Sentences with phrase «potential violations of»

CIDs are an enforcement tool used by the CFPB to gather facts during an investigation to pursue potential violations of consumer protection laws.

Overstock has disclosed that US regulators are probing the $ 250 million tZero initial coin offering (ICO) for potential violations of federal securities laws.

Overstock has disclosed that US regulators are probing the $ 250 million tZero initial coin offering (ICO) for potential violations of...

Overstock's tZERO initial coin offering (ICO) is under federal investigation for potential violations of securities laws, the company confirmed on Thursday.

Facebook said it expected to receive questions from the F.T.C. related to potential violations of the 2011 consent decree.

Hawley's office last year issued civil investigative demands to Google for potential violations of consumer - protection and antitrust laws related to what the tech giant does with the user information it collects and allegations that it inappropriately scrapes information from competitors» websites.

The Missouri review focuses on potential violations of the state's consumer protection laws, and noncompliance with such demands can lead to misdemeanor charges in Missouri, although Facebook could fight the request in court.

The impact on employees consists of the potential loss of privacy; the inconvenience that may result from the CBSA questioning and searching employees suspected of being involved in illegal activities; potential violations of their charter and human rights due to discriminatory action with how suspected employees are selected for searches among others; and possibly other issues.

Plaintiff counsel should further consider potential violations of privacy under the California Constitution to establish standing, particularly if a defendant continued to engage in robocalls after being instructed to stop.

Rich's practice entails conducting internal investigations with a focus on potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Indeed, when the SEC was writing the rules for its whistleblower program, many public companies and business groups such as the Association of Corporate Counsel and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied hard for a requirement that employees must first report potential violations of the securities laws internally before blowing the whistle to the SEC.

The Commissioner is also responsible for investigating and initiating applications relating to potential violations of the Act's civil «reviewable matters» sections, which are primarily adjudicated before the federal Competition Tribunal (Tribunal), which is a specialized administrative body consisting of judges and «lay» experts.

We have extensive experience conducting high - stakes internal corporate investigations of alleged employee and management misconduct and potential violations of federal and state laws, as well as advising corporations and their boards in responding to law enforcement and regulatory inquiries.

On February 1, it was announced that Fresenius Medical Care North America (Fresenius) had agreed to pay $ 3.5 million and enter into a comprehensive corrective action plan for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Chicago - based Presence Health System («Presence Health») agreed to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule by paying $ 475,000.00 and implementing a Corrective Action Plan.

We routinely conduct internal investigations for global corporations and financial institutions that have discovered potential violations of laws relating to:

Conducted internal investigation for Massachusetts health care organization arising from concerns about potential violations of federal and state anti-kickback statutes.

GE's credit card business facing two federal investigations for potential violations of consumer finance laws, Reuters

The continued focus on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on conduct by affiliated entities of US corporations impacts our investigations work, as we know that ethics issues that arise need to be viewed not just as potential violations of local law and not just as local employment - or labor - issues, but need to be reviewed and addressed with the scrutiny applicable in the US under our corporate ethics standard.

Mr Lehtman advises clients facing parallel investigations by both US and foreign authorities concerning financial reporting irregularities, potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering regulations, and issues related to other legal and regulatory requirements.

The Court of Justice held that features of the agreement that enabled access to the European Court of Human Rights with regard to potential violations of the ECHR by Member States or EU institutions would curtail the Court of Justice's ability to fulfil its role of ensuring the consistent interpretation and application of EU law.

Rich Delmar, the general counsel for the Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General, said the probe will look for potential violations of the Bank Secrecy Act's privacy provisions.

Despite all the talk of potential violations of international law, what all this comes down to is money.

* On February 15, 2000, a Special Prosecutor from the Milwaukee County District Attorneyís office summarized his investigation regarding potential violations of Wisconsin Ethics Laws, among others, by FPL Energy and Town officials based on a citizen complaint filed in December 1999.

They found potential violations of noise regulations.

What we see with Wegman, the report, the publications, and the doctoral theses, are without a doubt potential violations of the standards of academic scholarship sufficient to warrant allegations of research misconduct.

Four major consumer groups that reviewed the offers at CreditCards.com's request call them «questionable», «misleading» and potential violations of federal credit card laws.

 Report all cruel, inhumane treatment you observe at a commercial dog breeding operation and potential violations of regulations governing commercial dog breeders.

 Report all cruel, inhumane treatment you observe at a commercial dog or other pet breeding operation (aka puppy mills and other pet mills) and potential violations of regulations governing commercial dog or other pet breeders.

has investigated the allegations associated with Capital Prep Steve Perry and the potential violations of federal and state laws and Hartford regulations and policies at Capital Prep, readers have become accustomed to the constant comments and attacks from Steve Perry or one or more of his supporters.

I also develop a sensitivity analysis strategy to assess the consequences of potential violations of key identification assumptions.

For one thing, zero tolerance has no monopoly on potential violations of the civil rights laws.

If his decision is right, he moves on to the next level, where another scenario awaits to test his skills in identifying potential violations of the statute.

The pessimists worry about students having too much screen time, about technology interfering with relationships between students and teachers, and about potential violations of privacy.

However, when the ethics commission was formed in June, 2011, the accompanying announcement said JCOPE would indeed «have jurisdiction to investigate potential violations of law by legislators and legislative employees ``, and deliver its findings to the Legislative Ethics Commission.

DFS, an executive regulatory agency created at Cuomo's suggestion through the 2011 merger of the old state Insurance and Banking departments, is currently required to refer potential violations of the laws covering those sectors to the attorney general, an appropriate agency or district attorney.

The commission investigates potential violations of state ethics laws by state employees and elected officials.

Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing of the two former leaders of the legislature in early May, it's time to focus on ethics fixes.

JCOPE also has jurisdiction to investigate potential violations of law by legislators and legislative employees and, if violations are found, issue findings to the Legislative Ethics Commission, which will have jurisdiction to impose penalties.

Any potential violations of federal or state criminal laws will be referred to the appropriate prosecutor for further action.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has subpoenaed the Weinstein Company as it probes any potential violations of state civil rights law or New York City human rights law in the wake of sexual harassment and assault allegations against former executive Harvey Weinstein.

As federal authorities have been slow to investigate tax - exempt advocacy groups for potential violations of tax and election laws, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman moved this week to take matters into his own hands.

Several companies for potential violations of state - mandated wages and benefits in public works contracts

«I want to make sure [US Attorney] Preet Bharara and the Department of Justice were aware of the potential violations of our voting rights,» Williams said Monday.

JCOPE announced the hiring of Seth Agata, 57, on Tuesday for the top staff post at the watchdog entity, which polices the lobbying industry and investigates potential violations of public officers law.

The report states that state budget Director Bob Megna sent a letter to the chair of Racing and Wagering, John Sabini, asking him to look into potential violations of the state's gaming law.

The concern stems in part from language released Thursday that some worry could hamper the power of the enforcement counsel to investigate potential violations of election law.

Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at Walden Macht & Haran in Manhattan, said it would be «difficult to imagine that prosecutors are not already looking closely at the lulus,» citing potential violations of statutes covering larceny, false records or official misconduct on the state level, or fraud or racketeering on the federal level.

Farrell wrote in the letter to the FEC, dated Wednesday, that it «appears that the following potential violations of federal election laws may have occurred: Mr. Greenberg is not paying fair market value for his campaign office's rent and has failed to report this as an in - kind contribution, nor has he reported payment for his office rent as an obligation of the [campaign] committee.»

Urge our State AG, Eric Schneiderman to aggressively investigate Donald Trump's conflicts of interest and potential violations of the emoluments clause of -LSB-...]