The Trump administration has come down hard on such cases.
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Other countries, including China, have come down hard on cryptocurrencies.
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European regulators have come down hard on Google for squelching competition.
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But since then, Chinese regulators have come down hard on cryptocurrencies.
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"We will come down hard on illegal cannabis businesses," Goodale added.
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We're going to come down hard on you if you do!
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Regulators in China and South Korea have come down hard on cryptocurrencies.
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The Chinese Consumers Association has come down hard on Apple in the past.
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The government is right to come down hard on the $6 billion 1MDB scandal.
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The defense is likely to come down hard on Gates in their cross-examination.
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American regulators have previously come down hard on entrepreneurs who sold investments using virtual currencies.
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"If they come down hard on the defendants, they will deter future whistleblowers," said Maus.
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China, which was once a prolific market for cryptocurrencies, has come down hard on the industry.
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We will soon come down hard on the terror organization with more extensive and effective operations.
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He looks like a tough guy, one who would be happy to come down hard on lawbreakers.
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Report on handling of Clinton email probe expected to come down hard on former FBI Director Comey.
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In my experiences as a VC, I come down hard on the side of openness and transparency.
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Authorities have come down hard on this type of activity because it can have very real consequences.
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"I come down hard on my party and people in my party who write them off," he said.
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I have seen what happens when powerful organizations and people try and come down hard on someone as retaliation.
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I always knew the NBA would come down hard on me, so I wasn't surprised... Cause I'm the bad guy.
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He vowed to come down hard on his party's enemies, and blamed the Greek people's continuing misery on the opposition.
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Ratings agencies have also come down hard on steelmakers around the world, downgrading major firms including ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel.
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Because some jurisdictions come down hard on sellers who impose restrictions on the sale of goods, Lexmark added a further wrinkle.
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The signs come after Trump has come down hard on Muslims during his campaign and into his first week as president.
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Beijing has already come down hard on Qualcomm, fining it $975 million in 2015 for what it called anti-competitive practices.
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Those dueling priorities — neutering the agency while fulfilling Mr. Trump's promise to come down hard on Wells Fargo — have created friction.
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Yet the new guidelines come down hard on added sugar, much of which Americans consume via soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks.
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In some criminal cases, he has come down hard on prosecutors or government officials, while also sometimes defying colleagues on the bench.
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In the end I just want to see the Pope get angry about the situation and come down hard on these violators.
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They have also come down hard on scholars who question popular legends like the story of 28 guardsmen led by Maj. Gen.
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We do give a fuck, and if we come down hard on a particular game, it's because we already expect more from these things.
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Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament the government would not limit its efforts to Assam, but would come down hard on illegal immigrants anywhere.
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"With such a large punitive damages award at issue, appellate courts may be more willing to come down hard on the plaintiffs," McMichael said.
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Trump, throughout the Baltic leaders' time at the White House, maintained that he had come down hard on Russia for a series of transgressions.
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Some countries like China have come down hard on the nascent industries while others, mainly small nations and territories have welcomed it with open arms.
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He demanded tough values tests for would-be immigrants to the United States and pledged to come down hard on American Muslims suspected of radicalism.
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" He added, "I think we need to be concerned about other white supremacist groups—we need to come down hard on them immediately and unconditionally.
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There are demands that Facebook should censor feeds and weed out fake stories, and for the law to come down hard on those who promote lies.
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Even if they do not come down hard on Trump on trade, Democrats will ask him to ensure that any trade deal sets labor and environmental standards.
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It's a country that restricts free speech and will come down hard on any company or person that it deems is acting against its own national interest.
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The central government has come down hard on any calls for independence which, while rare, are seen as a red line over which authorities will never compromise.
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Countries like Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates are looking to become hubs for cryptocurrency businesses, while other nations like China have come down hard on the industry.
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But Arpaio was also determined to show the nation how to come down hard on undocumented immigrants, and he wasn't about to let the Fourth Amendment stop him.
