Sentences with phrase «of pending federal legislation»

Before joining Carr Maloney, Peter served as a law clerk in the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, where he worked on white - collar criminal litigation and analyzed the impact of pending federal legislation on the Commonwealth.

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Pending federal legislation, spurred in part by the abuse crisis at USA Gymnastics, would require anyone working under the jurisdiction of a national governing body to report suspected abuse or face a fine and possible imprisonment.

As technology becomes more prevalent in the classroom, federal law has failed to keep up — legislation to amend the law that protects the privacy of student education records is pending — prompting education technology companies to fill the gaps.

According to the agreement, Amazon will begin collecting state sales tax on all orders placed by residents of California in late 2012 after pending federal legislation is approved, a move that Amazon has held onto throughout the debates.

Go here for information about a scathing audit by the Office of Inspector General of APHIS lax and ineffective regulation of dog breeding facilities and the agency's plan to remedy its failures; and for information about the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, the PUPS Act, pending federal legislation that would mandate APHIS regulate all dog breeders that sell directly to the public whether through the internet, newspaper ads or otherwise, and not only those that sell through brokers or dealers or that maintain show rooms where buyers can observe dogs for sale.

Go here for a look at the scathing audit of USDA inspections of puppy mills and pending federal legislation to try to improve conditions for dogs trapped in the pet trade.

The mission of the American Horse Council is to promote and protect the equine industry by representing its interests in Congress and in federal regulatory agencies on national issues of importance; to unify the equine industry by informing industry members of regulations and pending legislation, and by serving as a forum for all member organizations and individuals; and to advise and inform government and the industry itself of the equine industry's important role in the United States economy.

Impact of significant developments in federal and state legislation and the difficulties involved in assessing the timing and effect of pending legislation, especially for registrants that are particularly sensitive to greenhouse gas regulation;

Our legislative counseling experience includes preparing and drafting legislation and amendments, providing analyses of pending legislation, preparing testimony and client position papers, as well as monitoring and evaluating committee hearings at state and federal level.

With the new Saskatchewan Employment Act, pending federal labour law reforms, Alberta's Bill 4 amending who has the right to strike and Ontario legislation under review, the labour relations world appears to be filled with change — and yet for practitioners many of these changes seem familiar.

A prosecution document unsealed last Friday purports to show that convicted former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had two extramarital affairs that further corrupted state government, one with a lobbyist who frequently represented clients interested in pending legislation and another with a woman who was hired at a succession of state jobs for which critics say she was under qualified... → Read More: Federal Prosecutors Allege Silver's Corruption of Albany Included Government Favors for Mistresses

Zuckerberg also offered Facebook's clearest support yet for pending federal legislation that would require the tech industry to disclose more information about political ads, including who buys them, and retain copies of them for public inspection.

This session will also cover pending legislation on conducting internal investigations, and the impact of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff opinion letters, as well as new cases and future trends.

Pending legislation in Congress to expand access to preschool has led some to question whether a new federal investment in early childhood education would be duplicative of existing programs.

Last year, Rep. David Vitter (R - LA) sought to attach an amendment to pending appropriations legislation that would have denied federal family planning dollars, under Title X of the Public Health Service Act, to otherwise - qualified community - based nonprofit agencies that use their non-Title X funds to perform abortions.