At issue is a disconnect between the ECPA and the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) of 1994.
Finally, a third federal law that may disallow online, pay-to-enter NCAA Tournament pools is the Uniform Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement act of 2006 limited credit card use for online gambling, but kept fantasy sports legal.
The police already have a very cozy relationship with the phone companies, thanks to the 1994 Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act.
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The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act comes into full effect Tuesday nearly four years after Congress passed the law under controversial circumstances.
The financial firms are on the front lines, especially since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came into full effect in June.
The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, which provided increased penalties, passed unanimously (410-0) in the House and by voice-vote in the Senate.
At the same time, we have benefitted from laws that have strengthened our crime-fighting abilities, including the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, Anti-Terrorism laws, the Economic Espionage Act, and the Health Care Fraud Statute.
Specifically, the petition asks Skype to spell out its compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and National Security Letters, both of which can require the handover of private user data to government agencies.
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That list is part of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, otherwise known as Prop 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing individuals to listed substances without providing a clear and reasonable warning.
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For example, Kaplan said that even if Campos and Elie argued they were only financial transaction providers they might not be exempt from violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act if they had knowledge of bets and were controlled by unlawful online gambling firms.
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The Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act, recently introduced by Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), requires companies bidding on these energy leases to disclose that neither they nor their partners are in violation of U.S. sanctions laws or doing business with entities the U.S. Treasury identifies as under Iranian government control.
When it became clear she'd been ripped off, she organized an investor revolt, allied with disgruntled castoffs from the men's inner circle and gathered evidence to prod law enforcement to act.
So with that, I'm going to sign The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, along with these extraordinary legislators who helped to make it happen.
Stronger enforcement of regulations would act as a deterrent and help reduce corruption levels.
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Federal courts have blocked four key parts of the state's Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, known as SB 1070.
It is also important to note that the enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act continues -- the President is constitutionally bound to enforce the laws and enforcement of the DOMA will continue.
The current enforcement approach for larger content distributors is the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which enables law enforcement to submit immediate takedown notices.
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The Act contains no enforcement mechanism.
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The Court in Astra USA explained that Congress not only declined to include third-party litigation as an enforcement mechanism in the PHS Act, it passed on a subsequent opportunity to create a private right when informed that HHS oversight of Medicaid pricing was sorely lacking.
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In October 2001, Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism: The USA Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357-66 in the House, with the support of members across the entire political spectrum.
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And as the Justice Department has made clear, its enforcement of the Controlled-Substance Act remains unchanged.
Bangladesh will also develop a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women to strengthen enforcement of its 2010 Domestic Violence Act.
The Patriot Act has helped law enforcement achieve more safety and security for the American people without any abuse of civil liberties.
Three years ago, the high court found that the powerful enforcement tool in the Voting Rights Act was being applied too broadly in a small Austin, Texas-area municipality.
With some 36, 000 Eritrean refugees now in Israel, law enforcement authorities there have tried to act too, recently opening 10 cases of smugglers receiving ransom within Israel's borders.
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One of the biggest new Justice Department initiatives has been enhanced enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a law that has been on the books for decades.
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Shortly afterwards and in direct response to the court's ruling, the NY state legislature, in an unprecedented show of cross party solidarity, unanimously voted to enact the Libel Terrorism Protection Act which prevents the enforcement of foreign libel judgments over American authors and provides the opportunity for the claim to be tried in the US, on its merits, and according to American principles of free speech.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed the need for a facelift for the Act today with attorneys from law enforcement, the Commerce Department, the tech industry, and civil rights groups.
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