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Business and Financial
Dec 2, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice announcing upcoming regulations and providing guidance regarding Trump Accounts, which are a new type of individual retirement account (IRA) for eligible children. Notice 2025-68 provides…
FTC Takes Action Against Education Technology Provider for Failing to Secure Students’ Personal Data
Dec 1, 2025
Illuminate Education will be required to implement an information security program to address data security failures after a breach involving data of more than 10 million students The Federal Trade Commission will require education technology provider Illuminate Education, Inc. (Illuminate)…
Nov 25, 2025
ARMY The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $4,685,369,804 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of new build Apache AH-64E attack helicopters, Longbow crew trainers, and associated components, spares, and accessories. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an…
Nov 25, 2025
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that they have launched an investigation into United Parks & Resorts Inc. to determine whether it violates Title III of the Americans…
Nov 25, 2025
Home Improvement Giant Agrees to Comprehensive Nationwide Program to Ensure Lead-Safe Practices The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe’s Home Centers LLC — a subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies Inc. —…
Nov 25, 2025
Sky Lease I Inc. (Sky Lease) has paid $1,030,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely reported information about the transfer of U.S. mail to foreign posts or other intended recipients under contracts with the U.S. Postal Service…
Nov 24, 2025
Sale of Blocked Residential Real Property Also Violated OFAC Cease-and-Desist Order WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a $4,677,552 penalty on an individual (“U.S. Person-1”) for violating OFAC sanctions on Russia…
Nov 24, 2025
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a fresh-cut vegetable processing company for willfully and repeatedly violating safety requirements after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning and sanitizing a machine. In May 2025, the department’s Occupational Safety…
Nov 24, 2025
Liberty Towing Inc. underpaid workers owed time-and-one-half rates for overtime hours RIVERSIDE, CA – A federal investigation has found the operator of a southern California towing company failed to pay overtime wages to 32 employees and recovered a total of…
Nov 21, 2025
AIR FORCE Vectrus Systems LLC., Colardo Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $252,050,925 cost-plus fixed-fee indefinite contract action for base support services in support of the Iraq F-16 program. This contract provides for base operating support, base life support, and security…
Nov 21, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Brian Mitchell of Michigan, Kevin Mack Jr. of Maryland, and their Michigan company, Young Pros Investment Group…
Nov 21, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance for workers eligible to claim the deduction for tips and for overtime compensation for tax year 2025. Notice 2025-69 clarifies for workers how to determine…