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Keeping the lesser charges in place risked running afoul of state laws that forbid “double jeopardy” or prosecuting a defendant twice for the same alleged crime, the Salehpours said the D.A. explained.

Nevertheless, Hall suggested that the graphics run afoul of a city law barring candidates from using city resources, since the cap-wearing corgi appears both on Mejia’s official city website and on his campaign yard signs.

Visa has warned that the loophole runs afoul of the company’s rules.

The Reagan had run afoul of nuclear power’s thorniest problem: radioactive isotopes.

Increasingly, U.S. companies are worried that by obeying U.S. laws, they could run afoul of Chinese rules.