71.   The service providers are also protected from civil penalties when they refuse to carry certain materials they might judge offensive.

72.   The settlement is likely to include a guilty plea to criminal fraud charges coupled with a civil penalty for false claims, sources said.

73.   Their story served as a backdrop for the announcement by Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo that the administration would increase civil penalties for hate crimes committed in any neighborhood.

74.   There are civil penalties that could force the board to rescind its action and revisit the issue in a public forum, Ewert said.

75.   These are the first civil penalty cases the commission has brought under the law.

76.   They include only incidents that result in fines and other civil penalties, not those referred to the authorities for criminal prosecution.

77.   This type of agreement usually requires the violator to pay a civil penalty for violating federal campaign contribution laws.

78.   Though Flynn will face no criminal charges, the sources said last night that he could face civil penalties over the slipshod handling of his campaign account.

79.   To settle the case, he agreed to return his trading profits and to pay a matching sum in civil penalties.

80.   Two of those employees settled, paying civil penalties, and the company settled, agreeing to avoid future violations of financial reporting laws.