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SEC charges Chinese company executive with concealing loans
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged a Chinese natural gas company and Qinan Ji, the former CEO who remains chairman of China Natural Gas Inc., for defrauding investors.
Fourth Circuit rules for Time Warner in dispute with MASN
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling Monday that says Time Warner Cable had not acted improperly by refusing to offer TCR Sports' broadcasts on an analog tier in its North Carolina cable system.
Ohio AG consents to environmental investigation
DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Attorney General's office announced May 9 that it has entered into a consent decree that will outline the responsibilities pertaining to an inquiry into contamination at a manufacturing site now owned by Otterbein University
Critics worried about EPA's green jobs initiative
Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced Monday an environmental technology initiative that will help "create jobs in the growing environmental industry."
Court declares NLRB speedy election rule invalid
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ruled invalid a controversial rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board.
Second Circuit rules against NLRB in Starbucks case
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled against the National Labor Relations Board in a case regarding Starbucks employees wearing pro-union buttons.
Two stock promoters, trader and lawyer sentenced in scheme
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Department of Justice says two stock promoters, a securities lawyer and a stock trader associated with a Costa Rican brokerage firm have been sentenced for a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded people who invested in a company called CO2 Technologies of about $7 million.
Pa. starting new procedures for 'cy pres' funds
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- New rules announced May 11 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania direct unclaimed money from class-action lawsuits be mandated to provide legal services for low-income Pennsylvanians.
Three N.Y. union leaders guilty of racketeering, extortion
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- Three leaders of a United Food and Commercial Workers International Union local have been found guilty of racketeering, and extortion in connection with their roles as union officials from 1989 through June 2011.
SEC files charges against former Detroit mayor
Kilpatrick WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and two others with selling their influence.
SEC brings action against Shanghai audit firm
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that is implementing an enforcement action against Shanghai-based Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd.
Union fines worker for working during strike
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - A Honeywell nuclear assembly worker filed a federal charge against the International Association of Machinist Local Lodge 778 on Friday.
EPA issues fracking guidelines draft
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft guidance Friday for underground injection control programs for class II wells using diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities.
Village People songwriter wins copyright case
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - The iconic disco song "Y.M.C.A." became a standard for copyright lawsuits Monday as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled in favor of Village People member Victor Willis in a copyright termination case.
Ohio appeals court tosses $2B judgment against Ford
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment of $1,984,590,150 against Ford Motor Company.
Eleventh Circuit rejects request of union, Obama administration
Obama ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The full court of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has rejecsted a request for a rehearing of a three-judge panel's January ruling involving a quid pro quo between a company and a union.
Labor Dept. says Wal-Mart must pay $5M in back wages
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Wal-Mart will pay nearly $5 million in back wages and damages to more than 4,500 employees across the country the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced.
Wis. workers ask court to affirm intervenor status
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) -- Three Wisconsin public employees have asked a federal appeals court to grant them intervenor status in a lawsuit to declare Wisconsin's "Act 10" public union reform law unconstitutional.
Correction: Pa. DEP officials not liable in $6.5M lawsuit
Editor's note: The following is a corrected version of a story published Tuesday that incorrectly reported Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection employees were held liable for $6.5 million in damages in a lawsuit recently decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Coors' appeal of Puerto Rico decision denied by First Circuit
Rotunda BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Coors Brewing Company's appeal of a ruling by the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico was denied Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.