Las Vegas-based ClarkWestern Building Systems (dba ClarkDietrich) filed a federal antitrust RICO complaint in federal court Wednesday against a suite of companies, claiming a trade group created “sham” regulations to squeeze ...
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Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
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EPA Region 7 has reached a consent agreement with FMC Corporation of Philadelphia, Pa., to resolve allegations that it improperly advertised its Capture LFR Insecticide with five Nebraska radio stations and a regional radio network in ...
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ATLANTA - Zep Inc., located in Atlanta, GA, has agreed to pay $905,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. As part ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company, a food processing and commodities trading company headquartered in Decatur, Ill., has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) at five different large oil storage facilities ...
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LOS ANGELES— Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with AllenCo Energy, Inc., requiring the company to pay $99,000 for violations of federal environmental laws. The penalty is in addition to the ongoing ...
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BOSTON – An EPA settlement will require that a Rhode Island asphalt manufacturing company comply with its Clean Air Act permit designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the community where it operates. The ...
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Two Internet resellers of UPC barcodes used by retailers for price scanning and inventory purposes, have settled charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by inviting competitors to join in a collusive scheme to raise the ...
A federal district judge has issued injunctions against four California companies and six individuals barring them from importing, selling and distributing children's products containing hazardous levels of lead and phthalates and small ...
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The FDA has already announced its proposed electronic cigarette regulations. However, these policies might take a few more years before they are finally implemented. Thus, many states and communities have decided to take the initiative in ...
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Today, a Milwaukee pesticide manufacturer paid a $738,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for advertising "Rozol Prairie Dog Bait" (Rozol PD) without identifying it as a "restricted use" pesticide, and for ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has reached an agreement with Nally and Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. (Nally), for filling streams at two coal mining sites in Kentucky in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under ...
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Dick's Sporting Goods in Memphis, TN, today filed a federal lawsuit in Memphis aganist Kevin L.Boydston, director of industry operations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,Over his bureau's decision to revoke the ...
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Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
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