mill The climate gospel according to novelist Lydia Millet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 13:10:49 -0400 The author has been everywhere, in life and fiction. "A Children's Bible" passionately fuses the two: "You've gotta be Chicken Little sooner or later." Full Article
mill FCC slaps Sinclair Broadcast with a record $48-million fine for 'unacceptable' conduct By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 19:50:03 -0400 The Maryland-based TV station owner's tactics in an aborted takeover of Tribune Media drew FCC scrutiny. Full Article
mill Coronavirus: US unemployment claims hit 33.3 million amid virus By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:51:07 GMT Data shows roughly one-fifth of the US workforce has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March. Full Article
mill How Irrfan Khan helped Slumdog Millionaire to become an Oscar winner By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:38:22 GMT Danny Boyle credits Irrfan Khan with propelling Slumdog Millionaire to Oscar glory. Full Article
mill Packaging company ships over three million face shields to help with pandemic By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:31:42 -0000 Thermoformed packaging company Lacerta has managed to ship over three million Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) face shields to healthcare and frontline workers, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
mill Menarini to buy Stemline for up to $677 million By www.pharmatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 11:17:09 +0100 The move will establish Menarini's presence in the US biopharma market Full Article
mill Dr John McHutchinson steps down from Gilead with $1.1 million goodbye By www.pharmafile.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:03:27 +0000 Gilead has said that Dr John McHutchison is stepping down after nine years at the firm. Gilead’s Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research and Development has decided to leave the company next month, Gilead said. Under McHutchinson, Gilead developed five new hepatitis drugs, which have been used by as many as 3.2 million people around the world. read more Full Article Research and Development Medical Communications Sales and Marketing Business Services Manufacturing and Production
mill A $100 Million Biotech Deal Is Also A Tale Of Two Executives Facing Their Kids’ Deadly Diseases By www.forbes.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000 “John, I’m very aware of your family’s journey, Twelve years ago I was one of the producers considering bidding on your life rights.” Full Article ticker=NASDAQ:FOLD ticker=NYSE:SNY byline=Matthew Herper
mill Bayer donates 8 million chloroquine tablets to the German Federal Government By www.news.bayer.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:00:00 GMT Additional donations of chloroquine sent to governments in numerous other countries / Various clinical and preclinical studies investigate the efficacy and adverse effects in COVID-19 infections / Bayer plans considerable expansion of production capacities in the event that the efficacy of chloroquine is proven for COVID-19 Full Article
mill jCyte out-licenses rare vision disorder treatment for $252 million By www.thepharmaletter.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:46:00 +0100 US biotech firm jCyte Inc has entered into a licensing agreement with Japanese ophthalmology specialist… Full Article Biotechnology/Deals/Japan/jCell/jCyte Inc/Licensing/Ophthalmics/Rare diseases/Santen/USA/Vision disorder
mill Canadian Company to Pay U.S. More Than $1 Million Related to Sale of Defective Bullet-proof Vests By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:03:49 EST Barrday Inc. and two related companies have agreed to pay the United States more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act in connection with their role in the weaving of Zylon fabric used in the manufacture and sale of defective Zylon bullet-proof vests. Barrday, headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, is a weaver of ballistic fabrics and designs and produces specialty industrial textiles. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill U.S. Recovers $19 Million from AMEC Construction Management to Settle Litigation Regarding Fraud, False Claims, Kickbacks & Re-Procurement Costs on Federal Construction Contracts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:18:08 EST The United States has recovered more than $19 million from AMEC Construction Management Inc. (ACMI) to resolve allegations of fraud, false claims and kickbacks on four General Services Administration (GSA) construction contracts, as well as litigation over claims by the GSA for excess re-procurement costs incurred by GSA after it terminated ACMIs contract to build the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. ACMI was formerly known as Morse Diesel International Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Coal-Fired Power Plant to Spend More Than $135 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:44:24 EST Kentucky Utilities (KU), a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Patriot Coal to Pay $6.5 Million to Settle Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:13:48 EST Patriot Coal Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the United States, has agreed to pay a $6.5 million civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Kellogg Brown & Root LLC Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges and Agrees to Pay $402 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:33:50 EST Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR), a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty today to charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts. The EPC contracts to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria, were valued at more than $6 billion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill APL Ltd. to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:49:11 EST APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Three Miami Physicians and Three Medical Workers Charged with $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:22:15 EST Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $10 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:47:23 EST AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266,414.33 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Texas Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Software Worth $1 Million on Web Sites By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:40:31 EST Timothy Kyle Dunaway, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Reed OConnor in Wichita Falls for selling counterfeit computer software through the Internet in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws. The software sold by Dunaway had a combined retail value of more than $1 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Statement from Matthew A. Miller, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Regarding Issuance of the National Research Councils Report on Forensic Science By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:57:49 EST We appreciate the diligent work of the National Research Councils committee on forensic science in preparing this report. The Department of Justices principal focus in dealing with forensic evidence is on applying it dispassionately to law enforcement challenges, and we regularly use forensics to not only convict the guilty, but also to exonerate the innocent. