Sentences with phrase «of federal attempts»

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The U.S. Federal sentencing guidelines reward companies for even attempting to do a competent job of implementing an ethics and compliance program.

That debate takes place internally at the central bank, where contrasting views are regularly articulated by members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as our Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers attempt to steer monetary policy with regard to interest rates.

The Federal Court has ordered the former managing director of a Western Australian - controlled egg producer to pay a $ 120,000 penalty for attempting to induce a cartel arrangement between competing producers.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

Popular social - review site Yelp is in court once again over alleged extortion and review manipulating now that a group of business owners is attempting to appeal a ruling that was dismissed in federal court two years ago.

The burning of the blue slip is the latest product of what amounts to Trump's attempt at quickly reshaping the federal bench and build a legacy early in his administration.

One recent catalyst for change at airport checkpoints was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, whom U.S. federal prosecutors accuse of attempting to detonate explosives stashed in his undergarments as Northwest Airlines Flight 253 descended toward Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Dec. 25, 2009.

The act attempted to restore some of the rights of religious practitioners that had been limited by a 1990 Supreme Court Decision, but a 1997 decision by the Supreme Court kept the Act from being applied to the federal government.

But it appears that treason is the very charge threatened against U.S. technology companies if they meddle in the federal government's attempt to collect private data on millions of Americans.

Let's attempt to model the effects of employment and wage growth, to see how many federally regulated workers would be directly affected by a $ 15 federal minimum wage in 2019.

Called by some a sellout to corporate interests and a surrender to Washington, Bill C - 32 — the federal government's third attempt at bringing the Copyright Act into the Internet age — has its share of opponents.

He lost his bid to replace Harris as party leader in 2002, his seat in the 2003 provincial election, his bid for the leadership of the Conservative party in 2004 and his first attempt to win a federal seat later the same year.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

And the vote is just the start of lawmakers» attempts to target years of federal agencies» decisions through the Congressional Review Act, the GOP's new favorite deregulatory toy.

In recent weeks, stocks have swung between ups and downs, as investors have attempted to digest the latest news out of Greece, the recent bear market in China and the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will hold off on raising rates until after its September meeting.

It represents one of the first federal legislative attempts in the U.S. to regulate this area of newly developing technology.

This includes regular press conferences following Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings by the Fed chair; the publishing of growth and inflation forecasts of FOMC participants; and a concerted attempt to lay out the guideposts that the FOMC will look at to assess progress toward our mandate.

The Board of Trade is concerned that B.C.'s attempt to exert jurisdiction over coastal waterways may infringe on federal jurisdiction over navigable waterways and the coastal marine environment.

Seeing as how the Federal Government has done nothing to show that the millions of Coinbase users have engaged in suspect tax - avoidance conduct, Mr. Berns attempted to protect the interests and personal information of all of Coinbase's customers who are the subject of the summons.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and several large investment U.S. banks met on Sept. 12, 2008 to discuss an emergency liquidation of Lehman Brothers in an attempt to stabilize the markets.

But this has never happened, and any attempt by the federal government to do so will be subject to a decade of litigation.

In attempting to head off allegations of illegal fundraising, he may have implicated Trump in an entirely different violation of federal law.

Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the potential misuse of Facebook data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.

In effect, the Federal Reserve decided last week to overstep its legal boundaries - going beyond providing liquidity to the banking system and attempting to ensure the solvency of a non-bank entity.

The Federal Open Market Committee has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, in its attempt to leave zero rates behind.

In an attempt to kick - start the economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first round of quantitative easing way back in November 2008.

In a spirited defense of his outfit's attempted $ 85bn bid to buy Time Warner before a federal court, AT&T chief Randall Stephenson said the deal will...

If the federal and state governments come in and slap new regulations and oversight on these companies, it's their own fault for practicing elitist arrogance in an attempt to shape a specific narrative that damages the very fabric of a society where the first amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the rights of free expression and free speech.

