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ConAgra to Pay $11.2m Fine to Settle Peanut Butter Case
Dec 16, 2016ConAgra Grocery Products, a subsidiary of ConAgra, has agreed to pay a fine $11.2m to resolve a decade long peanut butter case related to a countrywide outbreak of salmonella in the US. The company has pleaded guilty of shipping ...
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Supreme Court Grills Apple, Samsung Over Value of Design Patents
Oct 12, 2016Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of ...
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Apple v. Samsung Heads to Supreme Court: What You Need to Know
Oct 12, 2016The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
Tags: US Supreme Court, Apple, patent case, Samsung
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Goodman Co. Agrees to Pay $5.55 Million for Delay and Misrepresentation in Reporting Fire Hazard Involving Air Conditioners/Heaters
Sep 21, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Goodman Company, L.P., of Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $5.55 million civil penalty and has agreed to other terms of a consent decree (which is ...
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Omron Pleads Guilty In Automotive Component Bid Rigging Case, To Pay $4.6m Fine
Mar 22, 2016Japanese Omron Automotive Electronics (OAE) has agreed to plead guilty and pay $4.6m fine for its involvement in rigging bids for power window switches in Honda Civics, the US department of justice (DoJ) said. The justice department said ...
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Medtronic Spends $4.4 Million Settling Country-of-Origin Lawsuit
Apr 7, 2015Medtronic made no admission of guilt in the settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which claimed Medtronic misled the military about the origin of its medical devices. Chris Newmarker Medtronic will pay $4.4 million to settle a ...
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EPA Announced a Settlement with Companies to Address The Pohatcong Valley Groundwater
Jan 14, 2015The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
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Upgrade Sewer Collection and Treatment System to Reduce Sewage and Other Pollutants
Jan 6, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will upgrade its sewer collection and treatment system over the next 12 years to reduce ...
Tags: Sewer System, Local Waterways, Agriculture
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Alabama and Bio-Tech Management Were Sentenced in Federal Court in Macon, Georgia
Aug 29, 2014WASHINGTON – Steven A. Murray, 54, of Pelham, Alabama, and his company, Bio-Tech Management Inc., were sentenced today in federal court in Macon, Georgia, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy, unlawful use of pesticides, ...
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Minnesota Power Has Agreed to Install Pollution Control Technology to Reduce Air Pollution
Aug 14, 2014WASHINGTON – In a settlement with the United States, Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company based in Duluth, has agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the ...
Tags: Minnesota Power, Pollution, Protection, Certification
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Lowe's Home Centers Agreed to Implement a Comprehensive, Corporate-Wide Compliance Program
Apr 18, 2014Lowe's Home Centers, one of the nation's largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform ...
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The Data Breach at Target Corp. That Exposed Millions of Credit Card Numbers
Mar 9, 2014The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws in the U.S. and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most U.S. states have ...
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The Companies Will Also Pay a Civil Penalty of $27.5mn for Thousands of Permit Violations
Mar 5, 2014Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation's largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater ...
Tags: Coal, Certification, EPA
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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Jan 17, 2014Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Judge Rejects Legal Challenge Against Health Insurance Subsidies A legal challenge against health care insurance subsidies for ...
Tags: health, AP report, PLoS Medicine, The Justice Department
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ArthroCare of Austin, TX Will Pay $30 Million to Settle Securities Fraud-Related Charges
Jan 10, 2014ArthroCare Corp. of Austin, TX will pay $30 million to settle securities fraud-related charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ recently announced. Federal prosecutors say shareholders lost more than $400 million in mid-2008 ...
Tags: Surgical Instruments, Arthrocare, Fraud Case Securities
