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Group says Obama administration officials skirting FOIA laws
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Competitive Enterprise Institute has filed a lawsuit alleging an Obama administration official is using a private email account to evade Freedom of Information Act requests.
UBS whistleblower to receive $104M
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld has been given the putative largest whistleblower reward ever by the Internal Revenue Service.
Calif. painters have union decertified
Mix SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Local union officials are being forced to cede control of Santa Ana, Calif.'s GPS Painting and Wallcovering employees.
Lawsuit against SEC over Ponzi scheme survives motion to dismiss
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission will be allowed to proceed, a Florida federal judge said Friday.
Labor Dept. sues insurance brokerage firm
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Dietrich & Associates, an insurance brokerage firm, and its chief executive officer and sole shareholder, Kurt E. Dietrich, accusing them of violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Man accused of real estate scam in Nevada
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Western Financial Planning Corporation and owner Louis Schooler were accused Sept. 4 by the Securities and Exchange Commission of operating a $50 million real estate investment fraud.
NLRB certifies union being voted out
McALLEN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Nurses at the Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, have succeeded in their efforts to remove a union from their workplace.
Ohio nurses claim they were threatened before union vote
Mix CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Two Ohio hospital nurses want to overturn a union certification election because they allege they were intimidated by the union, and this tainted the election results.
Groups sue Agriculture Secretary over meat-labeling rule
Vilsack DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Several advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the World Trade Organization, Obama's Secretary of Agriculture and his trade representative.
Ninth Circuit grants NLRB's petition against Waikiki hotel
PASADENA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday granted the National Labor Relations Board's petition for enforcement of a 2011 decision against owners of the Pacific Beach Hotel, a luxury Waikiki hotel, in a decade-long dispute.
Patent lawsuit against Mercedes Benz dismissed
Hochberg NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit against luxury car maker Mercedes Benz.
Scotts to pay for using insecticides
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - One of the nation's largest lawn and garden products companies was ordered by an Ohio federal court on Friday to pay a penalty exceeding $6 million and spend $2 million on environmental projects.
Judge dismisses lawsuit over secret ballot amendment
Horne PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - A federal Judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the National Labor Relations Board against the state of Arizona's constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to vote for a union by secret ballot.
Appeals panel overturns Saints' suspensions
Vilma NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A three-member collective bargaining agreement appeals panel overturned the suspension of four current and former New Orleans Saints football players allegedly involved in a "bounty" program.
SEC alleges investment fraud scheme
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - An attorney and two other South Florida residents were charged Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with operating a $27.5 million investment fraud scheme.
Solar panel company settles SEC charges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A San Francisco solar panel manufacturer and three of its former executives on Thursday settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they were defrauding investors.
Suzuki settles Clean Air Act allegations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation must pay an $885,000 penalty for allegedly importing and selling 25,458 uncertified all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles.
JPMorgan Chase paying $1.28M to feds for cleanup
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - JPMorgan Chase Bank has reimbursed the federal government $1.28 million for costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in cleaning up the Browning Lumber Company Superfund Site.
Calif. pharmacist files complaint against union
Mix SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The Service Employees International Union Local 521 had a complaint filed against it Aug. 27 by the California Public Employment Relations Board's San Francisco office.
10th Circuit sides with NLRB over fired bill collector
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the ruling of the National Labor Relations Board in the case of an angry electric company bill collector.