News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -David Frankenhoff, of Newark, Ohio, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Salem, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Oregon District, Upper Willamette Field Office will hold a public meeting on the King Mosby Timber Management Project on Jan. 29, 2020. The meeting will be held at the City of Cottage Grove City Hall, 400 Main Street, Cottage Grove, Oregon, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The public meeting will be an open house format where attendees can provide public comments on the Environmental Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita computer programmer was sentenced today to three years federal probation and a $2,000 fine for threatening cyberattacks against two web sites that posted criticism of Wichita lawyer Brad Pistotnik, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two members of a drug-trafficking organization today admitted their roles in distributing significant amounts of illegal drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Three members of an international conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry from the Philippines and misrepresent it as Native-American have pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraudulent scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia has enjoined Andrea Nadel and her business, EZ Accounting & Tax Service LLC (EZ Accounting), along with Estelle Nadel, from preparing federal tax returns for others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: A former Los Angeles-area physician was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release for engaging in a multi-faceted Medicare fraud scheme and for illegally prescribing thousands of opioid painkillers and muscle relaxers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is hiring 45 new investigators and 15 new wage and hour technicians. Positions are available throughout the country, with new employees expected to onboard by March 31, 2020.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Attorneys from the Dallas Regional Solicitor office obtained a favorable settlement against an employer for violations of the H-1B provisions of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. The violations against Joon Beauty Line Corporation include failing to pay wages as required to ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), an Athens, Georgia-based disaster relief company will pay $184,838 in wages to 18 employees after an investigation found the company violated federal wage and overtime laws while under contract to provide recovery services in several North Carolina locations in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that John Lowry III of Chicago, Illinois has been sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) today announced plans for a yearlong celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Centered around the theme of “Increasing Access and Opportunity,” commemoration activities will include events, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), an Athens, Georgia-based disaster relief company will pay $184,838 in wages to 18 employees after an investigation found the company violated federal wage and overtime laws while under contract to provide recovery services in several North Carolina locations in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Attorneys from the Dallas Regional Solicitor office obtained a favorable settlement against an employer for violations of the H-1B provisions of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. The violations against Joon Beauty Line Corporation include failing to pay wages as required to ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) today announced plans for a yearlong celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Centered around the theme of “Increasing Access and Opportunity,” commemoration activities will include events, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that John Lowry III of Chicago, Illinois has been sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is hiring 45 new investigators and 15 new wage and hour technicians. Positions are available throughout the country, with new employees expected to onboard by March 31, 2020.
By USDA Wire | Jan 6, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 6, 2020
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2020
The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
