Sentences with phrase «sanctions if»

Financial institutions are regulated by the federal government and are subject to criminal and administrative sanctions if they offer services to marijuana businesses.

The federal rules allow a court to impose sanctions if it determines an appeal is frivolous, allowing it to award «just damages» or double costs to the appellee.

Allegations of sexual abuse or neglect, if made during a child - custody proceeding, are treated very seriously, and subject the accuser to sanctions if the allegations are found to be false.

These boundaries can be submitted for family court approval and defined sanctions if the rules are not followed.

Failure to do so will have implications for the parties involved, for example cost sanctions if it were to reach court.

, warns that failure to disclose income during divorce proceedings in Ontario can result in sanctions if a court order is involved.

It's important to contact the Court to avoid additional sanctions if you are unable to appear at the hearing listed on your citation.

According to this commenter, the lack of documentation of disclosures in a particular case or medical record should not subject the entity to sanctions if the information was disclosed in good faith.

A denial of judicial immunity to Judge Bamberger will put every judge in Kentucky under the threat of KBA discipline sanctions if they acted on representations made by the attorneys or parties who appeared before them.

Legal entities may shield themselves from such sanctions if certain requirements are met, including the implementation of a compliance programme adequate to prevent crimes similar in nature to the one that was committed and the establishment of an independent and autonomous internal body having the power to supervise such implementation.

We're taking a hard look at preservation and spoliation of evidence: how spoliation happens, how to avoid it, and how to request sanctions if you think your opponent has lost data.

Careful consideration needs to be made at this stage as to whether computer forensics are required, as Courts can impose fines / sanctions if it is shown that data was collected in a way that omitted relevant information.

Further, some EU doctrine provides for the mitigation of corporate liability and sanctions if an internal investigation exposes the commission of a criminal offence and allows a corporation to improve and optimise its corporate compliance programme to prevent similar offences from occurring.

Legal representatives must confirm that they have explained to the client the need to try and settle; the options available; and the possibility of costs sanctions if they refuse to try and settle.

Local communities are confronted with very hard sanctions if a country does not meet the demands set by the EU rulings.

Developing nations say the Bush team threatened them with trade sanctions if they didn't yield on issues of interest to them.

It seems to me that the next move after that would have to be threats of sanctions if other nations don't reci - procate.

If the waiver is not approved, districts will be forced to comply with strict «No Child» sanctions if certain educational goals are not met by 2014.

Today, President Obama outlined a new federal waiver process to allow states flexibility from some of NCLB's sanctions if they meet several conditions.

An increasing number of schools and districts, including Madison, face various sanctions if the law doesn't change, but a reauthorization of NCLB has been stalled in Congress for years.

And schools would no longer face federal sanctions if they fail to make what was called «adequate yearly progress» — a benchmark that critics have long called unrealistic and onerous.

In fact, the U.S. Education Department issued more than a dozen letters to states where opt - outs were reported, warning them of possible sanctions if at least 95 percent of all students are not tested.

At the hearing in Springfield, state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch repeated warnings that state and local districts faced serious sanctions if most students don't take the test.

It faces sanctions if student performance on the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination doesn't improve.

«We just have to warn that there could potentially be additional sanctions if immediate actions to address these concerns are not taken,» Dr. Paula Vanderford, head of the state accreditation board, said at its meeting Thursday about JPS» issues.

This is the same section of the education code that holds parents responsible for ensuring their kids attend school and authorizing criminal sanctions if they don't.

The NCLB law applies strict sanctions if certain educational goals are not met by 2014, like limitations on Title I funding for low - income students and federal intervention in low - performing schools.

Farrow said he has always been «open to looking at sanctions if they are equal across all three sectors,» meaning in areas of public, private voucher and charter schools.

If the Assembly bill's provisions become law, six Madison schools could potentially face sanctions if the schools» performance continues, according to DPI data posted online by the School Administrators Alliance.

In addition to the growing body of research supporting the benefits of alternative campus discipline programs, there is now federal pressure for districts to rethink their practices: schools may face sanctions if discipline policies are found to unfairly target minority students.

Under NCLB, states have to meet rising proficiency targets on math and reading exams, and face increasingly burdensome sanctions if they fail to meet those targets.

The controversy over PARCC comes as the nation pushes to revamp the landmark No Child Left Behind law that ushered in broad testing of schoolchildren and sanctions if too few kids passed exams.

The Trust's progress will now be monitored and could face further sanctions if it fails to meet the specified requirements.

So the Obama administration offered states a deal: it would grant states «waiver» relief from NCLB sanctions if they stuck with the program on education policy.

With the passage of NCLB, the George W. Bush administration subjected failing schools to sanctions if test performance did not improve.

Students understand that they'll face sanctions if they engage in inappropriate conduct online, Canuel says.

The regional IGAD bloc, mediating the conflict, has threatened sanctions if they fail to abide by the agreement.

«More than 2,000 schools in Britain are coasting and could face sanctions if they do not improve as part of a toughening up of Ofsted inspections, it has emerged.

«Data controllers currently do not face anything like adequate sanctions if they intentionally or recklessly disclose information, or indeed are repeatedly negligent,» she told peers.

She pointed out that America could reinstate its own sanctions if the deal fails, but that ambassadors from Russia, China and the European Union have said their countries will not — and that no party is willing to try to draw up new terms.

Universities and colleges still have to justify the additional fees to the Office for Fair Access, with OFFA able to apply sanctions if necessary.

There are no firm targets or any sanctions if the drinks industry fails to fulfil its pledges.

«There have been clear failures and failures of communication between the utilities and the government and the customers, and absolutely an intense review and investigation is warranted and will take place so we can take the appropriate actions — sanctions if needed and certainly to do better next time because what we have right now is not good enough for New Yorkers,» Rhodes said.

She cautioned defense attorneys they'd run the risk of a mistrial and financial sanctions if the topic came up in front of jurors, but she said they could explore at trial «everything» Singh said about interactions with de Blasio and his administration.

To work, countries need the capacity to apply sanctions if their request for information is denied - capacity that poor countries do not have.»

If the current allegations are proven, we may need as well to consider emergency sanctions if warranted.»

Britain's sports minister John Whittingdale warned of government sanctions if the investigation finds that players have been doping.

Soon after, Silver threatened the Bulls with sanctions if they did not return Robin Lopez and Justin Holiday to regular action.

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

People with authority have a right, even in cases of disagreement, to expect compliance with their justifiable commands and to apply sanctions if it is not forthcoming.