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill BP Products to Pay Nearly $180 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations at Texas City Refinery By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:04:38 EST BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to spend more than $161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas, refinery. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Japanese Corporate Operator of Cargo Vessel Sentenced to Pay $1.75 Million for Conspiracy and Falsifying Records By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:09:55 EST U. S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced the Japanese corporation Hiong Guan Navegacion Japan Co. Ltd., that operates the commercial cargo ship M/V Balsa-62, to three years probation and $1.75 million in penalties for conspiring to falsify and falsifying environmental compliance records. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Miami Man Found Guilty in $13.5 Million International Money Laundering Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:33:18 EST Rodrigo Molina, 33, a Brazilian national who resided in Miami, was found guilty by a federal jury on 11 of 16 charged counts related to a $13.5 million money laundering conspiracy. Molina was found guilty on Feb. 25, 2009, following a seven-day jury trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill International Criminal Figure Pleads Guilty to $138 Million Fuel Tax Scheme After Nearly 13 Years as a Fugitive By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:02:50 EST After nearly 13 years as a fugitive, a former New Jersey resident has been returned to the United States, and pleaded guilty today to conspiring to committing one of the nations largest known motor fuel excise tax schemes. Aaron Misulovin a/k/a Albert Friedman, a/k/a Valery Vibornov, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas in Camden, N.J., to one count of conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and three counts of tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Kansas Cardiologist to Pay U.S. $1.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:22:18 EST Joseph P. Galichia, M.D. and Galichia Medical Group P.A., a Kansas cardiologist and his practice group, have agreed to pay the United States $1.3 million to settle claims that the physician and his group violated the False Claims Act between 2001 and 2006, by submitting false claims to Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill U.S. Asks Courts in California & South Carolina to Shut Down Promoters of Allegedly Fraudulent $39.2 Million Tax Refund Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:12:25 EST The United States has sued tax return preparers in Placerville, Calif., and Columbia, S.C., seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. According to the government complaints in the two cases, Teresa Marty of Pollock Pines, Calif., and Winston Able of Blythewood, S.C., prepare federal income tax returns for their customers that claim fraudulent tax refunds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Hitachi Displays Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $31 Million Fine for Participating in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:02:09 EDT Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi Displays Ltd., agreed to plead guilty and pay a $31 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Dell Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Shipping Line Pays $1.4 Million for Environmental Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:22:58 EDT Holy House Shipping AB, a Swedish corporation, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., to pay a $1 million fine, a special assessment of $400,000 in community service payments and serve three years of probation for failing to maintain an accurate oil record book in an attempt to conceal illegal discharges of oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean from one of its ships. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill San Mateo County, California, to Pay U.S. $6.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:50 EDT San Mateo County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $6.8 million to resolve allegations that the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) submitted false claims to the United States in connection with payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The government alleges that SMMC falsely inflated its bed count to Medicare in order to receive higher payments under Medicares Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) adjustment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill General Maritime Management (Portugal) Fined $1 Million for Enviromental Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:43:01 EDT A federal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has sentenced General Maritime Management (Portugal), the operator of a fleet of tanker vessels, and two crewmembers of the motor tanker Genmar Defiance for making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and failing to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book designed to prevent pollution of the worlds oceans as required by United States and international law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Jury Convicts Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants in $5.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:23:11 EDT A federal jury in Miami today convicted two physicians and two medical assistants in connection with a $5.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a two-week trial in federal court in Miami, a jury found David Rothman, M.D., 66; Keith Russell, M.D., 65; Eda Marietta Milanes, 43; and Jorge Luis Pacheco, 50; guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud and multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting claims to Medicare for unnecessary medications. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill U.S. Sues Union Pacific R.R. for $37 Million for Allegedly Failing to Prevent Use of Rail Cars to Smuggle Narcotics Across Border By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:49:15 EDT The government has filed two lawsuits against the Union Pacific Railroad Company for allegedly failing to prevent the use of its rail cars to smuggle large quantities of narcotics into the United States. The complaints, filed in San Diego and Houston, seek more than $37 million in monetary penalties. The government alleges the rail cars were brought across the border at the ports of entry at Calexico, Calif., and Brownsville, Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants Plead Guilty in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:53:46 EDT Four Miami-area residents pleaded guilty today in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics. Dr. Roberto Rodriguez, 54; Dr. Carlos Garrido, 69; Gonzalo Nodarse, 38; and Alexis Carrazana, 41; all pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Sixth Aegis Company Principal Sentenced in Chicago to Ten Years in Prison for His Part in Firms $60 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:12:49 EDT Edward B. Bartoli, a Clearwater, Fla., resident and former attorney, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Norgle of Chicago. Bartoli is the last of six defendants to be sentenced after they were convicted of various tax crimes in May 2008. Prior to his conviction, Bartoli was a founder of Aegis and its legal director. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:58 EDT A Newton, Conn., resident who was involved in operating three businesses in Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Mariusz Debowksi pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conspiracy to aid another in filing false tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Sikorsky Aircraft Pays $2.