News from August 2018
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald J. Trump directed Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the announcement on trade between the United States and Mexico: “President Trump is delivering on his promise to renegotiate the old, outdated North American Free Trade Agreement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Seven ambulance industry defendants have agreed to pay the government a total of over $21 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that they knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that violated the Anti‑Kickback Statute, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: The owner of a company that bought and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison to be followed by a three year term of supervised release and $26,244,437.06 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy that generated over $47 million in fraudulent EPA renewable fuels ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that Maurice Diggins, 34, and Dusty Leo, 27, both of Biddeford, Maine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Maine for conspiracy to violate and for violating the Matthew Shepard ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: After a 10-week trial, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted four members of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang today for their participation in various criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy and related firearm offenses. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of cast iron soil pipe from China, finding that exporters have been dumping cast iron soil pipe in the United States at margins of 302.61 percent.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of certain steel wheels from China, finding that exporters received countervailable subsidies ranging from 58.75 to 172.51 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, TX – Taqueria Chapala Jalisco restaurant – based in San Antonio, Texas – has paid $208,642 to 69 employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements found at four of its locations during a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced today that in the upcoming weeks it will hold public listening sessions to gather views on the Part 541 white-collar exemption regulations, often referred to as the “Overtime Rule.” Issued under the Fair Labor Standards ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SPOONER, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited fabrication and machining company Spooner Machine Inc. – based in Spooner, Wisconsin – for willful and serious safety violations after an explosion at the facility led to the amputation of an employee's legs. OSHA proposed penalties of $221,168.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