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The Trump administration wants to come down hard on leakers, and this is the first known instance of the Justice Department targeting a reporter's data under President Trump. 3.
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Others have said that Trump - looking to come down hard on drug dealers - has used harsh rhetoric and proposed the death penalty for certain high intensity traffickers and dealers.
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"They are a perfect example of how regulators come down hard on banks who appear to have broken the rules," said Markus Huber, trader at City of London Markets.
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As chronicled by BuzzFeed's Ruby Cramer, the Clinton campaign made a decision in May to come down hard on the idea that Trump in fact was not a normal Republican.
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Authorities come down hard on minor crimes such as vandalism, which is punishable by caning, and the import of chewing gum is banned, in part to keep public spaces clean.
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"Even if there had not been any issues with Kim Won Hong or Hwang Pyong So this year, they would've come down hard on the General Political Department," Madden said.
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Private businesses and local municipalities have come down hard on vaping in public over the past few years, and if history is any guide, we'll see more government regulation coming soon.
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"Her response to Murphy's pledge to make New Jersey a sanctuary state was to really come down hard on illegal immigration," said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University.
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For all his suggestions he's going to look into it, if Trump ultimately doesn't come down hard on Saudi Arabia, it's unlikely WWE will do anything to jeopardize their expensive deal.
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Progressive politicians, particularly leading members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, have come down hard on free-trade agreements, designed as they are to keep the rich rich and the poor poor.
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In what should be an interesting beginning to the coming avalanche of ICO failures, the SEC has come down hard on Munchee, a company that built a $15 million token sale.
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Consumer advocates are pushing for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to come down hard on YouTube's handling of children's privacy as regulators approach a potential settlement with the video-sharing site.
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It has come down hard on a number of private companies that borrowed heavily to make splashy but pricey acquisitions overseas, even as politically connected state-owned enterprises continue borrowing heavily.
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The collaborators knew better then to try and to mess with the traditionalists, and the traditionalists knew if they messed with the collaborators the state would come down hard on them.
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Ms. Cacho-Olivares said she thought the government's macho attitude and its belittling of women might have made Mr. Marcos hesitant to come down hard on her and her fellow journalists.
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Why it matters: Menthol cigarettes have long been a health threat in African American communities but, unlike with vaping, the current presidential administration hasn't come down hard on the cigarette industry.
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President Donald Trump has come down hard on his fellow Republicans for failing to act on Obamacare, something he promised repeatedly to repeal and replace in his election campaign last year.
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Trump's remarks, however, are likely to spark a backlash on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both parties are pressuring the president to come down hard on Riyadh in response to Khashoggi's disappearance.
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On the eve of the anniversary of the violent Charlottesville, Virginia protests, after which Trump refused to come down hard on neo-Nazis, Democrats should be doubly energized to make this point.
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Administration officials have also come down hard on human rights abuses in Venezuela and Cuba, critical issues in Florida, which Trump won by only 1.2 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, I'd go down – come down hard on all that stuff where you shift some patent that was invented here, send it over to Lichtenstein and collect all the patent royalties.
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The President has refused to come down hard on almost anything that the Russians do, even after US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia had interfered in the US election on an unprecedented scale.
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But since last year, the authorities have come down hard on the revival, in an example of how even the smallest spiritual groups can fall under the pall of the Communist Party's suspicion.
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The Clippers have had too many injuries in the wake of Chris Paul's departure to come down hard on Coach Doc Rivers for the team's struggles to stay in the West's top eight.
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But if the FTC does come down hard on Facebook, it would be a major blow: The company is already reeling from a wave of media and political criticism, while user trust has plummeted.
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SM: The thing about narrative journalism to me is, and this is mainly where I come down hard on BuzzFeed is, anybody who kind of notices me on Twitter: I don't go after Media Matters.
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Following a horrific day of neo-Nazi marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the removal of a statue of the Confederate Robert E. Lee, President Trump is slow to come down hard on the protesters.
