WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Sunrun Installation Services Inc. received previous citations for lack of fall protection * * * DES PLAINES, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a solar panel and battery storage company with two repeat safety violations after federal investigators found the company exposed workers to deadly fall hazards twice within three months. Investigators w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Evolution Group, owners must also pay $35K in punitive damages * * * Date of action: Nov. 22, 2024 Type of action: Consent judgment and order Employers: Evolution Group Inc., Junior Moreira de Lima, Vitor Moreira 147 Congress St., Milford, Massachusetts 01757 Allegations: The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit on March 7, 2024, alleging the construction cont  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Founder of Iranian Company and his Co-Defendant, an Employee of a U.S. Microelectronics Manufacturer, Also Charged with Violating Export Control Laws in Conspiracy to Procure Sensitive U.S. Technology for Use in IRGC Military Drones * * * Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, a dual U.S.-Iranian national of Natick, Massachusetts, and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, also known as Mohammad Abedini (Abedini), 38, o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-13113; D. Mass. filed Dec. 18, 2024) involving Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou, a physician and clinical professor at a California public university, for insider trading in advance of an October 28, 2022, public announcement relaying positive news about clinical trials of a cancer fighting drug bei  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 19 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00174) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Unitil Corporation, Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Unitil, Hearthstone Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Hope Companies, Inc., PHC Utilities, Inc. and Bangor Natural Gas Company, Request for Regulatory Approvals Related to a Merger of Bangor Natural Gas Company Into Unitil Corporation and Related Debt and Affiliate Arrangements (35-A M.R.S. Sec.Sec. 707, 708, 901 & 902) ORDE  more