More Closures Coming as Big Lots Announces New Bankruptcy Sale Agreement
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Big Lots, a popular overstock and discount chain store has already announced the closure of one New Jersey location, but more could be coming. The company operates stores…
China Buddies Up To Major American Foe With New Military Agreement
China Buddies Up To Major American Foe With New Military Agreement Philip Lenczycki on April 28, 2022 China and Iran agreed to strengthen military ties during talks in Tehran on Wednesday, according…
Bausch Health Enters Into Arrangement Agreement with Bausch + Lomb Corporation in Connection with Previously Announced Proposed Separation
LAVAL, QC and VAUGHAN, ON, April 28, 2022 — Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health” or the “Company”) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced intention to separate…
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. AND FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC. EXTEND MERGER AGREEMENT
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. and TROY, Mich., April 27, 2022 — New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) (the “Company”) and Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (“Flagstar”) (NYSE: FBC) today announced that they have mutually extended their merger…
Turning Point Restaurants Announces First Franchise Agreement
Philadelphia Entrepreneurs Sign Popular Brunch Concept’s First Franchise Deal, Expands Presence in Pennsylvania EATONTOWN, N.J., April 25, 2022 — Turning Point Restaurants, the award-winning breakfast, brunch and lunch concept, has announced its first…
Mexican Governor Enhances Border Security Measures After Agreement With Texas Gov Abbott
Mexican Governor Enhances Border Security Measures After Agreement With Texas Gov Abbott Jennie Taer on April 21, 2022 The governor of the Mexican state Coahuila has enhanced security on his side of…
Agreement Reached with City of Springfield Reforming its Police Department’s Unconstitutional Practices
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today filed a complaint and a proposed consent decree with the City of…
United States Reaches Agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., to Ensure Online Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Registration for People with Disabilities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Justice Department announced today that they have reached a settlement agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., (CVS)…
Settlement Agreement Reached with Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families to Address Discrimination Against Parents with Disabilities
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that the Rhode Island…
The United States and Practice Fusion, Inc. Resolve Allegations of Violations of Practice Fusion’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that it has resolved allegations that Practice Fusion, Inc. violated the terms of its deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”).…
United States Reaches Agreement with Travis County Clerk’s Office to Ensure Polling Place Access for Voters with Disabilities
AUSTIN – U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas announced today that the United States has reached an agreement with the Travis County Clerk’s Office (“Travis County”) to…
U.S. Attorney’s Office announces settlement agreement with Santa Fe Boys and Girls Club over special project grants
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici today announced a settlement agreement with the Santa Fe Boys and Girls Club to resolve issues involving two…
North Fork Rancheria Begins Issuing Enhanced Tribal Card Through Agreement with CBP
MADERA COUNTY, CA— Through an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California became the 13th U.S. federally recognized tribe to issue an…
Justice Department secures agreement with Kroger to make online COVID-19 vaccine registration accessible for people with disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio – United States Attorney Kenneth L. Parker announced today a Department of Justice settlement agreement with Ohio-based retailer The Kroger Co. The agreement, secured under the Americans with Disabilities Act…
Stores Raise Prices Of Rapid COVID-19 Tests After 100-day Agreement With Biden Admin Expires
Retail giants Walmart and Kroger have each raised the price of BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 tests after a deal made with President Joe Biden expired in mid-December, FOX Business reported. The September deal…
Senate Clears Way For Democrats To Lift The Debt Ceiling After Agreement Between Schumer, McConnell
A bill that would enable Democrats to raise the debt ceiling without overcoming a Senate filibuster passed the chamber Thursday afternoon with bipartisan support. The debt ceiling provisions were attached to a…
Department of Justice and Dunlap School District Reach Agreement to Provide Fully Accessible Elementary School Playground
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Department of Justice has reached a settlement pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Dunlap Community Unit School District No. 323, located in Dunlap, Illinois, ensuring…
House Passes Defense Bill, Moves To Lift Debt Ceiling After Bipartisan Agreement
The House late Tuesday passed a conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization Act and a bill that could clear a path for the Senate to skirt a filibuster and enable Democrats…
Mexico, Canada Claim Democrats’ Budget Bill Violates Trade Agreement
Mexico doubled down on its criticism of the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, arguing that a provision favoring U.S. automakers violates the recently-signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Both the Mexican and Canadian…
‘A Polite Request’: Environmentalists Slam UN Draft Agreement To Reduce Emissions
Environmentalists condemned the United Nations’ COP26 draft agreement published Wednesday as inadequate and urged negotiators to make firm commitments. Critics argued that the draft proposed several non-binding provisions and doesn’t have any…
Justice Department Secures Agreement with PATH to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions of its Employees
NEWARK, N.J. – The Department of Justice filed an agreement today in Newark federal court to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act…