Contractors working directly for the Pentagon fall under a separate law, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, whereas those serving with American troops may be prosecuted under another law, known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The cases turn on whether online postings mirror activity that is protected under the Wagner Act, as the 1935 law is also known.
National security letters date back to the 1980s and were strengthened under the USA Patriot Act, the counterterrorism law put into place after Sept. 11.
Asked whether it would ever be possible to prosecute a case under the 1925 Act, he said the law was "pretty straightforward" but any corruption case was always challenging as bargains made were never meant to come to light.
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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.
Hughes is Eldridge's spouse under New York law but, pursuant to the Defense of Marriage Act, not under federal law.
The same bill could then be re-introduced in the Commons in 2013 and, under the terms of the Parliament Act, would become law in the form it left the Commons, once the Lords amended or rejected it.
Johnson joins judges in California and Manhattan who have attempted to shut down lawyers like Weitz and Shore, who file lawsuits against bars, restaurants and retailers accusing them of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act and seeking fees under a provision of the law that allows courts to order the defendants to pay them.
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Any other act required or permitted under the Tax Law or specified in the New York State Tax Regulations.
Agency officials in Germany say their staff are told not to proselytize, an act considered illegal under the strict Islamic law enforced by the Taliban.
Instead, throughout the 1980s the SEC routinely issued exemptions from regulation under the applicable law, the Investment Company Act, for all sorts of structured products with remarkably little analysis.
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Detectives with specialist experience of war crimes arrested the officer under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime.
Some have asked the Department of Justice to consider a probe under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a broad law that targets bribes paid anywhere in the world.
We know medical device manufacturers will prosper under the new law -- the Affordable Care Act expands health insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans and these newly insured individuals will use products made by the medical device industry.
The state courts have agreed to let the state and local officials do their jobs, but retain the jurisdiction to reverse their decisions if they act arbitrarily, that is without good reason under the law.
And while there is a right to privacy in Britain under the human rights act, the law is much stricter in France.
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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These cases involve a complex web of federal laws and legal principles, including the patent system established under the Constitution, antitrust law, and the Hatch-Waxman Act, a 1984 law that was intended to give generic manufacturers an incentive to challenge patents.
Of course, the big show will be the suit against the FDA. The drugmaker has accused the agency of messing with the incentives provided under the Orphan Drug Act and selectively applying policy when it comes to enforcing the law concerning compounding.
Under the Affordable Care Act, signed into law last year, insurance companies will be prohibited from charging deductibles, co-payments or co-insurance on preventive services, including mammograms for patients who bought or joined a new health plan on or after September 23, 2010.
For several years, drugmakers have been paying fees when they file new drug applications that the FDA uses to pay its reviewers, under a law called the prescription drug user fee act, or PDUFA. In return, the FDA promises to deliver some decision--even if it's just "needs more data"--by a given date, called the PDUFA date.
Following the January tax law changes made by Congress under the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), the Internal Revenue Service announced today it plans to open the 2013 filing season and begin processing individual income tax returns on Jan. 30.
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And again, to be clear, the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and over half of Americans are already living under its rules.
Criminal prosecutions of abusers are generally the responsibility of local authorities, but the act stiffened sentences for stalking under federal law.
And under the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Safe Indian Communities initiative, we are continuing to work with tribes to build safer communities.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act comes into full effect Tuesday nearly four years after Congress passed the law under controversial circumstances.
Metropolitan Police detectives held Col Lama under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime.
We are the party of equality under the law, of the 14th Amendment as written, and of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as written.
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The only plausible conclusion for your failure to give this assurance is that you were aware that Damian Green, or another Member of Parliament, was the subject of the investigation - conducted not under the Official Secrets Act, but an antiquated common law misconduct offence.
The law under which Mr Karadzic has been sued is known as the Alien Tort Claims Act, originally a part of the Judiciary Act of 1789.
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