PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District has awarded a $54.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill. to complete periodic nourishment of the Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, (Long Beach Island), Coastal Storm Risk Management project. The project is a joint effort of the Army Corps' Philadelphia District, the New Jer  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the New Jersey Judiciary to improve access to court services for people with limited English proficiency (LEP). This agreement (https://www.lep.gov/sites/lep/files/media/document/2024-08/NJ_Courts_Final_MOA_508.pdf) resolves an investigation by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * Justice Department Unseals Charges Against Two Additional International Cybercriminals * * * A Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national charged in both the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark, New Jersey, today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-CV-20452; D.N.J. filed Sept. 18, 2023) involving Robert Del Prete: * * * On August 9, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a final consent judgment against Robert Del Prete. The SEC had charged Del Prete with insider trading when he purchased shares of HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. ("HighCape"), a special purpose acquisition company, in advance of t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, together with the New Jersey Judiciary, have reached agreement to improve access to court services for people with limited English proficiency (LEP). This agreement resolves an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached an agreement with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) to resolve allegations that HMH violated the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) by prohibiting individuals with disabilities from bringing service animals to medical appointments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. During its investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: An Atlantic County health system entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the non-profit company violated the False Claims Act by taking a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to which the company was not entitled, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. According to the allegations i  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: A member of the Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted to his role in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Kareem Green, aka "Try Me,", 32, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to a superseding indictment that charged him with Racketeer Influenced and Corrup  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: A Belarussian and Ukrainian national charged in the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged in court documents unsealed today, Maksim Silnikau, also known as Maksym Silnikov, 38,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is among the winners of a 2024 Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for the invention of the planar coil stellarator, a device that eliminates the twisty coils of previous stellarator designs. The invention replaces those twisty coils with flat magnets to create fusio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Belarussian and Ukrainian national charged in the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark, New Jersey, today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged in court documents unsealed today, Maksim Silnikau, also known as Maksym Silnikov,  more