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Workplace Hazards Department of Justice (DOJ)

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Mandamus: Federal Court Addresses Request for U.S. Department of Justice Enforcement

A United States District (Connecticut) (“Court”) addressed in an April 28th Order an issue involving enforcement of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). See Zeil v. U.S. Department of Justice, 2024 WL 1330812....more

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OSHA Notes Increase in Criminal Prosecutions

Last month, a Colorado business owner was sentenced to 10 months in prison following the death of one of his workers in a trenching accident. The deceased employee had not been trained in appropriate trenching techniques, and...more

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New DOJ and DOL Initiative Marries Environmental Crimes with Worker Safety Violations

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The last quarter of 2015 was marked by an ever-increasing drumbeat of employee and union concern over what many viewed as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA’s”) anemic enforcement capability. The...more

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