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That means no one in the US can do business with them, and Washington has made it known it will come down hard on anyone else who tries to make deals with the Islamic Republic.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has also come down hard on separatist groups operating in Kashmir, including by banning the Jamaat-e-Islami party, two of whose clerics were detained in raids on Saturday night.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma told parliament on Thursday the government would come down hard on the local banks accused in a report by the competition watchdog of rigging the rand currency.
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But commentators in Tehran said the regime could all too easily use America's hostility as an excuse to come down hard on dissent, which is rising as a result of the country's economic doldrums and plummeting currency.
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The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also come down hard on separatist groups operating in Kashmir, including by banning the Jamaat-e-Islami party, two of whose clerics were detained in raids on Saturday night.
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"Libel, hate speech and false words on social media are increasingly troubling society," President Joko Widodo tweeted in December last year, adding the law enforcement had to come down hard on those who engaged in these online behaviors.
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Xi has come down hard on corruption since assuming office more than three years ago and tried to return the party to its traditional values of serving the people selflessly, following a series of graft and extravagance scandals.
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Notably, the NCPO has come down hard on acts seen to offend the dignity of the monarchy — a "crime" known as lèse majesté — with one man threatened with decades in prison for insulting the king's dog on Facebook.
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The government has already come down hard on 22014 of these areas, and are working on shutting down the remaining 2650 in the next three years, social affairs minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa told the Jakarta Post this week.
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"She possibly did something wrong ... the evidence was put out there for all to see, I guess, in a way that put the authorities in a position where they had to come down hard on her," he said.
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It was an absolute necessity for the NHL's Department of Player Safety to come down hard on the Washington Capitals forward, who time and time again has shown complete reckless abandon and disregard for the safety of his coworkers.
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The W.T.O. has come down hard on China, and China has taken it, in other words, and that should be reason enough for the United States to work through the organization to resolve its issues with the Chinese government.
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The spike has led health officials to characterize the use of vape products as an "epidemic," and the Food and Drug Administration has come down hard on the makers of devices like Juul that appeal to teens and children.
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Since assuming office three years ago, President Xi Jinping has come down hard on deep-rooted corruption and tried to return the party to its traditional values of serving the people selflessly, following a series of graft and extravagance scandals.
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On Sunday, workers in Paris and other cities swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars while the government warned of slower economic growth and the judiciary said it would come down hard on looting and attacks on police.
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He has retweeted out anti-Semitic imagery on several occasions, while he has consistently refused to come down hard on white nationalist forces within the United States who are the champions of the most lethal forms of anti-Jewish sentiment.
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Mueller's decision to come down hard on Manafort but to offer leniency to Flynn was widely interpreted as a sign that he will reward people implicated in the investigation who are willing to tell the truth about what happened -- but will tolerate no obstruction.
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Trust President Trump, following his familiar tactic of deflecting attention from yet another scandal by issuing some outrageous tweet, to come down hard on the wrong side of an issue he knows nothing about, based on no more than a slanted Fox News program.
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But his continued refusal to come down hard on Putin personally suggests that the raging political storm is likely to intensify after he accepted the Russian leader's version of events over the assessments of his own intelligence services in a news conference seen around the world.
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Of course, one of the most defining moments of his presidency occurred after the violent marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, when he refused to come down hard on the neo-Nazis who entered the college town seeking to stir up racist and anti-Semitic sentiment.
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Cincinnati (CNN)Hillary Clinton responded to the shooting of three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday, arguing that the killings not only show the need to come down hard on people who kill officers, but also how the shootings do damage to people pushing criminal justice reform.
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And despite Congress appearing to come down hard on CEO Mark Zuckerberg, during congressional hearings last month, proposed bills that would put stricter rules on the Silicon Valley giant appear to be going nowhere fast.. Back in April, in the wake of Zuckerberg's 10-hour marathon sessions in front of the House and Senate, Democrat Sen.
