Sentence examples for violations of the act from inspiring English sources

"If there were violations of the act, it was by employees not acting in accordance with company policy".

Fines have been imposed for violations of the act in amounts in excess of $20m.

In recent years, the Justice Department has stepped up criminal investigations into possible violations of the act.

In February 2009, the bank disclosed in an S.E.C. filing that it had fired an employee in China after uncovering potential violations of the act.

Some legislators have gone to court (unsuccessfully) to seek adjudication of what they believe to have been violations of the act.

The House on May 25 considered a proposal to make all violations of the act felonies and increase maximum sentences to 20 years from five.

"Those who aid and abet a criminal violation of the act, or conspire to violate the act, can be found criminally liable," Mr. Hubbard said in a letter to a New Orleans lawyer who had inquired about federal policy.

Sergeant Hurley was one of the service members affected by a violation of the act.

A federal judge just cited him for a "criminal violation" of the act; the misdemeanor will never be prosecuted.

For years, California courts have ruled that managers found in violation of the act are automatically ineligible for commissions.

For the government to prove a felony violation of the act it would need to demonstrate that the defendant knew oil would be discharged into United States waters.