WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Today, the Department of Defense's Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation released its Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Spending by State report to help states and communities better understand how Defense procurement, personnel, and grant spending impact their economies. The report's graphs, maps, and tables present a range of findings, such as total spending figures, categories of contracted goods and services,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024, by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on the final trade regulation rule concerning recurring subscriptions and other negative option programs (File No. P064202): * * * As is common in rulemaking proceedings, this Final Rule that the Commission promulgates is somewhat different from what it originally proposed--clarified, narrowed, and ultimately improved by the process of grappling with the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:24-cv-01633; D. Conn. filed Oct. 11, 2024) involving Jeffrey Arsenault, et al.: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Jeffrey Arsenault of Greenwich, Connecticut and two investment advisers he controls, Old Greenwich Capital Advisors, LLC and OGCP Management Co, LLC. The SEC's complaint charges the defendants with conducting a fraudulent scheme to misa  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 24-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to remain in custody for trafficking fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Antonio Curo has now appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christina Bryan, at which time the court found him to be a danger to the community and a flight risk and ordered he remain in custody pending further criminal proceedings.  more