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Thomas A. Robinson
over 1 year ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Florida: Court Reverses $15,000 “Fine” Against Employer’s Carrier
Finding that a Florida circuit court had jurisdiction, pursuant to § 440,23(1), Fla. Stat., to award sanctions to an injured worker who contended the employer’s carrier who failed to provide orthopedic care following the entry of an order by...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 3 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Colorado: Supreme Court Says $841,200 for Failure to Maintain Workers’ Comp Insurance May Be Unconstitutionally Excessive
Stressing that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against the imposition of “excessive fines” applies not only to fines that are levied against individuals, but also against corporations, the Supreme Court of Colorado, with one partially...
Steven M. Siros
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Public Health and Safety
EPA TSCA Penalty Struck Down
By Steven M. Siros On March 13, 2015, the Environmental Appeals Board ("EAB") struck down a landmark $2,751,800 penalty that had been imposed on Elementis Chromium for its alleged failure to comply with the Toxic Substances Control Act's...
Dianne Saxe
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Retrial: Lower Fines for Environmental Consultant
By Meredith James In 2011, we wrote about the record $161,000 in fines imposed upon an environmental consultant and his company. In addition, $40,500 in fines were imposed on their clients, Mr. James Sinclair and his company Sinclair Landing , owner...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
EPA’s 2012 Primary Annual Fine Particle Designation Identifies Attainment Status for All of West Virginia
By Laura M. Goldfarb EPA designated all of West Virginia as being in attainment for the 2012 primary annual fine particle (PM 2.5 ) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by rule on December 18, 2014. This is significant for industry and...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Colorado: $840,000 Fine For Failure to Insure Was Excessive
The imposition of more than $840,000 fine against an uninsured employer was unconstitutionally excessive under both the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and a similarly-worded provision of the Colorado constitution, where the fine was based upon...
Cassandra Roberts
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Twinsies: Delaware Finds In Favor Of a “Double Displaced” Worker And Issues a Fine
Today’s post comes to us by request of attorney Shaku Bhaya following the DSBA Winter Breakfast Seminar that was held this past Monday. Shaku asked me for copies of two rulings mentioned during my Case Law Update presentation and I thought I would...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
MN Staffing Company Hit With $227K I-9 Fine: USA v. Employer Solutions
Noteworthy : "The parties do not dispute, and the record clearly reflects, that ESSG II’s standard operating procedure was for its personnel in Edina, Minnesota to sign the section 2 attestation after reviewing copies of the employees’...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Infosys’ Record Fine Targets Outsourcing Abuses
"A record fine against Infosys Ltd. (INFY) targets outsourcing companies and their alleged abuse of existing immigration laws to feed the insatiable desire for highly skilled engineers in the U.S. Infosys has been sending employees to the U.S. with...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Feds: Infosys Pays Record Amount To Settle Allegations Of Systemic Visa Fraud And Abuse Of Immigration Processes
"Infosys Corporation, an Indian company involved in consulting, technology, and outsourcing, has agreed to a civil settlement of allegations of systemic visa fraud and abuse of immigration processes by paying a record settlement amount and agreeing...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
Why Are I-9 Lessons So Hard to Learn? - The Abercrombie & Fitch Files
You'd think a million-dollar fine would have hammered home the lesson. Nearly five years ago, that's what retailer Abercrombie & Fitch paid ICE to settle an I-9 audit beef. Seems the company's hand-crafted, artisanal electronic I-9 system...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
U.S. to Hit Infosys With Record Immigration Fine
"The federal government is set to slap Infosys Ltd. with the largest immigration fine ever, claiming the Indian outsourcing giant illegally placed workers on visitor, rather than work, visas at big corporate clients across the U.S. The government...
Robert Fusfeld
over 11 years ago
Securities
Securities Law Blog
PCAOB Revocation and Fine For Failure To Produce Records Upheld on Appeal
R.E. Bassie & Co., R. Everett Bassie, CPA , AAER 3354, January 10, 2012 PCAOB revoked Bassie & Co's registration and barred Bassie from associating with a registered public accounting firm and fined him $75,000. It found that the firm and...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ICE delivers hefty fines for I-9 paperwork errors; a 'money grab'
"Mike Weir remembers the summer day that federal immigration agents came to his small lightning protection company nestled among cow pastures in Katy and asked to review all of his company's hiring paperwork. Weir said he knew what auditors...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Wash. Herb Grower Fined $1M for Knowingly Hiring Unauthorized Workers; Company Hired and Concealed Workers During I-9 Audit
"A Washington-based supplier of fresh organic herbs to nearly 2,700 grocers was sentenced Tuesday to $1 million in criminal fines and probation for hiring [unauthorized] aliens...'In the midst of an I-9 administrative audit, HerbCo hired...
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