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Missouri company to pay $580K EPA fine
LENEXA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri explosive manufacturing facility has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $580,135 to settle allegations of violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Two companies to pay Clean Air Act fine
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Two companies have been ordered to pay a $970,000 penalty for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act while operating as a chemical plant in Springfield, Mass.
General Biodisel to pay $63K EPA fine
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - General Biodiesel will pay a $63,000 penalty for failing to report their hazardous chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Miss. SC reverses, rules for railroad in wrongful death case
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- The Supreme Court of Mississippi has reversed a $4.8 million verdict in a wrongful death case against Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
Pa. SC affirms ruling against tree stand companies
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has affirmed a decision of the Superior Court holding the manufacturer and distributors of an improperly manufactured tree stand responsible after a man fell and was injured during installation.
Pair pleads guilty to conspiracy charges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The former accounting director and an outside auditor from American Mortgage Specialist have pleaded guilty in Arizona to obstruction of justice and conspiracy to defraud BNC National Bank.
SEC looking at Chinese accounting firms
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Chinese affiliates of the Big Four accounting firms and another large U.S. accounting firm have refused to produce documents related to China-based companies under investigation by the SEC for potential accounting fraud against U.S. investors.
Brazilian charged with Burger King insider trading
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Insider trading charges have been brought against a Brazilian ex-banker for his part in a scheme to illegally trade Burger King securities.
Ponzi scheme targeted deaf people
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A California man has been charged with operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme that fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $670,000 from 17 people.
NY SC rules for state in fatal boat accident case
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- The New York Supreme Court has dismissed a case over a fatal public boat tour accident.
DOJ says contractor submitted false claims
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Virginia-based contractor is facing a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly submitting false claims for unqualified security guards under a contract to provide security in Iraq, the Justice Department announced Oct. 31.
EPA announces agreements with 29 in clean-up effort
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A $2 million settlement with 290 small parties, called de minimis parties, for the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site was announced Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
SEC alleges $276M insider trading scheme
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The largest insider trading case ever charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleges a $276 million scheme for a clinical trial Alzheimer's drug jointly developed by two pharmaceutical companies.
Roquette to pay $4.1M civil penalty
Lenexa, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday Roquette America, Inc. has agreed to pay a $4.1 million civil penalty that will settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
EPA settles with former engine importers
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A settlement with two former importers of highway motorcycles, recreational vehicles and small spark ignition engines over the alleged sales of vehicles and engines in violation of the Clean Air Act requirements, the EPA announced Wednesday.
W.Va. company to prevent waste from reaching ground
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Three companies in Ravenswood, W.Va., have signed a consent order with the Environmental Protection Agency to prevent releases of cyanide into soil and groundwater at their 2.7-acre site.
EPA fines 16 over lead removal
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Sixteen firms were fined by the Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, the EPA announced Wednesday.
CFPB forms National Mortgage Database
CFPB executive director Richard Cordray
Demuzio sentenced for Ponzi scheme
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Brad Demuzio and his company, Demuzio Capital Management, both of Chubbuck, Idaho, has been sentenced to prison after being charged by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission with operating a fraudulent $1.8 million commodity pool and foreign currency Ponzi scheme.
Behlen reaches agreement over hazardous waste allegations
Lenexa, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - An agricultural and industrial product manufacturer, Behlen Manufacturing Company, as agreed to pay a $59,996 civil penalty to settle a series of alleged Resource Conservation and Recovery Act violations in Columbus, Neb.