News from November 2020
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it will issue a Call for Nominations for tracts to be offered in the first lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Glendale man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for running a series of “bust out" scams that defrauded more than 20 banks out of nearly $5 million by, among other things, using fraudulently obtained credit cards to buy millions of dollars in liquor and cemetery plots that were later sold for a profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Former Police Officer and Gangster Disciples Member Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with the School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida (the District). The settlement resolves claims that the District discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizen employees by asking them to provide specific and unnecessary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: A Pennsylvania man has been indicted in the Western District of Pennsylvania for violating the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: On the two-year anniversary of the Attorney General’s China Initiative, the Department continues its significant focus on the Initiative’s goals and announced substantial progress during the past year in disrupting and deterring the wide range of national security threats posed by the policies and practices of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with the Commissioner of the Revenue for Caroline County, Virginia, in his official capacity (the “Commissioner”) to resolve the department’s lawsuit alleging disability discrimination in violation of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, formerly known as Group Health Cooperative (GHC), agreed to pay $6,375,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted invalid diagnoses to Medicare for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and received inflated payments from Medicare as a result, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: A former DeKalb County, Georgia, police officer and member of the Gangster Disciples was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for racketeering conspiracy involving murder, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak of the Northern District of Georgia.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: NEWFIELD, NJ – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Buster Petronglo & Son Farm LLC – a Gloucester County, New Jersey, agricultural employer – has paid $1,377 in back wages for wrongly denying paid sick leave to an employee in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: PRINCE GEORGE, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and its Office of Inspector General, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has sentenced Darren Hines, a Los Angeles chiropractor, to three months of probation and 14 months of home detention, and ordered him to make $479,352 in restitution for defrauding a maritime union welfare plan.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: PRINCE GEORGE, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: NEWFIELD, NJ – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Buster Petronglo & Son Farm LLC – a Gloucester County, New Jersey, agricultural employer – has paid $1,377 in back wages for wrongly denying paid sick leave to an employee in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and its Office of Inspector General, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has sentenced Darren Hines, a Los Angeles chiropractor, to three months of probation and 14 months of home detention, and ordered him to make $479,352 in restitution for defrauding a maritime union welfare plan.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 16, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2020
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 16, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
