Sentences with phrase «protection against charges»

The idea was to create a neutral baseline, protection against charges the government might cook the books.

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Kimmel has since actively railed against Obamacare repeal efforts, arguing that various proposals being debated by the law's opponents would gut protections for people like Billy born with pre-existing conditions, either by rolling back Obamacare's mandated insurance benefits for certain health conditions or allowing states to set up rules that would let insurers charge sick people more for their coverage.

The Case for Banning Payday Lending: Snapshots from Four Key States (June 2013) This report outlines the battles against the payday lending industry in states with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle of debt.

Our storage systems can give businesses the tools to address all three - delivering immediate savings, protection against escalating demand charges and optional, grid - independent backup power in case of outages.»

With fewer solicitors experienced in dealing with male violence against women, it becomes harder for women to get the help they need to obtain protections such as injunctions, let alone pursue criminal charges.

And Max Schrems, an Austrian law student, who led the charge against Safe Harbor, himself thinks that not too much will change, since the European Data Protection agency is pretty inactive.

She has counseled clients in balancing ethical considerations in meeting the regulatory framework of environmental protection and continues to counsel State employees in defending against charges of violations of New York's Public Officers Law.

One published report noted that the criminal charges against former Speaker Sheldon Silver contain «vague references to how he sold out tenants the last time the protections expired in 2011 as part of a corrupt deal with a developer.»

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

The health benefits of Mona Vie juice include antioxidant protection against free radicals which are electrically charged yet unstable molecules that react and damage other molecules.

Cardinal Pell himself is also facing sexual abuse charges dating... Professional Standards Limited, which promotes protection for children against abuse by auditing and reporting on Catholic entities.

Their suit charged that the state's teacher - certification exam discriminated against blacks, violating their 14th Amendment protections and federal civil rights laws.

Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will install additional protection against water leaking into the liftgate wiring connectors and switch, free of charge.

Skimmers often target gas pumps, but if you use your credit card, you have more liability protection against fraudulent charges than you would if you paid by debit.

In some cases we will file separate charges with the Federal Trade Commission and Bureau of Financial Protection against each Credit Bureau and each individual creditor.

Equity Credit Line Overdraft Protection works by issuing a line of credit and charging your credit line in the amounts of the transactions drawn against your insufficient funds, up to the available limit.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

Last year the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against two companies — College Education Services and Student Loan Processing — that it said «exploited vulnerable student loan borrowers, made false promises about their debt relief services, and charged illegal upfront fees.»

Many banks offer some protections against unauthorized charges on a debit card connected to your bank account, but it can take them as long as 45 days to research the charge.

Renters insurance, in addition to insuring your belongings, also grants you protection from liability charges brought against you.

Some of the benefits that come with travel credit cards include airline fee credits, travel and emergency assistance, protection against unauthorised charges, trip cancellation insurance, travel accident insurance, in - flight purchase discounts and car rental assistance.

At this point we will file separate charges with the Federal Trade Commission and Bureau of Financial Protection against each Credit Bureau and each individual creditor.

It is legal to represent yourself in a bankruptcy, but experts don't recommend it, because a simple mistake can take away your legal protection against debt collectors, allow creditors to take away major assets or even result in criminal charges.

Your protection against unauthorized charges depends on the type of card — and when you report the loss.

Shares offer some protection against inflation because most companies can increase the prices they charge to their customers.

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. — The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, applauds District Attorney Branny Vickery for filing criminal animal cruelty charges against Virginia Thornton, owner of Thornton's Kennels.

Skaggs believes the criminal charges against him are retaliation over his efforts to bring attention to Kentucky's failure to adopt adequate animal protection laws, his criticisms of county shelters and his efforts to push for improvements.

The lawsuit against Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers was filed Tuesday in Madison County Circuit Court, accusing the company of violating the state's Consumer Protection Act by charging $ 18,000 to $ 27,000 for 3 - month - old Labrador retriever puppies that were unable to perform their task and had apparently received little or no training.

This is typically in addition to basic protections laid out in the Fair Credit Billing Act for all consumers, which protects you against unfair billing practices and provides you with a mechanism for addressing billing errors, such as being charged for items you did not receive.

We strongly advise you to take advantage of the travel insurance described in this brochure, which includes protection against cancellation charges.

Complete protection against any online or off - line unauthorized charges.

The law would not have treated the 16 - year - old as being in need of protection against consensual sex (nonconsensual sex is a different matter, but he was charged on that separately, and partly convicted and partly acquitted).

The Act provides for protection from double jeopardy: a person against whom an AMP has been imposed can not be prosecuted for the same offence, and a person who has been charged with an offence can not be ordered to pay an AMP.

Protecting your rights, supporting your goals — these are our objectives every day at the Law Office of John P. McKenna, P.C. Whether your situation calls for protection of your rights against serious criminal charges, resolution of an immigration law issue or representation for an accident personal injury caused by someone else's negligence, our Springfield law firm can help.

Three of these are related, involving a potentially huge class action against credit card companies based on the legality of «conversion charges» under the Consumer Protection Act.

On the record thus described, it is argued, somewhat faintly, that the acts charged against the defendants were not unlawful because within the protection of that freedom

On the same day the OPC decision was released, the FTC announced that it was settling charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practices.

A form Application for Protection Against Harassment in the Workplace is available, free of charge, at the Self - Help Center.

Toronto criminal lawyer Aaron Harnett tells AdvocateDaily.com the recent withdrawal of sexual assault charges against his client by the Crown mid-jury trial and subsequent apology from the bench, demonstrates why defence counsel are resistant to water down fair trial protections in these serious matters.

We may assist people charged with certain offences under a variety of other federal and provincial laws, such as the Wildlife Act, Animal Protection Act, Child Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Emergency 911 Act, Protection Against Family Violence Act, Provincial Offences Procedure Act, Petty Trespass Act and Gaming and Liquor Act.

The Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services has laid 142 charges under the Consumer Protection Act against MDG and Eugene Farber and it has issued an immediate compliance order to the company in respect of its conduct.

In either scenario, if a referral was made that a child was in need of protection as a result of physical violence against the child, and criminal charges resulted against a caregiver, the focus of the Society's work with the family often came to a halt.

Ethics Protection Software Money management is one of the leading sources of ethic charges against attorneys.

But balancing that against Charter protections, she stayed the charges against Milani.

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

The main purpose of the legal reserve is to provide lifetime protection, but because more money is collected in premiums in the early years of a policy than is needed to cover the mortality charge, level - premium policies develop a cash value, which the policyholder can borrow against, or can surrender the policy for its cash value if the policyholder no longer wishes to continue the life insurance policy.

Defaulters have charged penalty for the protection against natural and manmade calamities, any damage to vehicle in transit by air, road, rail or inland waterway.

Renters insurance, in addition to insuring your belongings, also grants you protection from liability charges brought against you.

That premium is the cost charged by the insurance company against your protection.

The yearly prices of protection may have no relation to the actual mortality costs charged against the policy in any given year.