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The staff of Maine's ethics commission is recommending that the panel drop a complaint against The Portland Press Herald for not reporting the donation of advertising space used to promote last fall's effort to have an elected mayor in Portland. The advice against further investigation into the matter will be taken up Feb. 17 by the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. The five-member panel is expected to hear additional testimony before deciding whether to accept the staff advice or seek more information in the case.
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 9) granting a joint motion to amend the complaint and notice of investigation in the above-captioned investigation.
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After several problems with city police, Montgomery's mayor and City Council members have created a police oversight commission to act as a liaison between the public and the city's police department. Anyone with a complaint against the department, which has four full-time and about five part-time officers, will be able to bring that complaint to the commission, said Mayor Jim Higgins.
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A Lee's Summit businessman was ordered to pay $10.4 million on claims that he ran a series of deceptive work-at-home schemes. The Federal Trade Commission sued Lance Murkin and his company, Real Wealth Inc., in January 2010. According to the commission's complaint, Murkin marketed booklets that supposedly explained how customers could earn money by applying for government grants or mailing postcards and envelopes from home.
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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has the green light to proceed with a complaint against a town of Salina justice in Onondaga County. The commission alleges Justice Andrew N. Piraino failed to follow the law by imposing incorrect fines in approximately 900 traffic cases before him, resulting in excess fines of $13,451 from 791 of the cases.
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Charleston housing developer Douglas E. Pauley offered to drop a federal discrimination complaint he filed against Mason County commissioners if the commission paid him $30,000, according to a letter sent to county officials by the county's prosecutor. It was, 'You pay us, or we'll be after you,' " said Mason County Commissioner Rick Handley, who also was named personally in the September 2009 complaint.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing crackdown on deceptive health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint jointly with the State of Connecticut, seeking to permanently stop a Connecticut-based operation that allegedly used fake news websites to promote their products, made deceptive weight-loss claims, and told consumers they could receive free trials of acai berry and "colon cleanse" products, and only have to pay the nominal cost of shipping and handling. The FTC alleges that many consumers ended up paying $79.99 for the trial, and for recurring monthly shipments of products that were hard to cancel. The defendants have allegedly taken in more than $25 million from consumers in the United States. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswir...
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For the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the most frequent consumer complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission, according to the latest data released by the agency. The more than 250,000 identify theft reports received by the agency in 2010 constituted 19 percent of all consumer complaints, according to the data. The second highest complaint - debt collection - constituted 11 percent of all complaints, with more than 144,000 reports.
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AUGUSTA, Maine -- When Lori Levesque worked for a nonprofit organization that helps disabled people, she suspected her co- worker was charging MaineCare for hours she didn't work. When Levesque reported this to her boss, she encountered a hostile workplace and was illegally fired, according to a complaint filed by her attorney with the Maine Human Rights Commission. On Monday the commissioners unanimously agreed that Allies Inc. of Bangor had fired Levesque in violation of the Maine Whistleblower Protection Act.
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Thor Industries Inc., a recreational vehicle maker based in Jackson Center, has agreed to pay a $1 million cash fine to settle a complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its failure to control its books allowed a former executive to engage in a "fraudulent accounting scheme," resulting in numerous financial restatements. The settlement was announced Friday by Thor, whose brands include Airstream trailers.
