1.   Companies can be prosecuted for non-compliance with the law.

2.   The company was prosecuted for breaking the contract.

3.   It was the first time the company has been prosecuted for a hygiene offence.

4.   And because of outdated legislation, FERC lacks the authority to fine or prosecute companies in order to punish rule violations or discourage anticompetitive behavior, the GAO said.

5.   A maple syrup company was prosecuted the next year for falsely claiming Vermont origin.

6.   But attorneys general have been reluctant to take action against growing mail-order and online sales because there was no effective way for them to prosecute out-of-state companies.

7.   Favretto also said that prosecutors were taking the unusual tack of planning to prosecute a company for actions disclosed to the government by the company itself.

8.   It can prosecute a company and even bar it from doing business in California.

9.   Maine has adopted a law that gives the state authority to negotiate discounted prices on drugs and the right to prosecute companies for profiteering.