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:07:14 EDT Sikorsky Aircraft Company, a division of United Technologies Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States $2,941,000 to resolve fraud allegations in connection with its contract for the manufacture of Black Hawk helicopters for the Army. Sikorsky, located in Stratford, Conn., manufactures the Black Hawk or variations of the Black Hawk for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, as well as for other nations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Houstons Methodist Hospital to Pay U.S. More Than $9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Overcharging Medicare By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:43:10 EDT Methodist Hospital in Houston has agreed to pay the United States $9.99 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program. The settlement resolves allegations that Methodist improperly increased charges to Medicare patients in order to obtain enhanced reimbursement from Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill U.S. Sues 32 Individuals, Alleging $30 Million Tax Credit Scam Based on Sham Sales from Non-Existent Methane Production Facilities at Landfills By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:08:05 EDT The United States has sued four Certified Public Accounts (CPA), 27 tax preparers and one other individual, seeking to bar them from promoting an alleged tax scam involving bogus income tax credits claimed for sham sales of methane from landfills. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving New York City Hospital By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:51:28 EDT A Trumbull, Conn., resident who was involved in operating three businesses in Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Krzysztof Koczon pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conspiracy to aid another in filing false tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Three Defendants Sentenced in "Advance-Fee" Fraud Scheme That Cost Victims More Than $1.2 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:30:38 EDT Three defendants were sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty in January 2008 to federal charges of running an advance-fee scheme that targeted U.S. victims with promises of millions of dollars. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Ship Operator Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million Fine for Concealing Vessel Pollution By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:07:36 EDT Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the M/T Nautilus, an ocean-going chemical tanker ship, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston and has agreed to pay a fine of $2.5 million for criminal violations related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated bilge waste on the high seas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Latin Node Inc., Pleads Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violation and Agrees to Pay $2 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:49:11 EDT Latin Node Inc. (Latinode), a privately held Florida corporation, pleaded guilty today to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with improper payments in Honduras and Yemen. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Courtney Huck in the Southern District of Florida, Latinode pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging a criminal violation of the FCPAs anti-bribery provisions. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Six Former Executives of California Valve Company Charged in $46 Million Foreign Bribery Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:43:58 EDT Six former executives of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company were charged today in connection with a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies. The contracts resulted in net profits to the company of approximately $46.5 million. According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in a bribery conspiracy from approximately 1998 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return Hid Assets Worth $3 Million in Secret Swiss Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:42:53 EDT Robert Moran, of Lighthouse Point, Fla., pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with filing a false income tax return. Moran appeared today before Judge James I. Cohn in Ft. Lauderdale and accepted responsibility for concealing more than $3 million in assets in a secret bank account at UBS in Switzerland. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:44:48 EDT Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), have entered into a global settlement with the United States to resolve criminal and civil claims concerning various types of diagnostic test kits that NID manufactured, marketed and sold to laboratories throughout the country until 2006. The payment of $302 million will resolve these allegations and represents one of the largest recoveries ever in a case involving a medical device. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:08:09 EDT The United States has reached a settlement with NetApp Inc. and NetApp U.S. Public Sector Inc. (collectively NetApp), following an investigation of alleged false claims and contract fraud. NetApp has agreed to pay the United States $128 million, plus interest. This is the largest contract fraud settlement the General Services Administration (GSA) has obtained to date. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Computer Software Worth $1 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:33:40 EDT A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit computer software on eBay in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor for the District of Columbia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Dupont and Lucite International Agree to Pay $2 Million for Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:22:58 EDT DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va. The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The plant is owned by Lucite and operated by DuPont. The companies will pay $1 million to the United States and $1 million to the state of West Virginia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Alta Colleges to Pay U.S. $7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:48:45 EDT Alta Colleges Inc. and its wholly-owned collegiate schools in Texas have agreed to pay the United States $7 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the Texas schools submitted false claims for federal student aid funds. The United States alleged that Altas Texas colleges obtained the requisite state licenses by misrepresenting to the state licensing agency that they complied with state job-placement reporting requirements and that their interior design programs complied with requirements for a professional license. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Subsidiaries of Swedish Company, Trelleborg AB, Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay $11 Million in Criminal Fines By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:43:04 EDT Two subsidiaries of the Swedish company Trelleborg AB, one based in Virginia and the other in France, have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $11 million in criminal fines for their participation in separate conspiracies affecting the sales of marine products sold in the United States and elsewhere. Full Article OPA Press Releases