Sentences with phrase «whether federal authorities»

It is unclear whether federal authorities — particularly the Food & Drug Administration — and state medical boards missed the scope of the problem or are taking minimal action despite being aware of the spread of such businesses.

The issue came to the fore after Apple Inc. and the U.S. government clashed over whether federal authorities could force Apple to create software to unlock a phone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino attacks last year.

Not exact matches

The answer depends on whether you think the federal government can play a catalytic role in forcing local authorities to confront national issues.

It is whether the federal government has the authority to impose fines on them while the case is being adjudicated.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

The agreement requires «the town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»

Snyder added that he was working with both the State Liquor Authority and the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to see whether additional licenses were needed.

(they also file a Birth Certificate but that's only with local authorities and I'm unaware whether there's an official Federal database harvesting that data).

In March, Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, said an «apolitical» method would be used to pick a new supplier after state and federal authorities began probing whether Aqueduct Entertainment Group had won the lucrative contract to assist one of Paterson's political allies, the Rev. Floyd Flake, who is a former congressman.

In addition to a federal investigation into whether Campaign for One New York donors, many of whom had business before the city, received anything for their donation, authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 violated campaign finance and election laws.

Federal authorities and the Manhattan district attorney's office are looking into whether de Blasio's solicitation of Catsimatidis and other donors violated campaign - finance laws.

Federal authorities are looking into whether donors to the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit the mayor launched to advance his political agenda, received favors in exchange for their donations.

The billionaire was interviewed by state and federal authorities investigating whether de Blasio violated campaign finance and election laws.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he has not spoken to federal prosecutors investigating the demise of his anti-corruption commission, but declined to say with authority whether any members of his administration had.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated.

Former Erie County Executive and gubernatorial contender Joel Giambra is urging federal authorities to investigate whether corruption at the MTA has contributed to billions of dollars in cost - overruns and waste on subway and rail construction projects.

A senior FBI agent was removed from the staff of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller earlier this year after Justice Department investigators began reviewing whether the agent exchanged messages critical of Trump, federal authorities said.

«The Senate leadership has been briefed by our lawyers on last Thursday's judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on whether the Senate has the legal authority to suspend a member for certain misconduct or not.

Federal law enforcement authorities are collecting information from the State Elections Enforcement Commission in their newly launched criminal grand jury investigation of whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign was financed illegally by the state Democratic Party.

The News has also reported that state and federal authorities are probing whether Maziarz's fund secretly bankrolled his chosen candidates for local offices in Niagara County, and whether relevant documents may have also been destroyed.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalFederal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalfederal probe.

The authority is currently working on an agreement with the U.S. Attorney for Manhattan following a year - long probe of whether management has filed false documents with the federal government.

Onondaga County Sheriff Gene Conway has final say on whether local authorities detain immigrants until federal agents can take them into custody, which generally defines sanctuary status.

«In connection with Pilgrim's application, the Thruway Authority will also need to determine whether the project is consistent with, and permissible under, applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations and policies regulating highway use,» Megna wrote.

It was unclear whether the inquiry was being conducted by federal or state authorities.

In a report out this week, the North American Electric Reliability Corp., a nonprofit regulatory authority charged by the federal government with oversight of reliability in U.S. power systems, found that it still lacked adequate analysis to know whether the plan's targets are achievable.

In light of the tremendous public funding and strong support for vaccines from state and federal authorities, it is not clear whether immunization programs have a moral obligation to screen for genetic risk factors, even if screening is not cost - effective.

Whether through reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or using the Department of Education's waiver authority, federal policymakers must fix what No Child Left Behind got wrong, while salvaging what it got right: a focus on improving achievement and closing gaps for all groups of students.

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last January, in which the federal government handed back to states the authority to decide whether to evaluate teachers with or without students» test scores, states have been dropping the value - added measure (VAM) or growth components (e.g., the Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) package) of their teacher evaluation systems, as formerly required by President Obama's Race to the Top initiative.

But the guidance — which some advocates likened to Title IX's expansion of women's athletics — also touched off debate over whether federal officials had overstepped their authority.

The report should summarize the program's financial performance to date, and recommend whether the objectives of the program would be best met by continuing the program under the authority of the Secretary, establishing a Government corporation of Government - sponsored enterprise to administer the program, or by relying upon the capital markets to fund projects of regional and national significance without Federal participation.

