News from December 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement today regarding the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) updated sage grouse recovery plan.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2018 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow imports of U.S. beef and beef products into Morocco. 2018 is the first year that U.S. beef and poultry exporters have access to Morocco’s market under the terms of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Morocco opened its market to U.S. poultry in August, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: More Flexibility on Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Provides Options to Schools WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today empowered local schools with additional options to serve healthy and appealing meals. A final rule on school meal flexibilities, to be published later this ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Mrs. Fields’ Original Cookies Inc. (Mrs. Fields), headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. Mrs. Fields’ brands produce, distribute, and sell specialty items, including cookies, brownies, and chocolates. The settlement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Pharmaceutical company Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (Actelion), based in South San Francisco, California, has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve claims that it illegally used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Actelion’s pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Today, Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker hosted the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) National Conference’s Award Ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, to recognize individuals, task forces, and organizations for their dedication and contribution to the success of PSN.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against James Dolan for violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Rashad Sabree, 37, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in federal court in the District of Maine to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution after previously pleading guilty to two count of sex trafficking. In sentencing the defendant, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Levy highlighted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit alleging that St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, has discriminated against persons with disabilities in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleges that St. Bernard Parish failed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Laith Waleed Alebbini, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, was convicted today for attempting and conspiring to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: A Birmingham business executive was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison for passing a fictitious financial instrument and obstructing the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr., of the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Kassim Tajideen, the operator of a network of businesses in Lebanon and Africa whom the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated as an important financial supporter to the Hezbollah terror organization, pleaded guilty today to charges associated with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Caroline, for that kind introduction, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It’s great to be back at the Chamber of Commerce. You’ve had an exciting day of discussions.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: DICKINSON, ND – Wyoming Casing Service Inc. – based in Dickinson, North Dakota – will pay $1,174,291 in back wages to 275 current and former employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) revealed violations of the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will present educational forums about developments in its policies and regulations, and its Payroll Audit Independent Determination Program (PAID), in Jefferson City and in St. Louis, Missouri, on Dec. 11, 2018, and Dec. 20, 2018, respectively.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered more than $1.5 million in back wages and damages for 668 Southern California garment industry employees in investigations by its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) in Fiscal Year 2018.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor has placed a Wage and Hour Division investigator in Fairbanks, Alaska, to enhance its outreach and enforcement activities, and to ensure compliance with federal labor laws in the Alaska Interior Region.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: LEESBURG, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), White Aluminum & Windows LLC – based in Leesburg, Florida – will pay $102,767 in back wages to 41 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, CT – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company have renewed an alliance to help protect the safety and health of employees in the outdoor advertising industry in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta released the following statement regarding National Miners Day: "On National Miners Day, Americans honor miners for their tremendous skill, expertise, and dedication. In nearly 13,000 mines across our nation, America's miners leverage our natural ...
