NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Aug. 25: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today that SEPEHR SARSHAR was charged this morning with securities fraud and other fraud offenses in connection with SARS  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Aug. 26: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS"), announced today the u  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 25: Baccarat, Inc., which operates a retail store in Manhattan that sells luxury crystal products, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for employment discrimination filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Baccarat with harassing a sales consultant at its Manhattan store based on ra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 1 state, and was essentially unchanged in 9 states in July 2020. Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 49 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 1 state. The largest job gains from June to July occurred in New York (+176,600), California   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Massachusetts had the highest unemployment rate in July 2020, 16.1 percent, followed by New York, 15.9 percent. Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, and Hawaii also had unemployment rates above 13.0 percent in July. The rates in Connecticut (10.2 percent), New Mexico (12.7 percent), and New York (15.9 percent) set new series highs. (State unemployment data  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 18-00137): COALITION FOR FAIR TRADE IN GARLIC, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and HARMONI INTERNATIONAL SPICE, INC., ET AL., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge OPINION [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's final results of redetermination.] Dated: August 27, 2020 Anthony L. Lanza and Brodie H. Smith, Lanza and Smith PLC, of Irvine, CA, for Plaintiff C  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00205): RED SUN FARMS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and THE FLORIDA TOMATO EXCHANGE, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Granting Defendant's motion to dismiss.] Valerie Ellis, Daniel Porter, and Kimberly Reynolds, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Red Sun Farms. Elizabeth Anne Speck, Comm  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York field office issued the following news release on Aug. 25: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, wa  more

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Georgia, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Maj. Kenneth Thomas, a C-130 Hercules navigator assigned to the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and the wing's diversity and inclusion project manager, is working on several fronts to encourage minorities and young women to consider a career in the Air Force or Air Force Reserve. Growing up with his grandmother in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, Thomas didn't know much about the Ai  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26: Today the Justice Department requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan required nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients to their vulnerable populations, often without adequate testing. For example, on March 25, 2020, New York ordere  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 26: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree imposing a permanent injunction barring two individuals and two companies that transmitted massive volumes of fraudulent robocalls from conveying any telephone calls into the U.S. telephone system, the Department of Justice announced today. As alleged in a civil complaint filed earlier this year in United State  more

LIBERTY ISLAND, New York, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The Statue of Liberty National Monument joined the National Park Service and the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC) and sites across the U.S. to illuminate the country in purple and gold on August 26 in celebration of 100 years of women's constitutional right to vote. National parks across the country will be illuminated in the historic suffrage colors o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54836) involving New York State Department of Health, Buffalo: AGREEMENT STATE REORT - MISSING I-125 SEED The following was received via fax from the New York State Department of Health: "On July 7, 2020, the [New York State] Department [of Health] was notified of a missing Iodine-125 localization seed (Best Medical International, Inc., Model 2301, Activity: 142 microCuries) at Roswell Park C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release n Aug. 28: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. has agreed to pay more than $67 million to settle charges that it violated the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In a parallel action, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York  more

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The 491st Attack Squadron is a geographically separated unit from Holloman Air Force Base. Active-duty Airmen from across the Air Force, to include Holloman, are continuing to build strong bonds with Air National Guardsmen from the 174th Attack Wing, during daily MQ-9 Reaper operations on Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York. The integration of active duty  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 28: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency, Oneonta, New York, to establish the Richfield Springs Eco-Industrial Business Park. The EDA grant, to be matched with $325,000 in state funds and $875,0  more

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago issued the following news release: Event: The U.S. Embassy Port of Spain has been advised of a flight with commercial carrier JetBlue from Port of Spain to New York, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Tuesday, September 1st for the purpose of repatriating U.S. citizens. We urge U.S. citizens (and U.S. Legal Permanent Residents) wishing to travel to the United States to visit the airline's website   more