News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Co-op City Agrees to Enhance Accessibility, Pay Civil Penalties and Establish an Aggrieved Persons Fund The Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that the United States has simultaneously filed and settled a civil rights lawsuit against RiverBay ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: This afternoon a federal conspiracy charge was filed against David Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, 24, of Everett, Massachusetts, who has been associated with a plot to kill an unnamed target in another state. Wright was arrested last night by federal authorities and had an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Boston. His detention hearing is scheduled for June 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation of the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, focusing on the treatment of juveniles. The investigation will assess whether juveniles are detained at the jail in conditions that pose a serious risk of harm to their physical ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to acquire The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, The Bank of Kentucky, Inc., both of Crestview Hills, Kentucky. Attached is the Board's Order relating to this action.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the April 2015 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports of goods and services increased to $189.9 billion in April from $188.0 billion in March. The goods and services trade deficit improved by $9.7 billion to $40.9 billion in April.
![WHD News Release: Deval LLC to pay more than $288K in fringe benefits, prevailing wages to 58 Dallas workers following US Department of Labor investigation [06/03/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/b4/54/11410055/webp_adobestock_204335772.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS — Deval LLC, a federal contractor for loan servicing support, did not pay its employees the prevailing wages or fringe benefits they rightfully earned under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has found. The company has a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
![OSHA News Brief: OSHA forms alliance with Lee Lewis Construction Co. in Lubbock, Texas, to prevent construction injuries and illnesses [06/03/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/86/fc/11410086/webp_adobestock_318102163.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Lee Lewis, chief executive officer with Lee Lewis Construction Co., signs OSHA alliance agreement with Elizabeth L. Routh, OSHA's area director in Lubbock, Texas.
![OSHA News Release: OSHA urges employers, workers, homeowners and others to protect themselves during flood cleanup [06/03/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/75/18/11410084/webp_adobestock_322992420.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges everyone engaged in cleanup after the recent floods in Texas — employers, workers and the public — to avoid potential hazards and take steps to protect themselves.
![OSHA News Release: Construction company willfully exposes workers to scaffolding, electrocution hazards at Philadelphia work sites [06/03/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/48/d5/11410085/webp_adobestock_309942906.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: HAVERTOWN, Pa. — For six masonry workers installing brick facades on two new residential properties in Philadelphia, each day on-the-job could have been their last.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Gruber Systems Inc. and its CEO John Hoskinson alleging that the defendants caused the company's employee stock ownership plan participants to lose money when the plan purchased additional company stock for significantly more than fair market value in two transactions totaling $2.6 million.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
The US Justice Department published a three page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 3, 2015
The US State Department published a one page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 3, 2015
The US Justice Department published a five page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
