Sentences with phrase «to a civil penalty»

The law establishes civil penalties of up to $ 50,000 per college or lender and up to $ 7,500 per employee.
More than a dozen other people and financial firms have agreed to pay a combined $ 170 million in civil penalties.
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.
Employers may be asked to pay civil penalties on top of what they owe their employees.
The commission can impose civil penalties when it finds violations.
If a driver is caught breaking a law in addition to hitting a pedestrian, he or she could face criminal penalties as well as civil penalties.
The inspectors also don't have much in the way of teeth enabling them to pursue civil penalties against breeders.
But if you are caught, you can face civil penalties, or even jail time for a persistent pattern of violations.
Such incidents, however, still carry legal liability and civil penalties if the driver was negligent or irresponsible in the operation or use of their vehicle.
If your driver license is revoked, your payment of the driver civil penalty does not restore your privilege to drive.
The new law threatens banks with civil penalties up to $ 500 a day for failing to maintain residential properties once they're aware of vacancies.
The bill would make landlord harassment of a rent - regulated tenant a class A misdemeanor crime and increase civil penalties.
Other civil penalties range from $ 2,000 to $ 10,000 if someone is «seriously hurt» or killed as a result of the violation.
You can return to the transaction later to pay additional civil penalties.
There will be criminal offence and civil penalty consequences if you provide digital currency exchange services without being registered.
You may also need to pay a driver civil penalty before your license or driving privilege can be restored.
Otherwise, the driver may be convicted of civil crime, involving civil penalties higher than the traffic violation penalties.
The quickest and easiest way is to pay a driver civil penalty online.
If they were to do it again and violate the order, then we could get civil penalties, yes.
In addition to the stiff criminal penalties that may come from a hit and run accident conviction, there are potentially substantial civil penalties that may apply as well.
If he or she was aware of any dangerous condition within the property, stiff civil penalties can apply.
You also face possible civil penalties or a lawsuit from the retail store along with losing your driving privileges for a time.
Employers are appealing against civil penalties for employing illegal workers.
If your pet causes injuries to these people, you could be liable for injuries, damages, and such things as mental trauma and suffering, as well as civil penalties.
The purpose of the driver civil penalty is to prevent the repeated behavior of problem drivers and to improve traffic safety.
This order directs Viking River Cruises to cease and desist from future violations and assesses the company compromise civil penalties of $ 50,000.
The carrier may also be assessed civil penalties of not less than $ 10,282 for providing transportation requiring federal operating authority registration and up to $ 14,502 for operating a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce without necessary USDOT registration.
Earlier this month, Theranos struck a settlement with a major early investor, and in April, bartered less harsh civil penalties by federal regulators for agreeing to stay away from blood testing for two years.
to administer licensing and inspection program for growers and handlers of industrial hemp; authorizes civil penalty not exceeding $ 2,500.
Co., 385 S.C. 570, 686 S.E. 2d 176 (2009), to be applied in conducting a post-judgment review of punitive damages awards, those being: (1) the degree of reprehensibility of defendant's misconduct; (2) the disparity between the actual and potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and amount of the award; and (3) the difference between the punitive damages awarded and civil penalties authorized or imposed on comparable cases.
«Today's ruling dramatically increases BP's liability for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act,» said David Uhlmann, a legal expert at the University of Michigan.
The draft sets guidelines which suggest a maximum civil penalty of $ 50,000 for «a person [who] engages in virtual currency business activity with a resident in violation of this [act].»
This marks the second largest civil penalty imposed by the FTC under the FCRA.
Under the consent order issued today, Prospect will pay $ 3.5 million to the CFPB's Civil Penalty Fund for its illegal kickback schemes.
The Youth Sports Concussion Act would empower the FTC to seek civil penalties in such cases.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a Notice of Probable Violation, Proposed Compliance Order and Proposed Civil Penalty of $ 251,800 to Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. after concluding its investigation of a November 2015 accident at the Sunoco - owned West Texas Gulf Pipeline Company's Wortham, Texas, facility that injured several workers.
Whereas a malpractice claim may «only» involve a lawsuit, an event involving loss of data could also include civil penalties and state - mandated notifications and credit monitoring; if your firm practices or has clients in multiple states, the complexities of compliance and remediation can be staggering.
This is the first time the Federal Trade Commission has written such enforcement rules and can now impose civil penalties on offenders.
Yarmuth's bill proposes establishing the public fund with a combination of federal tax money, voluntary contributions from citizens and the proceeds from federal civil penalties.
As most Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys would confirm, this is the largest civil penalty ever assessed against an automaker by the NHTSA.
The High Court concluded that «in civil penalty proceedings, courts are not precluded from considering and, if appropriate, imposing penalties that are agreed between the parties» (quote taken from judgment summary).
Sir Peter Viggers: The Electoral Commission has powers to issue civil penalties under section 147 of the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) where a relevant organisation is late in delivering a statutory report to the Commission.
[11] Professor Coffee warns against the trend in the United States toward over-criminalization in the regulatory sphere, and urges civil penalties instead:
She was the first FAA attorney to revoke an air carrier's certificate for failure to implement drug and alcohol testing, and she initiated the FAA's first civil penalty cases enforcing the drug and alcohol testing regulations.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed civil penalties totaling $ 183,800 and issued a Notice of Probable Violation and a Proposed Compliance Order to Kinder Morgan - Wink Pipeline, LP for possible violations of Federal pipeline safety regulations discovered during an integrated inspection of the operator's Wink pipeline system in Texas.
The consent order released today does not have a fine attached to it, as the FTC doesn't have the authority to obtain civil penalties for initial violations of the FTC Act or under Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act.
The Federal Trade Commission has obtained $ 3 million in civil penalties from suits against Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
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