Federal law

Introducing Federal Law: The Affordable Care Act Introduction: One of the most important and hotly debated policy points of the 2008 election season was that of healthcare reform. The badly ailing, highly wasteful and economically imbalanced American healthcare system has been in desperate need of a regulatory overhaul. This formed the basis of one of President Obama's defining electoral promises and paved the ground for the enactment of a major federal policy change. Following Obama's election

requirements (punishable under federal law) appropriately. For this reason, the CWA violates “Article I of the Constitution under the meaningful constraint test” (Fruth, 2014). The CWA has a provision known as a permit shield (Rich, 2016; Henderson, Fitzgerald, & Smith, 2015). A permit shield protects the holder of the permit from any lawsuits or negative enforcement as long as all provisions of the permit are obeyed. The intent of the permit is to protect those with a permit from any changes in

In the United States the court-system operates as a dual-court system. The responsibilities of the State and Federal Courts share the responsibility of determining law based on specific jurisdictions. The principle of federalism was born out of the necessity to balance the powers of the states by creating a federal government whose authority constituted the supreme law of the land. Proponents of court reform have been looking for court unification to streamline the judiciary system to combine overlapping

3. Socio – Political Environment a) Antitrust Laws The first antitrust law passed by Congress was the Sherman Act, in 1890. In 1914, Congress passed two other antitrust laws: The Federal Trade Commission Act, which created the Federal Trade Commission, and the Clayton Act. With some revisions, these are the most important federal antitrust laws still in effect today. Section 7 of the Clayton Act prohibits mergers and acquisitions when the effect "may be substantially to lessen competition, or to

retail price?. The first part of this paper attempts to answer these questions whilst deliberating on the majority and minority judgements of the US Supreme Court in Leegin and the significance of the decision for US federal antitrust law. The second part of this paper compares the US Federal and EU approaches to RPM. Several economic theories postulate enhanced consumer welfare as a reason why a manufacturer might endorse a policy

History and Laws behind the Federal Food and Drug Act of 1906 As one of the primary federal consumer-protection laws in existence today, The Federal Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a law that had two primary goals for food and drugs: (a) forbid harmful ingredients and additions and (b) demand labeling of ingredients to inform consumers. According to Janssen (1981), it was hoped that the enactment of this law would eliminate

Unit Name: Business Law Year: 2014 Trimester: 2 Location: VU Sydney Prepared by: Robert Alvarez Unit Code: BLO1105 Unit co-ordinator: Name: Robert Alvarez Location: Footscray Park - Room A339f Contact number: (03) 9919 5147 Contact email: Robert.Alvarez@vu.edu.au Teaching team: name: Carlo Soliman Email: carlo.soliman@vusydney.edu.au Student name: Mohamad AL Masri Student number:

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is one of the unknown but still a agency with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). FLETC is exactly what you would think it is. They have a mission to train those who protect our homeland, which mainly included Federal Agencies, including the ones within the DHS and other executive branches. Their vision it to through partnerships, to train excellence. Their four core values are : Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence (flect.gov).

career types of law enforcement career options may have similarities or be quite different depending on whether the work involves federal, state, or local agency. The differences at local state and federal levels includes: benefits, jurisdictions, pay structure, job responsibilities, travel requirements, and career advancement opportunities among others. The similarities include power to make arrests without warrant for some crimes; they all carry firearms and are trained in similar law enforcement skills

The Federal Trade Commission actively enforces antitrust laws to organizations within the healthcare field, including to Physician Hospital Organizations (PHOs). A PHO is a vehicle that enables hospitals and physicians to work cooperatively toward accomplishing several objectives (Physician, 2015). According to Susan Creighton (2004), competitive issues among PHOs can occur when a PHO acts as a contracting arrangement for a network of healthcare providers. The network can consist of groups of physicians