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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday April 26, 2020 ( 11 items )  

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Two Cases
NEW YORK, April 22 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 18-00228): SHAKE AND SHINGLE ALLIANCE, Plaintiff, and GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and COMMITTEE OVERSEEING ACTION FOR LUMBER INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's remand redetermination as to the scope ruling on cert  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Two Cases
NEW YORK, April 24 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 16-00185): JACOBI CARBONS AB AND JACOBI CARBONS, INC., Plaintiffs, and, NINGXIA HUAHUI ACTIVATED CARBON CO., LTD., ET AL., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and, CALGON CARBON CORPORATION AND CABOT NORIT AMERICAS, INC., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge Consol. OPINION [The U.S. Department of Commerce's fourth remand results are sustained.] Daniel   more

EPA Recognizes Leaders in the Prevention and Diversion of Waste
NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 20: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 2019 winners of the national WasteWise awards. EPA is recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of 11 national WasteWise partner organizations. EPA Region 2 also announced its regional winners in New York and New Jersey. "As we begin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, it is fitting to highlight these WasteWise partn  more

FCC Approves Second Set of COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 21: The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional five funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Health care providers in some of the hardest hit areas like New York and Michigan will use this $3.71 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program has   more

FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel on Denial of Request From Cities, First Responders Seeking More Time for Comment on Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on April 20: Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel issued the following statement regarding the denial of a request from the City of Los Angeles, the County of Santa Clara, the Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District, and the City of New York to further extend the pleading cycle on the net neutrality remand. "The FCC was wrong when it repealed net neutrality a  more

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA Develops COVID-19 Prototype Ventilator in 37 Days
PASADENA, California, April 23 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: A new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers and tailored to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients passed a critical test Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States. The device, called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), was developed by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in South  more

Joint Base Langley-Eustis: JTF-CS Supports COVID-19 Operations in New York, New Jersey
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force's Joint Base Langley-Eustis issued the following news: Joint Task Force-Civil Support on Fort Eustis sent approximately 30 people to New York and New Jersey to conduct command and control operations of the task force providing Title-10 medical support in the COVID-19 pandemic response. There are more than 2,500 medical professionals in Task Force New York/New Jersey. This includes mostly doctors, nurses and medical administrat  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney Berman Announces Additional Distribution of More Than $378 Million to Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme
NEW YORK, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release on April 20: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced that the Madoff Victim  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney Berman Announces Criminal Charges Against Industrial Bank Of Korea for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act
NEW YORK, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release on April 20: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jeffrey E. Peterson, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Anchorage, Alaska, Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced criminal charges against Industrial Bank of Korea ("IBK" or the "Bank") consisting of a one-count felony information   more

SEC Issues Trading Suspension Order Involving SCWorx
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order (No. 88712): The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of trading in the securities of SCWorx Corp. ("SCWorx") (CIK 0001674227), of New York, NY at 9:30 a.m. EDT on April 22, 2020, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 5, 2020. The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securit  more

U.S. Department of Commerce to Invest $1.5 Million to Improve Internet Bandwidth for Businesses in Corning, New York, Opportunity Zones
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 23: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Southern Tier Network, Inc. in Corning, New York, to install approximately 83 miles of high-speed dark fiber-optic cable to support businesses in six counties. The EDA grant, to be located near 11 Opportunity   more