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While the news media and the Clinton campaign seek to milk every ounce out of Trump's comments about Machado and women in general, the stage is set for Trump to come down hard on the nasty things Hillary Clinton said about the many women who have accused and continue to accuse Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct.
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The candidates on the stump have limited their comments on National Security to sound bites (although the NATSEC community has come down hard on Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE, virtually declaring him unfit for the office).
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It is hard to see how a yearlong investigation of this won't come down hard on former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien Comey3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Barr predicts progressive prosecutors will lead to 'more crime, more victims' James Comey shows our criminal justice system works as intended MORE and perhaps even former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who definitely wasn't playing mahjong in a secret "no aides allowed" meeting with former President Clinton on a Phoenix airport tarmac.
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Manafort, who has pleaded not guilty to charges related to his failure to disclose his US lobbying work for a foreign government and to bank fraud and other financial crimes, is currently out on house arrest and a $10 million unsecured bail while he awaits trials in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Judges view the protection of witnesses as a paramount concern of the criminal justice system and customarily come down hard on defendants who threaten, use improper pressure or clearly seek to suborn perjury.
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She was a cheerleader in high school and was very popular. Benny often calls her "princess" sarcastically due to her being spoiled, and the two don't get along well. Angie is considerably softer and more forgiving as a parent, unlike her husband who is quick to come down hard on their kids. Angie is very overprotective of Max and supportive of Carmen.
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But Charlie was a > big star, perceived to be low rent. That was part of his anger ... He > thought there was a cosmic injustice when he was not a movie star at 35. He > didn't get there till 45 or whatever ... [However] When things had seemed to > not be working well, or there was some impasse, Charlie would come down hard > on my side. That was tipping point.
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Monet and Malik attend a dorm party hosted by Fudge White, an Afrocentric and militant senior. Remy, Fudge's roommate, is upset at the loud rap music being played so late. He flags down the all-white campus police to break up the party. Fudge is upset that the cops, led by Sergeant Bradley, come down hard on the black students...yet allows the room down the hall to continue playing their equally-loud "hillbilly" music.
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Rene explains that he escaped the hospital and tracked down Cris, whom he brought to Dado's veterinary clinic. He instructed the "patients" not to let him escape. When the group finds Cris at the clinic, the supposed abductee claims his father will come down hard on them, but shuts up after Dado asks him how he can summon the general from the dead. Using reverse psychology, Tomas gives Rene a chance to return Cris the favor.
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The Buy More staff are in the break room and Lester (now the assistant manager) is trying to set new rules, but no one is listening. Realizing no one listens to him, he goes to Big Mike for help, who tells him to pick the weakest link and come down hard on him. Lester holds a meeting with the staff where he presents "The Wheel of Misfortune", a game of chance he's designed to make his staff fear him. Morgan spins it first and it lands on "You're Fired".
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Carver reminds Colicchio that if they come down hard on everyone, they'll have no one to get information from when something serious happens. McNulty is called to meet with Major Cedric Daniels, now commander of the Western District, who urges him to move out of the patrol division and return to detective work. After McNulty declines the offer, Daniels reflects he is probably better off in Patrol on a personal level. At the roll call meeting, officers are given a misguided mandatory lecture about soft targets for terrorism in West Baltimore.
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A career police officer, Tom Croydon is initially portrayed as somewhat of a chauvinist, referring to Maggie Doyle as "girlie" when they first meet. He is firm, loyal to the officers under his command and committed to justice. He takes an old- fashioned approach to policing, firmly believing that being a cop in a country town involves more than just charging people for every minor infraction. Although he's been known to let a troublesome kid spend a few hours in the cells, or to pay penance by washing the police vehicles, he's equally willing to come down hard on anyone who needs it.
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When Paul knocks back Simone King's (Denise Briskin) advances and comes back from visiting Leo, to find out Tad is dating her, there is tension between the boys. Paul's talent for football is noticed by Daniel Fitzgerald (Brett Tucker), who asks him to play for Erinsborough's senior team. During this time, Paul catches the attention of Cheyenne Rivers (Angelique Meunier) and they begin dating. When Cheyenne frames Paul for a robbery at the local sports store, where Joel Samuels (Daniel MacPherson) works, he agrees to take the blame for her after she tells him her father would come down hard on her.