Whether you're looking to refinance for better mortgage rates or to ditch that private mortgage insurance (PMI) from your Federal Housing Authority (FHA) loan, refinancing within the next few months could be the last time consumers will see such low interest rates for a while.

The question before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will be whether or not federal authorities can prosecute state - licensed farmers who grow non-drug oilseed and fiber hemp pursuant to North Dakota state law.

«Sen. Kent Conrad, Democrat from North Dakota, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is expected to make a recommendation later this year on whether the federal government should drop the gas tax and implement the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax... By requiring cars to be equipped with odometer spyware that will report to authorities how many miles are driven, government is looking to toss out the old gas tax for a new miles - driven fee... «The Left is always pushing for more and more regulations, and more and more taxes.

The question before the U.S. District Court will be whether or not federal authorities can prosecute state - licensed farmers who grow non-drug oilseed and fiber hemp pursuant to North Dakota state law.

The federal announcement was in regards to the reference question NDP Premier John Horgan's government filed with the BC Court of Appeal under the provincial BC Constitutional Question Act to determine whether the province has the authority to seek permits from companies wanting to ship more bitumen through the province.

As to the second question put before it — whether the most recent version of the draft of the federal Capital Markets Stability Act exceeded the authority of the Parliament of Canada over the general branch of the trade and commerce power under s. 91 (2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 — the Court of Appeal answered «no» to it as well.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, arrested last Christmas for trying to explode a bomb on a plane arriving in Detroit, has begun talking again to authorities, officials said Tuesday, a development that only ratcheted up the debate over whether he should be tried in federal court or before a military tribunal...» My understanding is that he is cooperating,» she said, «that they have gotten useful information out of him.

Unfortunately, Rule 37 (e) has not provided the clarity that many had hoped, as federal courts disagree over whether Rule 37 (e) is their exclusive source of authority to sanction ESI spoliation, or if they may continue to rely on their inherent authority to sanction such misconduct.

What is the federal courts» disagreement over whether their inherent authority to sanction survived the amended rule?

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in upholding the EPA's assertion of authority to second - guess a permitting decision made by the State of Alaska — which had been delegated permitting authority under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § § 7401 et seq. — in conflict with decisions of this Court and other federal courts of appeals establishing the division of federal - state jurisdiction under the Act and similar statutory programs.

The question at hand is whether former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had the authority to issue his 2001 decision that doctors would lose their federal prescription privileges if they performed physician - assisted suicide in Oregon, the only state to authorize this practice.

[5] Although no federal appellate court decision has yet addressed the issue, there currently is a split in authority at the district court level as to whether the limitations periods for FMLA (and, by analogy, FLSA and EPA) claims may be contractually shortened.

Another question is whether the same rule applies to transfers of authority from state court to federal court, which would make timing requirements for removal and cert.

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Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective of assessed value — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 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Montréal Port Authority 2010 SCC 14, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 427, but from the perspective of assessed value — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. Federal Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister is unconstrained by the assessed value of the property determined by the assessment authority in determining the property value of a federal property for purposes of the PILT Act — Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister acted reasonably in determining the property value of the Halifax Citadel lands (adopting the determination of the Dispute Advisory Panel appointed under the Act), and in particular in valuing the portion of the lands upon which are located improvements which are exempt from payments in lieu of taxes, representing 47 of 49 acres of the site, at $ 10 — Whether the Court should consider the present case as it raises similar issues as Montréal (City) v. 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On December 9, the Eleventh Circuit issued the first opinion in the country from a circuit court of appeals addressing the split of authority among the federal district and state courts on whether builders, whose developments are partially exempt under ILSA, must comply with all disclosure provisions.

Comment: Some commenters questioned whether the Secretary had statutory authority to directly or indirectly impose new procedural or substantive requirements on otherwise lawful legal process issued under existing federal and state rules.

Canada's province of British Columbia and Canada's federal government combined investigations on Thursday, saying they had launched a joint probe into Facebook and Canadian data firm AggregateIQ, while Australian authorities said they were exploring whether the social media company had breached user privacy laws.

Partly funded by the federal government or a federal authority or both (whether or not there is to be funding from another source)