Stephanie Ostrowski News
EPA lowering fuel economy estimates of Kia, Hyundai
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An Environmental Protection Agency test for Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America found discrepancies between their results and data submitted by the company.
Fox wins Mont. AG race in second attempt
HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - Tim Fox will be Montana's first Republican attorney general in 20 years.
Rosenblum keeps job as Oregon AG
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - Oregon will keep its current attorney general, as voters on Tuesday picked Ellen Rosenblum to stay on the job.
Insurer wins Texas case over back injury
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson
Temporary injunction entered in Mo. hotel workers' case
St. Ann, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Owners of the Northwest Airport Inn must offer reinstatement to two union employees who were fired after the company refused to negotiate with their union.
EPA, Sunoco reach agreement
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations caused Sunoco, Inc. to pay $117,000 in a settlement announced Thursday.
Judge orders JAG employees rehired
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio nursing home was ordered by a federal judge to offer about 20 union employees reinstatement after they were not retained when the facility went under new management.
Judge orders $240M civil penalty
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A default judgment and permanent injunction against Nicholas Cosmo was entered Thursday in an action brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CFTC charges Fla. man with fraud
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Christopher Smithers of Jupiter, Fla., was charged Tuesday with fraud in connection with commodity-related activities, as well as violating two prior U.S. District Court orders, said the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CTFC issues $200K penalty against Morgan Stanley
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney violated CFTC regulations by failing to diligently supervise employee handling of customer accounts, according to an order issued Monday by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
NLRB begins partnership with Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Parties who participate in the Board's alternative dispute resolution will have the opportunity to meet with a contracted mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the National Labor Relations Board announced Tuesday.
SEC files charges in '.44 Magnum' financial plan
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An money manager and two of his chief marketers were charged Thursday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors with a fake company simulating one of Germany's former largest banks.
Hong Kong firm agrees to settle with SEC
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Hong Kong-based firm charged with insider trading in July has agreed to settle with $14 million, double the amount of its alleged illegal profits, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.