News from 2012
Wash. AG settles with foreclosure trustee company
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna said last week his office has settled with a company for failing to comply with the state's laws governing foreclosure trustees.
Environmental groups sue Calif. agency
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group announced Tuesday that they suing the California Department of Public Health.
SEC charges Eddie Murray with insider trading
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint Friday in California federal court against baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Murray and others for alleged insider trading.
Feds sue over alleged false claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The Justice Department filed a complaint Aug. 7 against California Rural Indian Health Care Board for allegedly submitting false claims in connection with a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Yazaki executive pleads guilty to price-fixing conspiracy
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An executive of Tokyo-based auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., has pleaded guilty for his role in a price-fixing conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Feds, N.Y. AG settle with cable providers
Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Justice Department announced Thursday that Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House and Cox Communications have to change the way they sell bundled wireless and wired services.
Worker appeals NLRB ruling
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - A technician for a Minnesota Ford dealer has filed an appeal with the National Labor Relations Board after the Minneapolis Regional Office partially dismissed his complaint that Teamsters Local 974 violated federal labor laws.
SEC settles with Oracle
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Computer technology giant Oracle settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday that said the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
SEC charges former football coach in Ponzi scheme
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that fraud charges were filed against a former college football coach involved in an $80 million Ponzi scheme.
Former Soyo CFO ordered to pay $15.6M penalty
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Aug. 10 that Soyo Group former chief financial officer Nancy Shao Wen Chu was ordered to pay $15,600,000 in penalties.
N.H. AG worried about magazine sellers
Delaney CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney warned consumers on Wednesday of a door-to-door magazine subscription sales scam operating in the state.
Madigan issues alert over baby seats
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued a consumer alert on Wednesday alerting Illinois caregivers and parents to a recall of Bumbo baby seats announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
N.Y. AG settles with cable providers
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) ' New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement on Thursday with Time Warner Cable, Verizon and three other cable operators that requires the companies to improve the protection of competition.
FCPA: Protect investors at home or America's image abroad?
Spaulding PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) a law primarily geared to protect the image of ethical America business abroad or is it a tool of foreign policy?
Worker says union guilty of Beck, Hudson violations
GOSHEN, Ind. (Legal Newsline) -- An employee of the Eagle Ready Mix concrete company filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against a local Teamster union for violating federal labor laws.
EPA settles with Mass. city over violations
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- The Environmental Protection Agency says the city of Fitchburg, Mass., will pay a fine of $141,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act.
'Operation Pay Care' defendant sentenced
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- A former New York City employee was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to two years of probation for her role in a bribery scheme involving a ring of day care centers.
NLRB to hold hearing for Teamsters complaint
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and its Local 16-N for "Beck Right" violations.
Group challenges Obama NLRB recess appointments
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The National Right to Work Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief Aug. 13 in the continuing court wrangling about the December 2011 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board by President Obama.
Wis. public employees want action in 'Act 10' case
Walker CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) -- Three Wisconsin public employees appealed the dismissal of their intervenor status by the federal district court hearing the challenge to Gov. Scott Walker's public-sector unionism reform measures known as "Act 10."