News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man was sentenced in federal court on Nov. 12, 2020, for transferring obscene material to a minor. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division issued the following statement on his participation in the Robert H. Jackson Center’s virtual reading of Justice Jackson’s opening statement at Nuremberg for the 75th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2020
News Release: Eads, CO - In commemoration of the 156th year since the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site will host a special presentation by Otto Braided Hair (Northern Cheyenne) on Saturday, November 28th, 2020 from 1pm-2pm. The presentation will be at the park site located at 55411...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2020
News Release: Spend your summer in a national park. Pipestone National Monument will be hiring seasonal Interpretive Park Guides, Maintenance Workers, and Biological Technicians. Summer seasonal jobs are full time, generally start in April/May, and typically run six months through September/October. Most positions are open to all applicants; “student trainee" positions are open to current college students and have flexible start and end dates.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: On Friday, Nov. 27, at 2:00 pm, Washita staff will commemorate the 152nd year after the Battle of the Washita with a wreath laying ceremony. Everyone is invited to come to the Overlook to honor those who lost their lives as a result of the attack that cold November morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: Former supervisory corrections officer Mark Bryant, 42, was sentenced today to five years in prison for repeatedly tasing a restrained pretrial detainee inside the Cheatham County Jail in Tennessee. In January 2020, a jury in the Middle District of Tennessee convicted Bryant of two counts of violating ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: Cognosante LLC has agreed to pay the United States $18,987,789 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using unqualified labor and overcharging the United States for services provided to government agencies under two General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. and its former executives, Timothy Beach and Stuart Christensen, have agreed to pay $5.15 million to resolve allegations that the home health agency provided improper financial inducements to referring physicians through sham medical director agreements and bonuses to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Arizona permanently enjoined a Tucson area tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: A Montana chiropractor and his wife pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme for the District of Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of three federal-death row inmates sentenced to death for staggeringly brutal murders, including the murder of a child and, with respect to two inmates, the murder of multiple victims.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies on Friday announced an interim final rule that provides temporary relief for certain community banking organizations related to certain regulations and reporting requirements as a result, in large part, of their growth in size from the coronavirus response.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: Dartmouth College won the 17th annual national College Fed Challenge on Friday, a competition that encourages students to learn about the U.S. economy, monetary policymaking, and the role of the Federal Reserve System. The team, from Hanover, New Hampshire, represented the Boston Federal Reserve District and included Ayan Agarwal, Utsav Jalen, Kira Koehler, Tench Coxe, and Zach Olson. The team's advisers were Elisabeth Curtis and C. Frank Zarnowski.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: SUWANEE, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Boston Coffee Inc. – the operator of a Suwanee, Georgia, Dunkin’ location – has paid $1,040 in back wages after wrongly denying emergency paid sick leave to an employee who self-quarantined after receiving a coronavirus diagnosis.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: SCHLATER, MS – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Tackett Fish Farms LLC – based in Schlater, Mississippi – has paid $30,963 in back wages to 38 employees for violating the labor provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s H-2A visa program. ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: MORRISVILLE, NC – Computer manufacturer Lenovo Inc. has paid an employee $108,152 to resolve violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act disclosed in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: MORTON, MS – After investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), three Mississippi poultry processing plants have paid $45,719 in back wages to 129 employees to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) remind employers of their responsibility to protect worker safety and pay during the holiday season.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 20, 2020
News Release: CARROLLTON, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with McCarthy Building Companies to promote worker safety and health at the West Georgia Technical College-New Carroll County Campus project in Carrollton, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute – Safety, Health and Environmental Services Group will also support this effort.
