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Ontario's Court Rules undergo a significant overhaul . The Ontario Minis... to the Superior Court of Justice's Rules of Civil Procedure. The primary objective of the revisions,... lindane-based seed treatments by Canada's federal Pest Regulatory Management Agency has resulted in ... a novel approach to seek recovery of damages against foreign companies for the alleged environm... panel had concluded that proposed mitigation measures in the Environmental Impact Assessment wo...
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...SMITH, DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.... Water Act fines and the Natural Resource Damages funds appear to be the first serious money we're l... 1990 makes it a little different, different rules in place. And the Exxon Valdez oil spill settleme... Congress should direct 80 percent of civil and criminal Clean Water Act penalties to this wor... areas should be considered as possible mitigation banks to help offset harm to the marine environmen...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is reissuing 48 of the 49 existing nationwide permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions, with some modifications. The Corps is also issuing two new NWPs, three new general conditions, and three new definitions. The effective date for the new and reissued NWPs will be March 19, 2012. These NWPs will expire on March 18, 2017. The NWPs will protect the aquatic environment and the public interest while effectively authorizing activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse effects on the aquatic environment.
... received in response to the proposed rule. General Comments. Many commenters expressed s... wetlands, and wetlands compensatory mitigation will be required when appropriate and practicable ... on sea level change considerations for Civil Works Program (Engineer Circular 1165-. 2-211). Th... that have experienced repeated flood damages. Two commenters stated that this general condition...
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Many CPA firms use engagement letters containing clauses that seek to minimize their exposure to legal liabilities for audits, reviews, compilations, and other professional services. In September 2006, the AICPA's Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) issued an exposure draft (ED) to interpret Rule 101 that updated a similar September 2005 exposure draft. In light of the comment letters and other evidence, the PEEC abandoned the exposure draft and, instead, issued Ethics Interpretation 501-8. This interpretation recognized that individual regulators have already adopted rules that restrict the use of certain clauses in audit or other attestation engagements. Mitigating risk through limited liability clauses is a complicated issue for US auditors. The AICPA's issuance of Ethics ...
...While firms may view risk mitigation clauses from a cost standpoint, financial statemen... for client, lender, or shareholder damages^ - including punitive damages - or would have inde... noted that many industry groups and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)... relate to actual losses recoverable in a civil action case. For example, a limited liabili- ty cl...
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... to become public (such as through the federal securities laws' disclosure regime or a whistleblo...securities markets.." (37) Allegations of civil violations of the anti-bribery and recordkeeping p... SEC regulation such as Regulation D and Rules 144 and 144A, Reg. FCPA would establish a permissi... fines," (169) and restrictions on the damages available in any ensuing civil litigation. (170) T... self-reporting by corporations, the mitigation provided under the composite liability regime "mus...
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... this suit for compensatory and punitive damages against petitioner, the American distributor of BM...TXO, 509 U. S., at 456, the federal excessiveness inquiry appropriately begins with an...-the difference between it and the civil or criminal sanctions that could be imposed for co...The Alabama Supreme Court did, however, rule in BMW's favor on one critical point: The court fo... on the same conduct," be considered in mitigation. Id., at 224. That factor did not apply here. Thus...
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... this suit for compensatory and punitive damages against petitioner, the American distributor of BM...TXO, 509 U. S., at 456, the federal excessiveness inquiry appropriately begins with an...-the difference between it and the civil or criminal sanctions that could be imposed for co...The Alabama Supreme Court did, however, rule in BMW's favor on one critical point: The court fo... on the same conduct," be considered in mitigation. Id., at 224. That factor did not apply here. Thus...
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... the same time, it is a vital element of federal jurisdiction that "go[es] to the very heart of [th...Virginia , Chief Justice Marshall ruled for the Court that the prosecution of a writ of er... the States .-Until the period following the Civil War, Chief Justice Marshall's understanding of the...-owned railroad could sue the State for damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. One of... . Suits Against State Officials . Mitigation of the wrongs possible when the State is immune fr...
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...Separation of Powers B. Rule of Law CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION . Society today fac... of self-interested minorities to loot the federal fisc." (7) Moreover, as the new governance school ..., governors might engage in a form of "state civil disobedience," pursuing climate change policy coor... targeted major automakers, seeking damages for their contributions to the public nuisance of ... these lines in the climate change mitigation context by emphasizing that "[a] reduction in dome...
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... CHANGE HAS NEVERTHELESS REVIVED THE CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY OPTION V. THE FOUNDATION FOR NUCLEA... India's energy demands and the climate mitigation problems associated with fossil fuel use, the Nucl... in Detroit in 1966, (14) tempered the federal government's civilian nuclear program ambitions. (...Waste management rules best illustrate the problem. A 1987 Atomic Energy ... supply and preventing ecological damages such as radioactive pollution of the water. GOT WA...