In March 1996, Congress passes the Helms-Burton Act, codifying the embargo against Cuba into law.
On Tuesday, in the first use of the 2001 Patriot Act against a virtual currency, the Treasury Department invoked a section of the law to choke off Liberty Reserve from the U.S. financial system.
WSJ: U.S. Alleges $6 Billion Money-Laundering Operation at Liberty Reserve
Shortly after taking office, the President signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is delivering relief to working families across the country, including tax credits and child care assistance for working families.
The Justice Department will argue against the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law, on Wednesday.
The most closely watched of the four will be the case concerning the Violence Against Women Act, a 1994 law which allows women to sue their attackers for money damages.
The Strike Force was strengthened by the enactment of nation wide anti-stalking law in 1996 as part of the Violence against Women Act.
We now have the Civil Rights Act, and in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama, against pay discrimination.
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Cabranes restated the primary goal of trademark law, which is enforced under the Lanham Act: To protect consumers against being confused about the origin and quality of a product.
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The trial is the first conducted under the Military Commissions Act, a law passed in 2006 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against an earlier Bush administration plan for trying Guantanamo Bay detainees under military rules.
By the Federal Communication Commission for potentially violating the Wiretap Act a federal law against eavesdropping.
Eighteen years ago today, the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was signed into law.
President Barack Obama's recent move to halt deportations of some DREAM Act-eligible immigrants and Monday's Supreme Court ruling against key provisions of the Arizona law brought fresh attention to immigration issues, causing obvious discomfort in the Romney camp.
For 18 years, the Violence Against Women Act has never been a partisan issue, and now, a law that has clearly been effective in saving lives, in preventing violence, in holding offenders accountable, and in redefining the moral fabric of our society, is in question.
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In 1994, I wrote the Violence Against Women Act, which established several critical new protections: first, it provides law enforcement with new tools to prosecute domestic violence crimes and put offenders behind bars.
While the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was signed into law in the United States in 2008, the protection it will provide against discrimination by employers and health insurance companies for employment and coverage issues has not been clearly established.
Not two months after he signed the Iraq Liberation Act into law, President Clinton delivered an address to the nation explaining his decision to order air strikes against Iraqi military targets.
The case helped lead to a 2008 law, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits HMOs from raising rates and employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of their genetic profiles.
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