News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: A doctor, formerly of Great Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to willful failure to pay employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the hypothetical scenarios for its 2021 bank stress tests. Last year, the Board found that large banks were generally well capitalized under a range of hypothetical events but due to continuing economic uncertainty placed restrictions on bank payouts to preserve the strength of the banking sector.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: Effective Feb. 16, I am revoking the designations of Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–15, Part 2, Documents on Western Europe, 1973–1976, Second, Revised Edition.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has confirmed that “Improving Investment Advice for Worker & Retirees,” an exemption for investment advice fiduciaries, will go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021. In the coming days, the agency will publish related guidance for retirement investors, employee benefit plans and investment advice providers.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: BELLAIRE, MI – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has found that Trinidad Resort & Club LLC, operator of the Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s overtime requirements repeatedly when it paid workers only for the hours they were scheduled, rather than for the total number of hours they actually worked.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $49 million in grants to support 28 states and territories as they continue their efforts to combat fraud in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs. The department is making these awards from $100 million in funding announced Jan. 15, 2021 for states to combat fraud in these programs.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: BELLAIRE, MI – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has found that Trinidad Resort & Club LLC, operator of the Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act ’s overtime requirements repeatedly when it paid workers only for the hours they were scheduled, rather than for the total number of hours they actually worked.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $49 million in grants to support 28 states and territories as they continue their efforts to combat fraud in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs. The department is making these awards from $100 million in funding announced Jan. 15, 2021 for states to combat fraud in these programs.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has confirmed that “Improving Investment Advice for Worker & Retirees,” an exemption for investment advice fiduciaries, will go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021. In the coming days, the agency will publish related guidance for retirement investors, employee benefit plans and investment advice providers.
By USDA Wire | Feb 12, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 12, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 12, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 12, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 12, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 12, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 12, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 12, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 12, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 12, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
