» anywhere in the Act.

For years, patent owners, especially those that have never «performed» the patent, used the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's broad interpretation of the patent venue statute to force infringement lawsuits into favorable jurisdictions.

Even though we are likely a long way from comprehensive federal virtual currency legislation, it is promising for the virtual currency and blockchain community that legislators are signaling bi-partisan efforts to pass statutes to ensure that consumers obtain the full benefit of these innovations.

A number, but not all, of the corporate statutes in Canada are based on the Federal Business Corporations Act with slight variations.

'» This is one more piece of evidence of «corrupt intent,» the mental state required by federal obstruction statutes.

The report consists of an an analysis of a database of 135 localities that have enacted rules for drone use, a breakdown of drone - related statutes in states that have passed legislation governing the use of unmanned aircraft, and a brief discussion of the federal government's regulations for drone use and its position on the enactment of local legislation and rules.

(the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992), the federal statute that essentially banned sports betting everywhere in the US but Nevada.

The AGA, which lobbies on behalf of casinos and gaming companies, has been leading the charge to kill PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992), the federal statute that essentially banned sports betting everywhere in the US but Nevada.

Before joining DFAIT, he worked at the Department of Finance, including from 1983 - 1990 with the Financial Sector Policy Branch where he served as Project Director, Financial Institutions Reform Project, and chaired the Inter-Departmental Legislative Review Committee, which guided the development of the 1992 reforms that overhauled the federal financial institutions statutes (the Bank Act, the Insurance Companies Act, the Trust and Loan Companies Act and the Cooperative Credit Associations Act).

Most of what a Federal Reserve Board member does is dealing with microeconomic issues having to do with bank regulation, bank mergers, bank supervision, consumer protection laws, CRA [Community Reinvestment Act], fair lending statutes — all kinds of things that have nothing to do with monetary policy.

As a federal court stated in a 2011 decision upholding the foreign national prohibition statute and regulation — a decision affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court: «It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of democratic self - government.»

On February 26 of this year, for instance, eight members of the Court ruled that the federal racketeering statute (popularly known as RICO) did not apply to the efforts of the Pro-Life Action Network to shut down various abortion clinics.