News from August 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CAMRY CORTEZ WILSON, 21, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for bank robbery, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Jamaar Danglo Hayes (34, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm. Hayes pleaded guilty on April 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: NOTE: The settlement agreement can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice is pleased to announce expansion of the Tribal Access Program (TAP), a program providing federally recognized Tribes the ability to access and exchange data with the national crime information databases for both civil and criminal purposes. The department will accept applications ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: As part of The Department of Justice’s review of nearly 1,300 legacy antitrust judgments, the Antitrust Division today announced that it has opened a review of the Paramount Consent Decrees, which for over seventy years have regulated how certain movie studios distribute films to movie theatres. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – William Beaumont Hospital, a regional hospital system based in the Detroit, Michigan area, will pay $84.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper relationships with eight referring physicians, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: By Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Senator Chris Coons The African continent offers real opportunities thanks to some of the world's fastest growing economies and an expanding labor force.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced 12 appointees to the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA – The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent judgment ordering Fisher Ranch LLC to pay $21,168 in back wages and $49,104 in civil money penalties for violations of the Migrant Seasonal Workers Protection Act (MSPA) following a 2017 work-related motor ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Sewing Collection Inc. – a coat hanger recycling company – for serious and repeat safety violations. The Columbus, Ohio-based company faces proposed penalties totaling $190,247.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: STOW, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polystar Inc. – doing business as Polystar Containment – for exposing employees to excessive noise after 12 employees' audiograms indicated mild to moderate hearing loss at its manufacturing plant in Stow, Ohio. The company faces penalties totaling $331,490.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will publish in tomorrow's Federal Register three Susan Harwood Training Grants funding opportunity announcements for Targeted Topic Training Grants, Training and Educational Materials Development Grants, and ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ATHOL, ID – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Merritt Bros. Lumber Company Inc. for exposing employees to multiple workplace safety hazards at its Athol facility. The Athol, Idaho-based company is facing $189,221 in proposed penalties.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.