State regulators, unlike class action plaintiffs, can claim
statutory penalties for every violation of state law.
Although the states have varied exceptions and
statutory penalties for violations, all the bans make it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute shark fins within that jurisdiction.
Not exact matches
Bills in the package would also raise civil
penalties for Violations And Create An Avenue
for Housing Courts to award
statutory, compensatory and punitive damages as well as attorney's fees and costs
for harassment cases.
It also has a policy to provide
for the reduction, and under appropriate circumstances
for the waiver, of civil
penalties for violations of a
statutory or regulatory requirement by a small entity.
«Labor Code statutes regulating meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wages provide express
statutory remedies, including
penalties for violation of those statutes that are punitive in nature, that are available when an employer has violated those provisions, and are exclusive remedy available
for such
statutory violations absent evidence that
statutory remedy is inadequate.»
The statute — Texas Property Code Chapter 5, Subchapter D, beginning with Section 5.061 — prohibits any executory contract
for the sale of residential property if the property already has a mortgage on it, and sets out draconian
penalties for any
violations of the technical
statutory requirements.