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Healthcare Law News
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Tainted Ingredient Sold After Salmonella Found
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:52:57 GMT -
The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.
David Brooks: Fiscal sanity -- where's the passion?Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:57 GMT -
We all have our emotional hot and cold spots. If you asked me about the New York Mets, you'd see a glow in my eyes.
Employment / Labor Law News
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Parkinson says rise in Kan. unemployment rate discouraging, urges lawmakers to find solutions
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:32:36 GMT -
Gov. Mark Parkinson called Kansas' first unemployment report for 2010 "discouraging," urging legislators Wednesday to put politics aside in finding solutions.
United States: Staying Out Of The EEOC's Line Of Fire - Fisher & Phillips LLPWed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:53 GMT -
Recent high-profile cases listed on the EEOC website include a $19 million settlement of a class-action case against Outback Steakhouse; a $1.26 million settlement of a case against a Bahama Breeze restaurant in Ohio; and a $500,000 settlement of two cases against Landwin Management, Inc., a hotel operator in California.
Environmental Law News
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OSHA Notifies Panama City Businesses of High Injury and Illness Rates
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:58 GMT -
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration surveys employers to collect workplace injury and illness data it uses to identify employers whose injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average.
EPA review may upset Vt. rulesWed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:10 GMT -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may reconsider its approval of the rules governing wastewater treatment plants and other sources of pollution that flow into Lake Champlain.
Corporate / Securities Law News
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Ponzi Scheme Diverted Retirees' Funds to Cryogenics, Porn, Cars, SEC Says
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:02:58 GMT -
Executives at an Illinois estate- planning firm raised more than $20 million for Turkish Eurobond investments, while diverting clientsa money for a stamp collection, Internet pornography and cryogenically frozen umbilical cords, U.S. regulators said.
Stock Market Psychic ChargedWed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:25 GMT -
Perhaps he should have seen it coming. A man claiming to be a stock market psychic is charged with bilking $6 million from more than 100 investors.