Category: fines

South Dakota AG Gets Fines, No Jail Time in Pedestrian Death

FORT PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called “inexcusable.” Circuit Judge John Brown had…


Dakota Access Pipeline Operator Faces $93,000 in Fines, Transportation Department Says

The operators of the Dakota Access pipeline will face $93,200 in fines due to safety violations, according to a Friday Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration notice. Energy Transfer, the company that operated the Dakota Access pipeline, violated regulations in at least six locations because the valves used for drainage of stormwater…


Britain Fines Drug Firms After Steroid Price for NHS Rises Over 10,000 Percent

Britain’s competition regulator has fined more than 10 drug firms a record combined £260 million ($360 million) for overcharging the National Health Service (NHS) for a steroid that rose from 70 pence to £88 a pack in under eight years. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday that the breaches meant the NHS…


Fox News Fined $1 Million for Sex Harassment and Retaliation

NEW YORK—The New York City Commission on Human Rights has fined Fox News $1 million, the largest penalty in its history, for violations of laws protecting against sexual harassment and job retaliation. As part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday, Fox also agreed to mandate anti-harassment training for its New York-based staff and contributors and…


Police Warn Travellers of Thousand Dollar Fines at Victorian-NSW Border

Victorian Police patrolling the border with New South Wales are telling travellers that the initial warning period is now over for those trying to sneak over the border. Since Saturday, around 260 officers have been placed along the border equipped with automatic number plate recognition technology to check vehicles. Since the start of border restrictions,…


Australian Police Warn Travellers of Thousand Dollar Fines at Victorian-NSW Border

Victorian Police patrolling the border with New South Wales are telling travellers that the initial warning period is now over for those trying to sneak over the border. Since Saturday, around 260 officers have been placed along the border equipped with automatic number plate recognition technology to check vehicles. Since the start of border restrictions,…


Telstra Fined $1.5 Million From Regulator

Telstra has paid a $1.5 million penalty for failing to allow consumers to keep existing local phone numbers when changing telephone companies. From March to July 2020, Telstra suspended the majority of its local number porting operations, saying the COVID-19 pandemic impacted offshore operations. More than 42,000 services could not be moved from Telstra to…


Laguna Beach Mulls Higher Fines for Littering, Public Drinking 

Laguna Beach is considering hiking the penalties for those caught littering and drinking alcohol in public. Its city council will discuss during an April 20 meeting whether to increase fines for such offenses, so that they’re on par with other municipal code violations. For some violations—such as roller skating at night, not getting your pet vaccinated for rabies, or climbing…


Santa Ana Street Racing Spectators Could Face Jail Time

Watching a street race in Santa Ana could soon land spectators behind bars. An ordinance set for discussion during Santa Ana’s April 20 city council meeting would allow police to issue misdemeanor citations to street racing spectators. Those who knowingly attend or assist with such events would face up to six months in jail and a…


Laguna Beach Seawall to be Demolished After High Court Declines Review 

The California Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring a Laguna Beach couple to remove an unpermitted seawall in front their beachfront home and pay a $1 million fine for its illegal construction. The March 25 decision ends a lawsuit more than three months after an appellate court upheld the California Coastal Commission’s fine and cease and desist order. “In limited circumstances, shoreline armoring or seawalls…