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CFTC orders Tyson Foods to pay $1.5 million for position limit, reporting, and recordkeeping violations

August 17, 2021 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed and settled charges against Tyson Foods, Inc., for exceeding the CFTC’s position limits for soybean meal futures contracts traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and for failing to comply with reporting and recordkeeping obligations regarding its cash positions in grains.

SEC charges Pearson for misleading investors about cyber breach

August 17, 2021 Pearson plc agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 cyber intrusion involving the theft of millions of student records, including dates of births and email addresses, and had inadequate disclosure controls and procedures.

Shell agrees EUR95 million payment over 1970 Nigeria spills

August 12, 2021 Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay around EUR95 million to communities in southern Nigeria over crude spills in 1970, the company and the community\'s lawyer said on Wednesday.

Summit Midstream Partners to pay $35 million for largest inland spill of oil drilling water

August 9, 2021 The Department of Justice filed criminal charges under the Clean Water Act against Summit Midstream Partners, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29 million gallons of produced water from its pipeline near Williston, North Dakota, over the course of nearly five months in 2014-2015.

Germany imposes fines on manufacturers and retailers of musical instruments

August 6, 2021 The Germany\'s national competition regulator has imposed fines totalling approx. 21 million euros on three manufacturers and two retailers of musical instruments and on staff responsible.

Tesla to pay $1.5 million over battery throttling

August 2, 2021 The lawsuit alleging Tesla used a software update to throttle charging speed and maximum battery voltage on some Model S cars is over.

Luxembourg fines Amazon $887 million under GDPR rules

July 30, 2021 Amazon on Friday disclosed it has received notice of a €746 million ($887 million) fine in Luxembourg under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for unlawful processing of personal data.

OSHA issues $1 million in fines, says six deaths were preventable in 2021 poultry plant chemical leak

July 27, 2021 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a total of $1 million in fines to four companies following a fatal liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant in Georgia killed six people in January 2021.

Netherlands imposes fine on drug manufacturer Leadiant for CDCA’s excessive price

July 26, 2021 The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has established that drug manufacturer Leadiant charged far too high a price for its prescription drug CDCA-Leadiant.

Australia fines Lorna Jane $5m for claiming its activewear products can cure COVID-19

July 23, 2021 Australia has fined activewear brand Lorna Jane for falsely advertising that its LJ Shield Activewear can ‘eliminate‘, ‘stop the spread‘ and ‘protect wearers‘ against ‘viruses including Covid-19‘.

Two Texas companies to pay $15.3 million to resolve allegations of kickbacks and other misconduct

July 23, 2021 Two Texas companies have agreed to pay a combined $15.3 million to resolve allegations of kickbacks and other misconduct resulting in the submission of false claims to federal health care programs.

FirstEnergy settles with U.S. Ohio attorney, will pay $230 million

July 23, 2021 FirstEnergy announced that it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Attorney\'s Office for the Southern District of Ohio to resolve the previously disclosed investigation.