News from 2012
NLRB touts FY2012 accomplishments
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Labor Relations Board cut the median age of pending cases in half after making 341 decisions for cases from fiscal year 2012 (Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012).
Schneiderman settles with Walgreens over flu shots
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EPA, Atlas Resources agree on $84K settlement
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that Atlas Resources LLC will pay an $84,506 penalty to settle alleged air and hazardous chemical violations at its natural gas production facility in Avella, Washington County, Pa.
RxAmerica, feds reach $5.25M settlement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - RxAmerica LLC has agreed to a civil settlement and will pay the government $5.25 million in one of the first False Claims Act actions over Medicare's Prescription Drug Program known as Part D, the Justice Department announced Monday.
SEC charges hedge fund advisors with fraud
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - To hide losses and increase fees from investors, a former $1 billion hedge fund advisory firm and two executives schemed to overvalue assets and exaggerate reported returns of hedge funds, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CFTC, Farr Financial reach agreement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Farr Financial Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has agreed to pay a $280,000 penalty with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on charges that it failed to properly invest segregated funds and supervise investment activities.
NLRB makes first call in firing over Facebook photo
Lake Bluff, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The firing of a BMW salesman for photos and comments posted to Facebook did not violate federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board has found.
EPA reaches settlement with Sinclair Wyoming Refining
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - The Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company has agreed to pay a $378,000 penalty, update process equipment and perform tests on pressure vessels and piping, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday.
