Sentence examples for breached a law from inspiring English sources

In their suit, the tobacco companies and convenience stores said the rule violated the First Amendment rights of retailers who disagreed with the message, and breached a law stating that only the federal government can regulate cigarette warnings and advertising.

In letting the derivatives market grow to the size it did with little tracking or transparency, De Soto says, Americans breached a law so fundamental that it is unwritten.

The court noted that many of Geneva's notables, including Perrin, had breached a law against dancing.

A spokesperson for the Hiscox Group confirmed to Motherboard that the hackers had breached a law firm that advised the company, and likely stolen files related to litigation around the 9/11 attacks.

On Monday, New Year's Eve, a hacker group announced it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the September 11 attacks, and threatened to publicly release a large cache of related internal files unless their ransom demands were met.

In other words, civil disobedients can either breach the law they oppose or breach a law which, other things being equal, they do not oppose in order to demonstrate their protest against another law or policy.

"Daw Suu Kyi, like them, is not a political prisoner," it said, "but a person who is on trial for breaching an existing law".

States have varying statutes of limitations for how long after a breach a law suit can be filed, but waiting too long can prevent you from being able to take legal action against the breaching party.

Under the new law, breaching a forced marriage protection order - which can be issued by courts to prevent people being married against their will - has also been criminalised.

The district court that first heard the case ruled that, although the quotation of private correspondence breached copyright law, an injunction would deny the publisher's First Amendment rights.

The Attorney General is fined £5,000 for a breach of a law which she helped to draft – and refuses to resign.