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Former NSF director pleads guilty to fraud
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A former program director at the National Science Foundation pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Virginia to concealing illicit gifts and fraudulent payments he received, the Department of Justice announced.
Judgments entered against Canadian in Ponzi scheme
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - A New Hampshire federal court has entered final default judgments against the New Futures Trading International Corporation and Henry Roche, a Canadian resident who directed the company.
Gender wage gap progress slowed under Obama, report says
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A statistic that is at the core of the Democratic Party's argument to pass a piece of legislation that opponents say is election-year pandering could backfire on it.
Auto dealers plan appeal of D.C. court's decision
Metrey WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Automobile Dealer's Association will appeal a ruling by the a District of Columbia federal court that upholds the Federal Trade Commission's interpretation of the scope of the Risk-Based Pricing Rule.
NLRB addresses Flynn resignation
Flynn WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and Members Brian Hayes, Richard Griffin and Sharon Block issued a joint statement Tuesday about the recently announced resignation of Member Terence F. Flynn.
Large N.Y. firm files for bankruptcy
Serotta NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - One of the nation's largest law firms filed for bankruptcy Monday.
FTC, Justice Department file amicus brief in antitrust case
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Federal Trade Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in an antitrust case involving Ritz Camera.
NLRB member, criticized by Dems, resigns
Flynn WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Republican appointee to the National Labor Relations Board has resigned after a deluge of criticism by Democrats.
Trade commission alleges $11M fraud
Carter WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 11 filed a lawsuit in federal court that alleges fraud in the sale of two automated trading systems known as the Boomer and Victory Trading systems.
Judge: Auto dealers must disclose loan rate reasoning
Huvelle WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that automobile dealers who use third-party financing transactions must tell borrowers who receive higher interest rates the reason for the adverse rates.
Feds to investigate alleged Honduran labor violations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The AFL-CIO announced Wednesday that the federal government will investigate charges that the Honduran government is ignoring "repeated and well-documented violations of workers' rights."
AFL-CIO alerts worker safety bureaus to silica exposure at fracking sites
Rotunda WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The AFL-CIO has put federal bureaus responsible for worker safety on alert regarding silica exposure at hydraulic fracturing sites.
Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California decided Wednesday that the search engine giant Google did not infringe on patents owned by Oracle.
BP to spend $400M to upgrade Ind. pollution controls
Zoeller WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that BP North America will pay an $8 million penalty for violation of the Clean Air Act.
SEC accuses Calif. man of investment fund scam
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday accused John A. Geringer - a Scotts Valley, Calif. investment adviser - with operating a $60 million investment fund scam.
Fed court fines broker $600K
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York federal court has ordered broker Kent R.E. Whitney to pay $600,000 for making false and misleading statements to Chicago Mercantile Exchange representatives, futures commission merchants and others in an elaborate margin avoidance plot.
International arbitration court awards Dow $2.16B
MIDLAND, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Dow Chemical Company announced Thursday that the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce issued its findings in the arbitration case between it and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait.
Facebook sued over IPO
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The premier social networking utility, Facebook, is being sued by shareholders.
Lawyer pleads guilty to money laundering, securities fraud
NEW YORK (Legal Newlsine) - Martin Weisberg, a former corporate partner in the New York office of an international law firm, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of money laundering and one charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
'Exorcist' author plans to sue Georgetown over Sebelius speech
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Author William Peter Blatty is suing to have Georgetown University, the nation's oldest Catholic university, sanctioned for violating the precepts of Catholic education.