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US Settles Anchorage Port Construction Suit for $180 Million
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (104+ words) Bloomberg Law News The United States will pay Anchorage, Alaska, $180 million to settle a long-running dispute over contract failures that led to construction defects that halted the city's port expansion project, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday. "Reaching this…...
Alaska Governor Touts Tax Plan for Massive Natural Gas Pipeline
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News With the clock ticking on Alaska's legislative session, friction is growing between lawmakers and Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) over a tax strategy for a proposed liquefied natural gas facility'a massive project that recently caught the attention of the…...
Former Kansas Pharmacist's Health-Care Fraud Convictions Upheld
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (141+ words) Bloomberg Law News A former Kansas pharmacist found guilty of submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions lost his appeal to undo a pair of health-care fraud convictions after the court said bad jury instructions weren't prejudicial. The error in…...
US Ends Crypto Bank Anchorage Digital's Money Laundering Order
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (137+ words) Anchorage Digital Bank escaped a federal banking regulator's money laundering enforcement action as the crypto lender expands its stablecoin offerings. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency terminated an April 2022 consent order it had reached with Anchorage Digital over…...