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When the next lockout happened in 2004 the owners attempted to come down hard on the players. In the end a salary cap for rookies was instituted, and all players signing a rookie contract needed to sign two-way contracts which allowed teams to send them down to minor league teams at minor league-level pay rather than the pay rate they received while playing for the parent NHL club. The league had expanded by four teams and began to participate in the Olympics. The league was to extend the CBA twice to ensure labor peace during that time.
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Representative Mervyn Dymally refused to sign the final report. On January 3, Dymally submitted a dissenting opinion to the final report, declaring, in relation to the report's treatment of evidence for the crucial Madrid meeting, that "just because phones ring and planes fly doesn't mean that someone is there to answer the phone or is on the plane." Dymally said that Representative Lee H. Hamilton had warned him that if he did not withdraw his dissent "I will have to come down hard on you." The following day Hamilton (in a move he later insisted was unconnected) fired the entire staff of the Africa subcommittee, which Dymally had chaired before his retirement from Congress, which had just taken effect.
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Cass leads the Inter City Firm to victories against large hooligan firms, such as Leeds in 1980, but becomes frustrated with the lack of publicity the ICF are receiving. So he creates cards with the infamous slogan, "Congratulations, you have just met the famous ICF", and gives a TV interview, increasing the firm's notoriety for humiliation, their speciality. However, the government under Margaret Thatcher begins to come down hard on hooliganism, and after an organised attack on a group of Newcastle United supporters, Cass is imprisoned for four years. Whilst in Wormwood Scrubs, Cass begins writing his autobiography, in the hope he can generate some income upon the book being published; however his writings are confiscated by the prison upon his release.
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In his weekly "Monday Morning Quarterback" column on March 5, SIs Peter King wrote that he believed Williams faced at least an eight-game suspension, and that Payton and Loomis would almost certainly be suspended as well. He also argued that Goodell would have no choice but to come down hard on the Saints, given that the league was facing numerous lawsuits brought by former players who suffered head injuries. Given the circumstances, King said, Goodell had a lot of incentive to "issue a string of suspensions the likes of which the league has never seen." In an article written for the March 12 edition of SI, King wrote that league officials were so outraged that they were likely to hand down penalties similar to the season-long bans Paul Hornung and Alex Karras received in 1963 for gambling.
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Due to recent media coverage over the standoff at Democracy Wall and removal and reappearance of Independence banners and posters at Hong Kong Universities, students have been posting posters commenting on a range of topics, testing the limits of freedom of speech, some with resulting in harsh condemnations (see timeline above). Some of the other posters content include: Mockery of Liu Xiaobo’s death, Independence for Hunan, Mao Zedong teachings on democracy and patriotism, Vladivostok reunification and celebrating the 9/11 attacks. Albert Cheng, a political commentator accuses the Hong Kong government of Carrie Lam and her ministers of double standards, when dealing with people of different political views. He notes that they have come down hard on the democrats and independence advocates, however appear to delay or mildly/ indirectly condemn pro-Beijing lawmakers and activists for their 'rogue activities'.
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In April 2009, Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that the Mat Rempit had become violent and brazen instead of just being a public nuisance. He said "We have to come down hard on the Mat Rempit who have started to become involved in robberies, snatch thefts and are even attacking innocent road users and we also need to use harsh tactics to catch the Mat Rempit that try to runaway from the roadblocks ." He also added that "Parents must be more responsible and should not allow their underage children to drive cars or ride motorcycles" Mat Rempits often end up being hospitalized with varying degrees of injury after failing to perform their actions or stunts such as 'superman', 'spider' and many more. Every weekend, a number of Mat Rempits were hospitalized after being involved in accidents from high-speed racing and/or stunts.
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