If the federal and state governments come in and slap new regulations and oversight on these companies, it's their own fault for practicing elitist arrogance in an attempt to shape a specific narrative that damages the very fabric of a society where the

Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.

Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Biran, who is now in private practice at Rifkin Weiner Livingston, said it is possible that investigators already know what Giuliani revealed publicly Wednesday and that his TV appearances were merely an attempt at «trying to get out in front of it.»

Specifically, a policymaker such as Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen now attempts to assuage the markets with dovish talk of accommodative interest rates until unemployment hits a new threshold, for example.

Dwayne Carter, more popularly known as Lil» Wayne, finished serving 8 months in federal prison for charges of attempted weapons possession back in 2007....

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

As opposed to the thousands and thousands of billboards & church message boards every 50 ft with their snarky comments pushing their beliefs and quite often attacking non -(Jesus) believers and / or science directly or indirectly, all the millions of people that like to go around constantly «sharing their beliefs» about how everyone who believes differently is gonna be tortured and burned for eternity, or the countless attempts by local, state, and federal government officials to push laws based on those beliefs and to favor those beliefs all over the country.

Federal prosecutors have charged 22 - year - old Jared Loughner with murder, attempted murder and attempting to kill a member of Congress in the January 8 attack.

In May it sued the government in federal court in Brooklyn over the mandate, saying it «unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the church's religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences.»

``... Up to 40 % of all homeless youth identify as LGBT,» she writes, «and of those, almost 80 % left because their families rejected them when they came out... There are more than 1100 federal benefits denied to same - sex couples... LGBT youth are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers... That's a real injustice.»

Not only that, the federal RFRA does not protect against state laws that infringe upon religious liberty, and state religious protections are now vociferously opposed by progressive political adherents and large corporations — as Indiana discovered recently when it was threatened with economic ruin for attempting to pass an RFRA that extended to the operation of businesses.

On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»

There's the federal exchange, of course, but when they're encouraged by their politicians, their churches, and their news stations into not even attempting to sign up they're going to have a coverage gap.

Plaintiffs, however, often attempt to bring consumer fraud actions based on violations of these federal ingredient label requirements.

Though not there to defend the FMMO, Novakovic told California dairymen it is much easier to get out of the FMMO later than it would be to decline the decision now and attempt to resubmit a similar request in the future to join the federal order.

The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court alleging that Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL)(and its managing director and two directors) and two egg producing companies, Ironside Management Services Pty Ltd (T / A Twelve Oak Poultry) and Farm Pride Foods Limited attempted to induce egg producers who were members of AECL «to enter into an arrangement to cull hens or otherwise dispose of eggs, for the purpose of reducing the amount of eggs available for supply to consumers and businesses in Australia»).

Jax Arnold at In Competition has had fun with the ACCC's latest proceedings against Australian Egg Corporation Limited, discussing the «egg - citing» news out of the Federal Court relating to the ACCC's allegations of an «Eggsplosive» cartel attempt.

In addition to AGL / MacGen, the Federal Court rejected the ACCC's attempts to block both the Franklins / Metcash merger in 2011 and AGL's original acquisition of a 35 per cent stake in the Loy Yang A power station in 2003.

10 September — ACCC alleges RPM against SKINS The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Skins Compression Garments Pty Ltd alleging, amongst other things, that Skins engaged in RPM by inducing and attempting to induce a sporting retailer in Melbourne not to advertise a 20 % discount off the RRP of the goods and that Skins withheld supply to the retailer because they did advertise the 20 % discount.

It would block the Federal Government's attempt to reduce by 70 gigalitres the volume of water set aside for the environment in the northern Basin, as recommended by the Murray - Darling Basin Authority in 2016.

The Full Federal Court has ordered Flight Centre to pay penalties of $ 12.5 m for attempting to induce international airlines to enter price fixing agreements.

In the absence of federal action, many states — from California to Maine — have attempted to address this issue.