Westchester clerk busted for shaking down daycare providers
WHITE PLAINS, NY – A senior audit clerk for Westchester County’s Department of Social Services is facing a string of criminal charges after being accused of demanding bribes from daycare providers in…
Phone and Internet Providers in New Jersey Could be Forced to Issue Refunds for Service Outages
Trenton, NJ – A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Legislature mandates telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages exceeding 72 hours. Sponsored by Assemblyman Wayne P. DeAngelo (District…
University ‘Sex Week’ Invites Students To Send Valentines To Abortion Providers, Warns Of ‘Dangerous’ Pregnancy Centers
University ‘Sex Week’ Invites Students To Send Valentines To Abortion Providers, Warns Of ‘Dangerous’ Pregnancy Centers Brandon Poulter on January 29, 2024 Ohio State University (OSU) is holding a “Sex Week” from…
Australia central bank to get power to take over distressed clearing and settlement providers
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will give its central bank new powers to take over and if necessary, wind up, clearing and settlement providers at risk of failure, according to…
Goldman Sachs hires BlackRock executive for unit serving third-party wealth product providers
By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm hired Gregory Weiss from BlackRock to lead a business that sells managed accounts and index products to wealth managers. Weiss…
Abortion providers sue Alabama to block prosecution over out-of-state travel
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Healthcare providers and an abortion rights group on Monday sued Alabama in an effort to block the state from criminally prosecuting people who help others travel out of…
Biden Admin Won’t Appeal Ruling Freeing Medical Providers From Forced Participation In Trans Procedures
Biden Admin Won’t Appeal Ruling Freeing Medical Providers From Forced Participation In Trans Procedures Laurel Duggan on June 22, 2023 The Biden administration will not be appealing a federal court’s decision blocking…
New Legislation Seeks To Ban Health Care Providers From Administering Sex Change Procedures To Patients Under 26
New Legislation Seeks To Ban Health Care Providers From Administering Sex Change Procedures To Patients Under 26 Bronson Winslow on January 5, 2023 A Republican senator introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at…
Google, YouTube content providers must face U.S. children’s privacy lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by…
U.S. CFPB will look at improving exchange rate transparency among remittance providers -Chopra
(Reuters) – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will look at how to improve exchange rate transparency among remittance providers to make clearer to consumers the fees they are charged for using…
The Richest Hospitals Received Billions In Pandemic Aid — While Poorer Providers Struggled
The Richest Hospitals Received Billions In Pandemic Aid — While Poorer Providers Struggled Bronson Winslow on December 11, 2022 Profitable and wealthy hospitals received a larger share of pandemic aid than they…
Three Central Coast Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to Medi-Cal Program
LOS ANGELES – Pursuant to two settlements announced today, several Central Coast health care providers have agreed to pay a total of $22.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal…
Partnership Adds VROMO Local Delivery Service Providers to Olo Dispatch Network
New York, NY (-) VROMO, a leading delivery management solution for the restaurant sector, has announced a broader partnership with Olo, a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry’s digital transformation.…
Biden’s HHS Pressures Healthcare Providers To Perform ‘Emergency’ Abortions
Biden’s HHS Pressures Healthcare Providers To Perform ‘Emergency’ Abortions Laurel Duggan on July 12, 2022 The Biden administration is claiming that, under existing law, doctors are required to perform abortions in emergency…
Louisiana governor signs law to stiffen penalties for abortion providers
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes abortion, has signed legislation that would impose harsher criminal penalties on abortion providers if the U.S. Supreme Court…
Airport service providers could sue over flight caps, says Swissport boss
By Alexander Cornwell DOHA – Airports capping flight numbers this summer could face legal challenges from service providers to recoup costs after recruiting workers based on original schedules, the chief executive of…
U.S. SEC seeks data from index providers over role in investment decisions
(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday requested information on the activities of financial information providers amid growing concerns over their influence on investment decisions, despite not being…
Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Medical Device Manufacturer And Its Owner For Training Providers To Improperly Reuse Disposable Items
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – The United States has filed a lawsuit against The Prometheus Group (Prometheus), a New Hampshire manufacturer of pelvic muscle therapeutic systems and related…
Internet providers end challenge to California net neutrality law
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. broadband industry ended late on Wednesday its legal challenge to California’s landmark net neutrality law, which seeks to protect the open internet. A group of…
Nine Defendants Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Conspiracy and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) Offenses for Obstructing Patients and Providers of a Reproductive Health Services Facility
WASHINGTON – Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia today…
Governor Murphy says Nursing Home Death Narrative is Misinformation, Blames Healthcare Providers
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has made it “crystal clear”, it wasn’t his fault at all, period, full stop. In an interview with CBS this week Murphy said he’s…
University ‘Sex Week’ Encourages Students To ‘Thank Abortion Providers’
Ohio State University encouraged students to “thank abortion providers” as part of its organized “Sex Week,” Fox News reported. Student Advocates for Sexual Health Awareness is hosting a “Sex Week” funded by…
NY Health Department Requires Healthcare Providers To Discriminate Based On Race When Administering Antiviral Treatment
The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) is requiring healthcare providers to prioritize non-white patients when administering oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19. The department issued a health advisory notice Monday…
Supreme Court Allows Texas Heartbeat Act To Stay In Effect And Lets Providers Sue State
The Supreme Court will allow Texas’s Heartbeat Act to stay in effect, but it will allow abortion providers to sue Texas over the law. The Texas law bans abortions after a fetal…
Biden Asks FTC To Probe Alleged Price Gouging By Gasoline Providers: ‘Mounting Evidence’
President Joe Biden asked Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to investigate alleged price gouging by U.S. gasoline providers in a letter sent Wednesday. The president suggested to Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Anesthesia providers and outpatient surgery centers pay more than $28 million to resolve kickback and False Claims Act allegations
ATLANTA – Three anesthesia providers and several Georgia outpatient surgery centers, as well as their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they entered…
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