All posts tagged "Businessimpact"

LANSING, Mich. — Republicans who voted to remove Kristina Karamo as the state party's chairwoman are now planning to ask the courts to intervene in the disagreement over who controls the Michigan GOP. Warren Carpenter, a Republican from Oakland County who has been among the most vocal critics of Karamo's leadership, said Thursday that a lawsuit will be filed in the coming days. One faction of the Michigan GOP held a special state committee meeting Saturday in Oakland County, where participants voted to unseat Karamo, a former secretary of state candidate whom delegates elected chairwoman in Fe......

MIAMI — The Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the bank accounts of a politically connected developer and accused him in a lawsuit of fleecing millions of dollars from dozens of investors in his South Florida real estate projects, as well as failing to pay more than $1 million in federal payroll taxes. The federal agency filed suit against Rishi Kapoor under seal in Miami on Dec. 27 and then quietly obtained a judge’s order freezing his bank accounts and properties to preserve his remaining assets to help pay back investors. The order, unsealed on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Ceci......

Efforts to keep gender-affirming care data in Washington private continue despite out-of-state demands to share it, per a lawsuit Seattle Children's filed against the Texas Attorney General's office this month. The lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court, aims to protect patient information of Texans who left their home state, where it's illegal for minors to access gender-affirming care, to seek medically necessary treatment here, where it is legal. In the complaint, the Seattle hospital argues Texas authorities don't have jurisdiction over these Washington patient records, and calls t......

Former Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy made millions selling his stock as a political scandal rocked the energy company, according to a federal court lawsuit. First reported by the Orlando Sentinel, the lawsuit alleges that current and former officers and board members of NextEra Energy, Inc., the parent company of Florida Power & Light, violated federal securities laws by making “materially false and misleading statements” related to the company’s political spending. The suit was filed in the Southern District of Florida by two investors, Sara Lewis and James Lewis. The suit, filed in O......

Tyson Foods is recalling 30,000 pounds of frozen chicken “Fun Nuggets” after consumers reported finding metal shards in the dinosaur-shaped patties. “A limited number of consumers have reported they found small, pliable metal pieces in the product, and out of an abundance of caution, the company is recalling this product,” Tyson said in a statement that included the bag label. “No other Tyson Brand products are affected.” The recall applies to 29-ounce plastic bag packages made at a single location on Sept. 5, Tyson said in its recall announcement on Saturday. About 16,500 packages of the nugg......

Publix, the dominant supermarket chain in Florida and the southeastern United States, is accused of not paying several middle managers for work the company forced them to do off the clock, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Tampa. A failure to pay employees for work done would mean the nation’s seventh largest grocer committed a form of wage theft and violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit proposes a collective action to include all non-exempt, hourly paid assistant department managers who worked over 40 hours in a workweek in a Publix store after Oct. 18, 2020. The lawsuit wa......