Early last year, the company paid a $5 million settlement to New York City for some of the same conduct involved in the case announced on Tuesday.
Martin said the charges would be examined to ensure that Vick "is not held accountable for the same conduct twice".
Edward J. Gavin, Mr. Ganim's lawyer during his criminal case, said the law would likely violate a defendant's right to due process, because "you're being penalized potentially twice for the same conduct".
A problem under the federal system of the United States is whether an offender may be prosecuted under both state and federal law for the same conduct (the specific offenses being different).
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution prohibits double jeopardy, or being tried twice for the same crime, but the "dual sovereignty doctrine" permits different jurisdictions — in this case, the United States and New York State — to pursue charges for the same conduct.
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, accused the prime minister of "total double standards", during prime minister's questions, saying he would be the first to back police for locking up a "yob" who swore at officers, but is refusing to sack his chief whip for the same conduct.
Likewise, another group of companies was just hit with a big fine in Europe for the same conduct.
The research findings show children of color suffering harsher penalties for the same conduct of other students and primarily being referred out of the classroom for behavior that fits into subjective categories like disrespect, disruptive conduct, or insubordination.
The U.S. hypes the threat of hackers in order to justify the multi billion dollar cyber security industrial complex, but it is also responsible for the same conduct it aggressively prosecutes and claims to work to prevent.
In two appeals from state courts, the Taney Court considered, and rejected, double jeopardy claims arising from the hypothetical prospect of prosecution by the federal and state governments for the same conduct.
