While the agency did not levy a fine in this case, McNeil could face fines of $15,000 a day for violating the decree, up to $10 million a year.
As an incentive for Microsoft to comply with the terms of the decree, however, the court specifically reserves the right to extend the term of the decree for up to two years upon a finding that Microsoft has engaged in a pattern of willful and systemic violation of the court's decree.
Gracie's Law, if passed, will allow for an adoption to be overturned when the petitioners committed fraud on the court or the natural parent in order to obtain an adoption decree, up until the child turns 18.
On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch warned that the emergency decree, which lasts up to 30 days and is renewable, risks trampling on human rights in the government's effort to fight terror.
Last month, King Abdullah decreed jail terms of up to 20 years for anyone belonging to "terrorist groups" or fighting abroad.
Shielded from creditors by the new decree, Mr. Bondi has up to two years to restructure the group.
In February he declared war on "hoarders and speculators", issuing a decree mandating jail sentences of up to six years for anyone interfering with food supplies.
But earlier this year, lawyers for the plaintiffs returned to federal court in Austin to argue the state was not living up to the decree.
Accusation: the Media Council can issue decrees and can impose substantial fines of up to 950,000 dollars if it deems coverage to be unbalanced or in breach of human dignity (Washington Post).
To bolster the ranks of its army, the Armenian government issued a decree, instituting a three-month call-up for men up to age forty-five and resorted to press-gang raids to enlist recruits.
Google had made its complaint confidentially as part of the consent decree proceedings set up to monitor Microsoft for any anticompetitive conduct after it settled a landmark antitrust lawsuit five years ago that had been brought by the states and the Clinton administration.
