News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen issued the following statement: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and fellow officers of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who succumbed last night to the injuries he suffered defending the U.S. Capitol, against the violent mob who stormed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Thirteen individuals have been charged so far in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. In addition to those who have been charged, additional complaints have been submitted and investigations are ongoing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: A federal court entered a permanent injunction barring a Georgia company from selling unapproved vitamin D products touted as treatments for COVID-19, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS). The men were part of a group of ISIS supporters which called itself “ISIS in Sri Lanka.” ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Canadian authorities extradited two alleged members of an international fentanyl trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank or the Company) has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a separate investigation into a commodities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas was arrested today in Bentonville, Arkansas on multiple criminal charges related to his alleged unlawful activities earlier this week at the U.S. Capitol Building where he was photographed with his feet up on a desk in the Speaker of the House of Representatives’ office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: A Rhode Island man was sentenced to three years in prison today for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman for the District of Rhode Island, and Special Agent in Charge Kristina O’Connell of IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that after a five-day trial, a federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, found Thuy Tien Luong, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, guilty of forced labor after finding that Luong compelled the labor of one of her nail technicians at a nail salon she owned and operated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: A Florida medical doctor pleaded guilty to conspiring to falsify clinical trial data regarding an asthma medication, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the December 2020 Employment Situation Report: “Today’s report shows that the economy generally continues to recover, but that employment in certain sectors and States remains challenged. “The 140,000 jobs ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 300 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,930,381.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced two opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). An opinion letter is an official, written opinion by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented by the person or entity that requested the letter.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced two opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). An opinion letter is an official, written opinion by the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented by the person or entity that requested the letter.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 300 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,930,381.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the December 2020 Employment Situation Report: “Today’s report shows that the economy generally continues to recover, but that employment in certain sectors and States remains challenged. “The 140,000 jobs ...
By DOT News Wire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its updated December 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR), which includes airline consumer complaint data for October 2020. The previous version of this report excluded this data due to additional time needed to review and process consumer complaints. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
By State News Post | Jan 8, 2021
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 8, 2021
The US State Department published a four page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
