News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: A 53-count third-superseding indictment (the “Indictment") was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging sports marketing executives Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, formerly of 21st Century Fox, Inc. (“Fox"); Gerard Romy, former co-CEO of Spanish media company Imagina Media Audiovisual SL...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Grain and Feed Association of Illinois (GFAI), and Illinois On-Site Consultation Program have signed a two-year alliance to address safety and health hazards employees face at Illinois grain-handling sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-author of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, answered a series of commonly asked questions about the historic, bipartisan legislation. Grassley was the lead author of the recovery check, business tax, retirement tax and unemployment...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4.5 million in funding for training programs for professionals who interact with distributed energy resources, including solar energy systems, storage systems, “smart" building technologies, and electric vehicles. These professionals include those that lead the nation’s emergency response and resilience planning, including firefighters, first responders, and safety officials.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Skinner Tank Company - based in Yale, Oklahoma - for lack of fall protection after an employee constructing a storage tank suffered fatal injuries in a 50-foot fall at a Missouri agricultural...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that nearly $60 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address public safety by supporting the successful reentry back into their communities of adult and juvenile offenders who have served their prison sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been ordered detained pending trial, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation injections and knee braces and that he received illegal kickbacks, the Justice...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new poster listing steps all workplaces can take to reduce the risk of exposure to coronavirus.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: San Antonio, Texas - The National Park Service is announcing additional modifications to operations at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park from Friday, April 10 through Sunday, April 12 to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). These changes follow operations modifications made on March 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: MiMedx Group Inc. Agrees to Pay $6.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of False Commercial Pricing Disclosures.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The BLM has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota. The scoping period runs through April 21, 2020 and is intended to solicit public input on nominated lease parcels for the Sept. 22, 2020 lease sale, including the preliminary recommendations and stipulations.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Staff from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) contributed to the success of the 46th annual Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, Arizona, held March 8-12. Waste Management is the premier international conference for providing education and information exchange on global...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Isle Royale National Park, in response to guidance from the state of Michigan and the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, is announcing a delay in the opening date of the park to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on six draft supplemental environmental impact statements for the resource management plans that guide management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands in seven Western states.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted he illegally had a firearm after being found passed out in a vehicle was sentenced today to two and one half years in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal indictment has been unsealed against a 44-year-old woman for making false statements to federal authorities, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) called for an expedited investigation to identify the products that may be needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to U.S. International Trade Commission...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Sulphur, Okla. - Chickasaw National Recreation Area, in response to guidance from local and tribal leadership, and in response to expanded Safer at Home orders from the State of Oklahoma, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
