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New Zealand: Company and fishers sentenced for bottom trawling in Benthic Protected Area

July 25, 2020
Sealord Group Limited has been ordered to forfeit a US$16 million vessel and fined $24,000 in the Nelson District Court for bottom trawling in a protected area.

Charter Communications to pay $255,000 to thousands of Washingtonians over hidden fee

July 24, 2020
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Connecticut-based telecommunications and mass media company Charter Communications will pay more than $255,000 to Washingtonians after failing to disclose its Broadcast TV Surcharge to customers who ordered the company’s services online.

Taro Pharma agrees to pay $205m to settle U.S. price fixing charges

July 24, 2020
Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. has been charged for conspiring to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced.

UBS to pay $10m for violating rules which give priority to retail investors in municipal offerings

July 21, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay more than $10 million to resolve charges that it circumvented the priority given to retail investors in certain municipal bond offerings.

AG Racine announces Monsanto will pay $52 million to District of Columbia over toxic PCB

July 20, 2020
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that Monsanto will pay $52 million to resolve a lawsuit over the company’s production, promotion, and sale of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that damaged the District’s natural resources and put the health of residents at risk.

Commission fines ethylene purchasers €260 million in cartel settlement

July 20, 2020
The European Commission has fined Orbia, Clariant and Celanese a total of € 260 million for breaching EU antitrust rules.

Croatia: Kaufland Hrvatska fined $166,916 for imposing unfair trading practices

July 20, 2020
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) fined Kaufland Hrvatska k.d. 1.1 million Kuna ($166,916) for a serious breach of the provisions of the Act on the prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs Act).

FCA: Williams-Sonoma mislead with ‘Made in USA'

July 19, 2020
FTC approves final order settling charges that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. made overly broad and misleading ‘Made in USA’ claims about houseware and furniture products.

Mount Olive, N.C. store pays fines for price scanning errors

July 17, 2020
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division has collected fines from a Mount Olive store because of excessive price-scanner errors.

Latvia's Signet Bank fined for non-compliance with anti-money laundering rules

July 17, 2020
The Latvian national financial supervisory authority has penalized Signet Bank for breaching standards of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism and proliferation, the Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) informed Thursday.

SEC charges Thunderbird Power and individuals with defrauding investors

July 15, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Thunderbird Power Corp., an Arizona based company claiming to be developing a wind turbine technology, and three individuals for defrauding investors out of more than $1.9 million in the unregistered offer and sale of Thunderbird stock.

Frontier Northwest will pay $900,000 over hidden fees, misrepresentation of internet speeds

July 10, 2020
In the latest action of his office’s Honest Fees Initiative, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Frontier Communications Northwest will pay $900,000 to the State of Washington.
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