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BP paying more than $13M for OSHA violations
Solis WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - BP Products North America will pay $13,027,000 in penalties, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday.
Right-to-work group joins argument over college professors
Mix WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board asking it to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
Federal court freezes assets in fraud case
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A complaint filed in federal court for the Southern District of Texas by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission against TC Credit Service resulted in the freezing the defendants' assets the, CFTC announced Wednesday.
Ind. workers support right-to-work law
Mix INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Two Indiana workers sent the Indiana Department of Labor a message supporting the state's newly enacted right-to-work law.
Delphi pension fund issue frustrates lawmakers
Turner WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A House subcommittee chairman has expressed indignation at the refusal of officials to meet with the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program about the treatment of Delphi pensions.
SEC alleges insider trading scheme
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission accused five physicians on Tuesday with insider trading.
Nev. onion grower to pay $2.3M in back wages
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Labor has announced that a Nevada onion grower will pay a record total of $2,338,700 in back wages to 1,365 workers, along with a civil penalty of $500,000, for alleged violations of the H-2A visa program.
D.C. Circuit affirms NLRB
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that Chevron Mining violated the National Labor Relations Act by amending its bonus plan.
Class action filed against Barclays
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the New York federal court for customers who bought American Depository Receipts of Barclay, two subsidiaries and the company's former chairman and chief executive.
Orthofix settles charges over alleged Mexican bribery scheme
SHERMAN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint Tuesday against Orthofix International, a Texas-based medical device company that settled the charges for $5.2 million.
DOJ gets serviceman promoted
Perez WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
CFTC alleges fraud on part of Peregrine Financial
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Tuesday the filing of a complaint against Peregrine Financial Group Inc., a registered futures commission merchant, and owner Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr.
Pharmacist files complaint against SEIU
Mix SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A Santa Clara Valley Medical Center pharmacist has filed a complaint against the Service Employees International Union Local 521 for allegedly refusing to honor his right to refrain from full-dues-paying union membership.
Environmental 'citizen lawsuits' are equivalent to ambulance chasing, critic says
Budd-Falen WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A little known provision contained in federal environmental laws known as the "citizen lawsuit" is funding political special interest groups, critics say.
Texas court orders broker to pay $9.3 million
FORT WORTH, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Monday it has obtained a permanent injunction against Robert Mihailovich, Sr. and Growth Capital Management.
DOJ accuses another in disability benefits scheme
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Justice announced Friday that another person has been accused in a scheme in which Long Island Railroad workers allegedly claimed to be disabled upon early retirement so they could receive more disability benefits.
SEC accuses broker of fraud
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it has filed a complaint against Axius, its CEO and stock promoter for allegedly engaging in a broker bribery scheme.
Tenth Circuit sanctions Teamster union
Mix DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Teamsters Local 523 has lost its appeal of a National Labor Relations Board order against it for the second time.
Bus drivers appeal NLRB settlement
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A group of Lindenhurst, N.Y., school bus drivers on Friday appealed a National Labor Relations Board regional office's proposed settlement of a federal charge filed against a local Teamster union.
Battle heats up over coal-fired energy permit in Tennessee
Brooks NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A coalition of environmental activist groups filed an appeal Monday of a pollution permit issued for the Tennessee Valley Authority's Gallatin coal-fired power plant.