Under the new plan, banks would only be required to provide data on accounts with total annual deposits or withdrawals worth more than $10,000, not including payroll and beneficiary deposits, rather than the $600 threshold that was initially proposed.
A push in the Buffalo area could produce the first union at company-owned stores in the U.S. But backers say moves by management are having a chilling effect.
In one of the latest lawsuits, 117 unvaccinated Texas hospital workers contend that their employer, The Methodist Hospital, is violating federal law and state public policy by firing workers over their refusal to take the vaccine, which still lacks full regulatory approval. “The abbreviated timelines for the emergency use applications and authorizations means there is much the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not know about these products.
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ST. LOUIS (CN) The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Florida wine distributor’s challenge to Missouri’s liquor license residency laws, affirming a federal judge’s dismissal based on Supreme Court precedent.
Florida-based Sarasota Wine Market and two Missouri consumers, who state law has blocked from becoming Sarasota customers, filed the lawsuit challenging the state’s requirement that those seeking a liquor license must be a qualified voter and a taxpaying citizen of the state. They claim Missouri’s ban violates the Constitution’s commerce clause by protecting in-state businesses over out-of-state ones.
The state countered in a September hearing before the St. Louis-based appeals court that the lawsuit was simply an attack on the three-tier system governing alcohol sales set up by the 21st Amendment. The three-tier system of regulating alcohol producers, distributors and retailers was put into place following Prohibition as a sort