News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Petrobras), a Brazilian state-owned and state-controlled energy company, entered into agreements with U.S. and Brazilian authorities and agreed to pay a combined total of $853.2 million in penalties to resolve the U.S. government’s investigation into violations of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with NGL Crude Logistics, LLC that requires the company to retire 36 million renewable fuel credits and pay a $25 million civil penalty under the settlement to resolve violations of the Renewable Fuel ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Antitrust agency heads from the United States and the European Union met today at the Department of Justice in Washington D.C., to discuss current competition policy issues and increased cooperation in enforcement and policy matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: A Woodbridge, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Northwest Trustee Services Inc. (Northwest) of Bellevue, Washington, to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the foreclosure services company violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The complaint, filed in November 2017, alleges that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that United Communities, LLC, a private company that manages military housing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB-MDL), has agreed to pay $62,501.78 to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by imposing early termination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: A Mississippi-based nurse practitioner and former owner of a family health clinic was sentenced to 42 months in prison today for her role in a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs including TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving U.S. military, veterans and their respective family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced that Epidiolex, the newly approved medication by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), is being placed in schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the least restrictive schedule of the CSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that female tenants and applicants in residential rental properties in or around Oklahoma City were subjected to sexual harassment, coercion, intimidation, and threats in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. The complaint ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced to 135 months in prison today for her role in a scheme involving approximately $8.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care and other physician services that were procured through the payment of kickbacks, were not medically necessary, were not actually provided or, in some instances, were provided by the defendant, who was not a licensed physician during the relevant time period.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Presidential Holdings, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland Supervisory Agreement, issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision, dated May 3, 2010 (PDF) Terminated Sept. 25, 2018 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Minneapolis, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 2-1/2 percent to 2-3/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPEARHEADS A NEW APPROACH TO CONSUMER PRIVACY On Sept. 26, 2018, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration launched an effort to find a new approach to the privacy and protection of consumer data, establishing America’s leadership in innovation and technology on the world stage.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SPEARHEADS A NEW APPROACH TO CONSUMER PRIVACY On Sept. 26, 2018, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration launched an effort to find a new approach to the privacy and protection of consumer data, establishing America’s leadership in innovation and technology on the world stage.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to be here today with Prime Minister Tsipras, and with all of you. I’m delighted to be part of the discussion with industry leaders about what we can do to help your companies be more successful in Greece.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: HOCKLEY, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited GBW Railcar Services – a railcar repair, refurbishment, and maintenance company – for repeated and serious safety and health violations at its facility in Hockley, Texas. The company faces $265,147 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: GREEN BAY, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited JBS Green Bay Inc. for machine guarding violations that led to an employee suffering serious injuries after becoming caught in an unguarded machine. OSHA cited the company – based in Green Bay, Wisconsin – for one willful and 10 serious violations, and faces proposed penalties of $221,726, which includes the maximum penalty for the willful violation.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a series of compliance assistance resources to help keep workers safe from trenching and excavation hazards. OSHA's goal is to increase awareness of trenching hazards in construction, educate ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: ERLANGER, KY – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Meggitt (Erlanger) LLC – a federal contractor that produces highly engineered aerospace components for jet engines and airframe applications – in which the company will pay $161,126 to remedy alleged pay discrimination violations identified at its Erlanger, Kentucky, facility.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
