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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Litigation: SEC Charges Richmond Federal Reserve Banking Supervisor With Insider Trading
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:24-cv-00800-MHL; E.D. Va., filed Nov. 8, 2024) involving Robert Brian Thompson: * * * On November 8, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed insider trading charges against Robert Brian Thompson, a long-time banking supervisor and examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, for allegedly using material nonpublic information to trade in stock and options of two publicly   more

Surface Transportation Board Issues Notice Involving Norfolk Southern Railway
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 290) entitled "Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Mingo County, West Virginia": * * * Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152, subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.5-mile rail line (the Alma Branch) extending from milepost AL 0.0 +/- at or near Sprigg,   more

U.S., Indonesian Marines Conclude Successful Keris Marine Exercise 2024
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command issued the following news: By Capt. Mark McDonough, Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia BATAM, Indonesia -- On Nov. 19, a combined force of nearly 600 personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps' Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), and the 10th Marine Infantry Battalion of the Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia (KORMAR), or Indonesian Marine Corps, concluded Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 in   more