Lord Hodge said the Companies Act 2006 prohibited such a long contract without the approval of a company's shareholders.
Sensing this danger, the original Federal Reserve Act of 1913 prohibited the Fed from buying or holding government debt.
In 2002 the Patriotic Purchasing Act would have prohibited companies that reincorporate offshore from being eligible for Federal contracts.
The Department of Justice years ago took the position that the federal Wire Act of 1961 prohibited all sorts of online gambling even though the law itself seemed to only apply to sports betting.
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That kind of anti-regulatory ideology brought us some of the legislation that fostered the global financial crisis, such as the elimination of the Glass-Steagall Act and the passage of the Commodities Futures Modernization Act, which prohibited some regulation of derivatives such as credit default swaps.
For example, Sally's partner of 27 years, Tam Shaughnessy, will not receive her federal survivor's benefits because it is prohibited by the Defense of Marriage Act.
For example, residents of the U.S. are prohibited from playing due to the 1961 Wires Act that prohibits the placing of a bet or wager over a telephone line.
Prior to the JOBS Act, sell-side analysts were prohibited from publishing research before the IPO, for 40 days after the IPO, and in the 15 days before and after lock-up agreements with pre-IPO stockholders and the company expire.
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The dog was seized by police last week after a warrant was issued by Truro Magistrates' Court under the Dangerous Dogs Act to determine whether it is a prohibited breed, or a pit-bull type which has restrictions against it.
Two years ago Congress, in a provision of the Balanced Budget Act known as Section 4507, in effect, prohibited doctors from treating Medicare-eligible patients outside the Medicare system.
Under the Affordable Care Act, signed into law last year, insurance companies will be prohibited from charging deductibles, co-payments or co-insurance on preventive services, including mammograms for patients who bought or joined a new health plan on or after September 23, 2010.
Susan Lindauer, who worked for Wyden when he was a congressman and later served as a press secretary to now-former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), is " accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under dictator Saddam Hussein, " according to AP.
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