By James L. Curtis, Brent I. Clark, Benjamin D. Briggs, Mark A. Lies, Jeryl L. Olson, Patrick D. Joyce, Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2023 increases to civil penalties.
We have blogged previously about the annual
Continue Reading More Big Money: OSHA and EPA Civil Penalties Increase for 2023By James L. Curtis, Brent I. Clark, Benjamin D. Briggs, Mark A. Lies, Jeryl L. Olson, Patrick D. Joyce, Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2022 increases to civil penalties.
We have blogged previously about the
Continue Reading Big Money: OSHA and EPA Civil Penalties Increase for 2022
By James L. Curtis, Jeryl L. Olson, Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2021 increases to civil penalties.
We have blogged previously about the annual adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA and EPA
Continue Reading Surprise! (Not Again) – OSHA and EPA Release Civil Penalty Increases for 2021
By Brent I. Clark, Ilana R. Morady, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2020 increases to MSHA civil penalties.
The DOL has finalized the 2020 inflation adjustments, which will nudge the penalties up 1.764%. 85 Fed. Reg. 2292 (Jan. 15, 2020).
Under the 2020 rule, the new MSHA civil penalties for
Continue Reading MSHA Increases Civil Penalties for 2020
By James L. Curtis, Daniel R. Birnbaum, Adam R. Young, Kay R. Bonza, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2020 increases to OSHA civil penalties.
We have blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) annual adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA violations. The DOL
Continue Reading Surprise! (NOT) – OSHA Increases Civil Penalties for 2020
By James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2019 OSHA civil penalties.
We had blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2018 adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA violations. The DOL has now finalized the 2019 inflation adjustments which again nudges
Continue Reading OSHA Civil Penalties Going Up Again – Adopts 2019 Maximums
By James L. Curtis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2018 OSHA civil penalties.
We had blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2017 adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA violations. The DOL has now finalized the 2018 inflation adjustments which will nudge
Continue Reading OSHA Civil Penalties Going Up Again – Adopts 2018 Maximums
By James L. Curtis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2017 OSHA civil penalties.
We had blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2016 adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA violations. The DOL has now finalized the 2017 inflation adjustments which will nudge
Continue Reading OSHA Civil Penalties Going Up Again – Adopts 2017 Maximums
By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen
EPA has amended its Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule. 78 Fed. Reg. 66643 (Nov. 6, 2013).
Under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), the EPA is required to amend its regulations for adjusting for inflation the statutory
Continue Reading EPA Amends (Slightly) the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule