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Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal

March 4, 2024

Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal with Japanese man wrongly accused of drunken driving

Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer as 0.22 — nearly three times over Michigan’s blood-alcohol limit for driving.

Read more at NBC News

Perdue, Sanderson to settle with distributors in chicken price-fixing cases

March 1, 2024
Perdue, Sanderson and other chicken suppliers have agreed to settle claims that they conspired for years to fix poultry prices, costing food distributors millions of dollars in overcharges. Consumers, direct purchasers of chicken and commercial plaintiffs such as restaurants and grocery stores in the coordinated cases accused the defendants of conspiring for years to keep prices artificially high by curbing production and sharing nonpublic data about supply and demand.
The plaintiffs have inked more than $284 million in prior settlements with other chicken producers.
Read more at Reuters
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Supreme Court won’t hear case of woman ticketed for honking horn

February 27, 2024

The appeal to the high court was brought by Susan Porter of California, who received a ticket in 2017 for honking her car’s horn in support of a group rallying outside the office of her congressman

Read more at The Hill

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Northern Michigan business fined $750K

February 26, 2024
Northern Michigan business fined $750K for deleting emissions controls on semi-trucks
The company and the individual defendants pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act.
Diesel Freak is a diesel repair and electronics modification facility headquartered in Gaylord. The company designs and builds electronic monitoring and modification kits that adjust engine power and fuel efficiency through Wi-Fi connections with trucks on the road.
Read more at mLive
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