News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with MJFT Hotels of Flushing LLC (MJFT), the management company operating the Hyatt Place Hotel -- Flushing/Laguardia Airport in Queens, New York. The settlement resolves a complaint that the company discriminated against a work-authorized ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Former U.S. Congressman Stephen E. Stockman was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud charitable donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars and secretly to funnel the proceeds to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance his campaigns for public office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: A former recruiter of U.S. military language interpreters was charged in an indictment filed today for his role in an alleged scheme to recruit unqualified language interpreters to be deployed with U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: A U.S. national and former medical student was sentenced to 264 months in prison for the 2017 shooting of a U.S. diplomat stationed at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: The husband and wife co-owners of a Miami, Florida pain management clinic and a patient recruiter who doubled as a drug diverter were sentenced to prison today for their participation in a scheme to unlawfully distribute thousands of pills of oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah, aka Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Ahmad, 41, of Syria, was sentenced today to life plus 30 years in prison. Alahmedalabdaloklah was found guilty by a federal jury on Mar. 16, of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiring to maliciously damage or destroy U.S. Property by ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: The three federal banking agencies today invited public comment on a proposal to reduce regulatory reporting burden on small institutions by expanding the number of regulated institutions eligible for streamlined reporting. The proposal would implement section 205 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative final determinations in the first antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) trade cases the Federal government has initiated since 1985. These investigations, concerning Chinese imports of common alloy aluminum ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of large diameter welded pipe from China and India, finding that exporters from these countries have sold large diameter welded pipe ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: LANSDOWNE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against Mosluoglu Inc. – operator of Empire Diner & Restaurant in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania – and its principals after an investigation found willful violations of the federal minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the United States Postal Service (USPS) $129,336 after investigators determined the employer failed to provide proper safety measures to a Las Vegas, Nevada, mail carrier hospitalized for heat exposure.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: HARPERSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Legend Directional Services LLC – based in Weatherford, Texas – for improper storage of compressed gases after an employee suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at the Harpersville Reinforcement Project in Harpersville, Alabama.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today invited public comment on a proposed exemption related to the consolidation of small retirement savings accounts in 401(k) plans and IRAs when workers change jobs. The Department welcomes innovation in the area of retirement asset portability, and encourages additional proposals.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 7, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
