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Hedge fund CEO gets a year and a day for insider trading
NEW YORK -- The CEO of a Denver-based hedge fund has been sentenced to a year and a day for insider trading.
Three plead guilty to cell phone fraud
NEW YORK -- Three people have pleaded guilty to fraud accusations just prior to trial.
Dow scientist sentenced for selling trade secrets to China
HOUSTON -- A former Dow Chemical Company research scientist was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing trade secrets selling them to the People's Republic of China.
Labor Dept. settles racial discrimination
WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced that government contractor JacintoPort International has agreed to settle allegations of hiring discrimination on the basis of race involving 48 African-American and 21 Caucasian job applicants rejected for longshoreman positions at the company's Houston facility.
Lawyer sentenced to tax evasion
NEW YORK -- A former partner at an international law firm has been sentenced for failing to file tax returns and pay taxes on more than $10 million in income.
Labor Dept. awards funds for N.C. health insurance
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has provided a $2 million National Emergency Grant supplemental award providing an estimated 1,175 additional jobless workers in North Carolina with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.
Medicare fraud strike force nabs La. company
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice (DOJ) says an investigation by the Medicare Strike Force involving the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the Louisiana State Attorney General's Office, resulted in two Baton Rouge residents pleading guilty for their role in a $21 million Medicare fraud plot.
Advocacy group challenges Obama's NLRB appointments
Obama WASHINGTON -- An advocacy group is challenging the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
Third Circuit rules on 'special value cards'
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, ruled last week on the constitutionality of an escheat law regarding "special value cards," the successors to gift certificates.
Interior secretary announces withdrawal from mining lands
Salazar WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Monday that more than one million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon will be withdrawn from additional uranium and other hardrock mining for the next 20 years.
Pa. court reform group wants justice to step down
Orie Melvin HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Court reform organization Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts is calling for state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin to temporarily step down in light of a report that she is the target of a Allegeheny County grand jury investigation.
N.J. man sentenced for failing to report Swiss bank accounts
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Wednesday that a New Jersey man was sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center for failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service Swiss bank accounts he maintained and controlled.
Two Wis. employees file brief favoring bargaining reform
Walker MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Two Wisconsin public employees have filed an amicus curiae brief supporting Gov. Scott Walker's reform of collective bargaining procedures.
Supreme Court to hear union dues case Tuesday
Rotunda WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the appeal of eight California non-union civil servants over an assessment they say the Service Employees International Union wrongly collected from them.
Hawaii judge fines sheet metal workers union over deposition
HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - A Hawaii federal judge has fined a sheet metal workers union, its principal officer and its attorney for violating the Court's earlier orders.
Three Swiss bankers indicted for $1.2B conspiracy
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted three Swiss bankers for conspiring to hide more than $1.2 billion in assets from the IRS.
Financial services firm pleads guilty to municipal bond fraud
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A financial products and services firm and its founder and owner have pleaded guilty to bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies involving investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts.
Rug manufacturer settles with DOJ
DALTON, Ga. (Legal Newsline) - The Justice Department announced a settlement with Garland Sales Inc., a Georgia rug manufacturer, involving allegations that it required unnecessary documentation for workers of Hispanic origin.
Boeing employees file discrimination complaint against union
Boeing Employees File Complaint Against Union for Discriminating against Workers in Right to Work States
Texas company to be fined more than $1 million by OSHA
Solis WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Dec. 28 that it has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. of Houston for 13 willful and 17 serious violations of worker safety regulations at the company's Houston facility. The amount of fines sought total $1,013,000.