AIKEN, South Carolina, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: Nearly six years after it was first announced, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has transitioned landlord responsibilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS) from the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), aligning with the start of federal fiscal year 2025. Landlord responsibilities include the primary authority, acco  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Made possible by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, investments will further expand, modernize, and improve America's intercity passenger rail network The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity announcing the availability of more than $1 billion in funding to expand and modernize intercity passenger rail n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-07362; S.D.N.Y. filed Sept. 30, 2024) involving 10 Defendants: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Harry Zhabilov, Billy Ray, Jr., Charles Dilluvio, Stephen Apolant, Dannie Zhabilov, Jonathan Farber, and four related entities with running a microcap fraud scheme targeting retail investors. The defendants were involved in different parts of the scheme involvin  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general in support of a proposed revision to the American Bar Association's (ABA) accreditation standards for law schools. The amended standard would require schools to continue to take concrete steps toward improving access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawy  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Jodi Drygula, age 52, of Amsterdam, New York, and Anthony Camou, age 45, of Las Vegas, Nevada, have been indicted on mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits in the names of other people. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge, No  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: A Las Vegas doctor was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and a fine of $75,000 for unlawfully distributing opioid pain medications without a medically legitimate purpose. "By prescribing medically unnecessary prescription medications in exchange for  more