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Penalties
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The Daily Intake
Canada Expands Use of Fines for Food Safety Noncompliance
Under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Regulations (AAAMPR), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) may issue an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) as an enforcement measure…
The SEC Institute Blog
$376 Million! – Whistleblower News and Big Dollars!
The SEC’s whistleblower program has reached a new milestone, now having paid out $376 million to 61 individuals since it made its first award payment in 2012. On March 26,…
Latham.London
CMA Updates its Penalties Guidance for UK and EU Competition Law Infringements
By Jonathan Parker and Calum Warren On 2 August 2017, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on proposals to amend the Office of Fair Trading’s 2012…
Tax Controversy 360
Tax Court Addresses “Issue of First Impression” Defense to Penalties
We previously posted on what we called the “issue of first impression” defense to penalties and the recent application of this defense by the United States Tax Court (Tax Court)…
Inside the False Claims Act
FCA Deeper Dive: Developments Regarding Penalties and Damages
By Matt Curley
The FCA continues to be the federal government’s primary civil enforcement tool for investigating allegations that healthcare providers or government contractors defrauded the federal government. In the coming weeks, we…
The Right Coast
Supreme Court says no to excessive government penalties | TheHill
On Monday, the Supreme Court decided Kokesh v. SEC, and Honeycutt v. United States. Each of these cases, decided without dissenting or concurring opinions, limited overly-aggressive government claims to assets of…
The Right Coast
Farmer faces $2.8 million fine after plowing field
A farmer faces trial in federal court this summer and a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his field and plant wheat in Tehama County.via www.redding.comThese…
OSHA Law Blog
OSHA Staying the Course…for now…
At a recent American Bar Association meeting, Dorothy Dougherty, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA and Tom Galassi, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA both noted that…
Banking, Finance and Securities
PSR’s Financial Penalty Scheme
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published Policy Statement 17/1: The Payment Systems Regulator’s Financial Penalty Scheme: Decision on the Financial Penalty Scheme for the use of the retained amount…
Product Liability & Mass Torts Blog
The Troubling Increase in CPSC Penalties
In an updated statistical analysis, Schiff Hardin’s Jonathan Judge examines how penalties handed down by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have abruptly veered upward over the last two years…