Laws + Regulations

Promo Company President Sentenced for Price Fixing Scheme
July 2, 2019 at 5:32 pm

Gennex Media LLC (aka Brandnex.com and PMGOA) pleaded guilty to price fixing in the promotional products industry. The company's president, Akil Kurji, was sentenced to eight months in custody, a $20,000 fine and three years of supervised...

Trump Threatens to Increase China Tariffs to 25%, Add $325B More to List
May 7, 2019 at 1:46 am

President Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. will increase tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion in Chinese imports, effective Friday. The tariff rate was originally 10 percent, but during trade talks at the end of 2018, Trump promised that the number could increase if the sides couldn't reach a deal by March 1. That deadline was extended once, but with the sides still unable to come to terms, it appears the long-threatened 25 percent rate will now go into effect...

CafePress Acquisition Focus of Class Action Lawsuit
October 30, 2018 at 6:00 pm

Everything seemed to be relatively wrapped up for CafePress. After setting itself up to be acquired by Snapfish, it seemed like it was pretty much the point where the credits start rolling and we assume CafePress lives happily ever after in its new life. That's not the case just yet, though...

GPO Names EEO Managing Director
October 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) acting deputy director Herbert H. Jackson, Jr. selected Mark “Tony” Paras as the managing director of equal employment epportunity (EEO) for GPO. Since Dec. 2017, Paras has served as the EEO acting managing director. Paras is responsible for administering policy and oversight of the EEO program.