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Because there is no "federal law of trade secrets," protection of trade secrets is often left to the variabHity of the criminal and civil laws of the 50 states. To the extent that a trade secret is property, violation, theft, or misappropriation of the trade secret may be the subject of criminal penalty. To the extent that a trade secret is bound to rights, violation or misappropriation of the trade secret may be the subject of civil penalty. Significant effort, however, has been made in developing a uniform body of law to apply to ideas and innovations which may be the subject of this form of protection. 

All permits must include a cap on emissions which cannot be exceeded without an approved revision of the permit. Permitted sources must periodically test and monitor their emisisons and report on these activihes every 6 months. Civil penalties include fines of not less than 10,000 per day for permit violahons and criminal penalties for deliberate false statements or representations, or for rendering inaccurate any monitoring device or method required in the permit. 

The CAAA90 contains a broad array of authorities to make the law more readily enforceable, thus bringing it up to date with the other major environmental statutes. EPA has new authorities to issue administrative penalty orders up to U.S. 200,000 and field citations up to U.S. 5,000 for lesser infractions. Civil judicial penalties are enhanced. Criminal penalties for knowing violations are upgraded from misdemeanors to felonies, and new criminal authorities for knowing and negligent endangerment will be established. 

Section 6607(c) of the Pollution Prevention Act provides enforcement autliority under Title 111 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act). Civil, administrative, and criminal penalties are autliorized for non-compliance against a facility, USEPA, a Governor, or a SERC. The Act requires USEPA to... 

Penalties for violations can be severe. In some cases, violation can lead to banning a product or shutting down a plant or operation. In other cases, civil penalties may run as high as 50,000 for each day a violation continues. Criminal penalties, including jail sentences, are also possible. Citizen suits to force compliance or for damanges may also be permitted. In addition, knowingly submitting a false or inaccurate report is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to five years or a 10,000 fine or both. 

Many small tanks and wastewater treatment plant tanks have been exempt from these rules. Penalties for noncompliance with the UST guidelines can be up to 10,000 per day. All other violations of the RCRA can carry similar penalties, including steep fines and jail time. Civil penalties can be assessed up to 25,000 per day per violation of the RCRA. Criminal penalties up to 250,000 and 15 years in jail can be imposed for knowingly putting someone in imminent danger by violating the RCRA. Similar to other environmental laws, the RCRA authorizes citizen suits in the event that the USEPA fails to implement the RCRA. 

GHB is already classified as a controlled substance by more than 20 states, and some other states also impose criminal penalties for possession of GHB. If Congress classifies GHB as a controlled substance, marketing the drug illegally would subject the offender to federal penalties, including imprisonment and fines. 

In 1999, the DEFEAT Methamphetamine Bill authorized 30 million for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop a comprehensive, nationwide plan to target and control methamphetamine. It also added 25 million for methamphetamine prevention efforts, especially in rural and urban areas hard hit by methamphetamine use. This bill also added to the list of chemicals considered precursors to methamphetamine production that could result in criminal penalties. In the same year, the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Abuse Reduction Bill authorized more federal money for methamphetamine treatment and prevention programs, as well as targeting federal resources to high-use methamphetamine areas. 

This form does not authorize redisclosure of medical information beyond the limits of this consent. Where information has been disclosed from records protected by federal law for alcohol/drug abuse, by state law for mental health records or HIV/AIDS related records, federal requirements (42 CFR Part 2) and state requirements (Iowa Code chs..228/141) prohibit further disclosure without the specific written consent of the patient, or as otherwise permitted by such law and/or regulation. A general authorization for the release of medical or other information is not sufficient for these purpose. Civil and/or criminal penalties may attach for unauthorized discloure of alcohol/drug abuse, mental health or HIV/AIDS information. 

Laws about marijuana have been the subject of controversy for many years. When marijuana use spread to the middle class in the 1960s and 1970s, public attitudes toward it softened. In 1970, President Richard Nixon created the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. In 1972, the Commission issued its report, "Marijuana A Signal of Misunderstanding." This report recommended the elimination of criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.,—... 

One of the most instructive, comprehensive surveys... a sane, reasoned reference work in a controversial area where politics and criminal penalties have kept research and public knowledge at a minimum."... 

When a company cannot or will not voluntarily correct a public health problem with one of its products, FDA has legal sanctions it can bring to bear. The agency can go to court to force a company to stop selling a product and to have items already produced seized and destroyed. When warranted, criminal penalties, including prison sentences, are sought against manufacturers and distributors. 

The Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996 provides criminal penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment for any person who distributes a controlled substance, such as Rohypnol, to another person with the intent to commit a violent crime. The act does not criminalize any new conduct in that the distribution of a controlled substance is already a federal crime. It does, however, establish the basis for harsher penalties under federal law if the distribution facilitates a violent crime. 

Civil penalties are as much as 5,000 for registrants, commercial applicators, or dealers who violate the act and a 1,000 fine for private applicators who do so. Criminal penalties are as much as a 25,000 fine and 1 year in prison for registrants, commercial applicators, or dealers who violate the act and a 1,000 fine and 30 days in prison for private applicators doing so. 

State laws on mandatory vaccination vary considerably in the legal implications for nurses and administrators. Typically, it is the individual who falls within the class required to be vaccinated who bears the legal burden. Thus, laws that condition the attendance in public schools on first having a vaccination for a particular disease typically bar the individual from school if there is no vaccination. Other laws may impose a criminal fine or other criminal penalty on the individual who refuses to be vaccinated. In some cases, state laws may allow for the isolation or quarantine of individuals who refuse to be vaccinated. Some state laws may require that health professionals, including nurses, inform certain patients about vaccination requirements and might possibly require some action, such as notification to a local or state health department, if the vaccination is refused. Nurses will need to check with the legal counsel of their hospital for the specific requirements in their state. 

A suggested intermediate course for cannabis, and perhaps even for heroin, is that penalties for possession of small amounts for personal consumption should be removed (decriminalisation as opposed to legalisation), whilst retaining criminal penalties for suppliers. Such an approach is increasingly and informally being implemented. 

Ok, no big deal. All that does is just make things more expensive to ship. It doesn t change liability or how serious a trouble a chem company can be in if they sell to an individual. Or does it The DOT s responsibility was to make shipping safer. That s it. That was their mandate. BUT (and this is only what I heard from a few lab companies) apparently the DEA got into bed with the DOT and got them to use this opportunity to hammer the lab companies. I have heard that the DOT may have overstepped its authority and had the liabilities and/or civil and criminal penalties raised on sales to individuals. Again this is J ust a rumor, but it seems a reasonable tactic for the DEA to get done what they could not do alone. 

Criminal penalties in the United States for the possession and use of marijuana have increased steadily since the 1960s. 

Pharmaceutical companies, which conduct unlawful communication campaigns, may incur both administrative sanctions and criminal penalties. 

Courts may also prohibit or suspend the use of a given promotional material, pronounce criminal penalties or grant financial compensation to competitors. 

See Pub. L. 104-191 42 USC Sectionl320d-5 Pub. L. 104-191 42 USC Section 1320d-6. A person who knowingly obtains or discloses individually identifiable health information in violation of HIPAA faces a fine of 50 000 and up to one-year imprisonment. The criminal penalties increase to 100 000 and up to 5 years imprisonment if the wrongful conduct involves false pretences, and to 250 000 and up to 10 years imprisonment if the wrongful conduct involves the intent to sell, transfer or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain or malicious harm. Criminal sanctions will be enforced by the Department of Justice. 

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