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Law Enforcement Actions
Cal/OSHA issues nearly $50,000 in citations to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
Mammoth Lakes, CA—The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), today issued citations to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area totaling $49,865 following an investigation into the April 6, 2006 accident resulting in the death of three ski patrol employees.
Oct 11, 2006, 23:10
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School Shootings: The FBI Reports
An unrelated series of shootings at schools in recent weeks has people wondering about the safety of their children and how they can help prevent future attacks. We talked with one of our behavioral analysts, Supervisory Special Agent Mary Ellen O’Toole, Ph.D., to get some insights
Oct 10, 2006, 21:17
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Denny’s Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Disability Bias Against Class of Workers Nationwide
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it filed a federal discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Denny’s, Inc., which operates more than 500 corporate-owned restaurants in 30 states, on behalf of disabled employees nationwide who were not provided reasonable accommodation and were fired after being denied medical leave needed in connection with their disabilities.
Sep 29, 2006, 08:24
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Phony Contractors Stung in Los Angeles County Undercover Operation
A house in Montrose turned out to have a revolving door of phony contractors Wednesday as the Contractors State License Board's (CSLB) Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) conducted an undercover sting operation. A total of 19 people were arrested.
Sep 28, 2006, 07:03
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Automotive Repair Alert: California Seeks to Shuts Down Southern California EZ Lube Shops
The California Department of Consumer Affairs/Bureau of Automotive Repair (DCA/BAR) is taking disciplinary action that may result in the suspension or revocation of the Automotive Repair Dealer registrations of 76 Southern California EZ Lube auto repair shops. This marks the largest Bureau investigation in recent history against an independently-owned automotive repair corporation.
Sep 20, 2006, 12:06
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Investment Fraud: San Francisco Foreign Currency Firms And Three Account Executives To Pay More Than $2 Million To Settle Fraud Action
The California Department of Corporations (DOC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an agreement has been reached to settle charges of fraudulent solicitation and illegal operation against National Investment Consultants, Inc. (NICI) of San Francisco, Pacific Best Group Limited, a.k.a. Pacific Best Company Ltd., a foreign corporation doing business in San Francisco, and individual defendants
Sep 20, 2006, 06:48
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As Students Return to College, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi Urges Parents to Re-Evaluate Insurance Needs
Garamendi advises parents and college-bound students to consider updating or adding renter’s, health and auto insurance for campus living this fall
Sep 19, 2006, 07:07
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FOR-PROFIT Software Piracy Web Site Operator Sentenced to 87 Months In Prison
The owner of a massive for-profit software piracy Web site was sentenced today in federal court to 87 months in prison, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the Eastern District of Virginia announced.
Sep 14, 2006, 11:30
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FTC Puts a Permanent Halt to Illegal Spamming Operations
The Federal Trade Commission has brought a permanent halt to four illegal spamming operations – including one that offered the opportunity to “date lonely wives” and two that hijacked the computers of unwitting third parties and used them to pelt consumers with graphic sexually explicit e-mail. The FTC charged the operators with sending spam that violated provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act, and has halted the illegal spamming
Sep 14, 2006, 10:55
