Sierra, Advanced Steel Strike Up Partnership

Advanced Steel Recovery (ASR) and FASTek of Fontana, Calif., have announced a lawsuit settlement that will result in a sales alliance with Sierra International Machinery of Bakersfield, Calif. A news release jointly issued by ASR and FASTek says they are “pleased to announce that they have settled the patent infringement lawsuit brought by FASTek against Sierra International Machinery in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California arising from Sierra International Machinery’s purchase and use of the Steco Scrapper Container Loader.” The release continues, “As a part of the settlement, Sierra International Machinery acknowledges that the Steco Scrapper Container Loader infringes FASTek and Advanced Steel Recovery’s patents and that those patents are valid and enforceable

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Tomra Pacific, California Settle Consumer Protection Case

Tomra Pacific Inc., Corona, Calif., has settled in a civil case brought against it by five California counties.

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California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions

Eight California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.

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Metech Receives e-Stewards Certification

Metech Recycling , an electronics recycling company based in Worcester, Mass., has achieved e-Stewards certification . The Basel Action Network (BAN), a Seattle-based non-profit organization, created the certification program, which it released in 2010. Metech Recycling is the seventh recycling company in the U.S

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SRS’ California Facilities Receive Certifications

Sims Recycling Solutions

ECS Refining Purchases New Building

ECS Refining , based in Santa Clara,

Cascade Facilities in California, Florida and Indiana Certified as e-Stewards

The Seattle-based Basel Action Network has announced that Cascade Asset Management’s

Feds Arrest 99 For Identity Theft, Card Fraud

A federal grand jury has charged the Armenian Power group in California with credit card skimming, check fraud, and other sophisticated white-collar crimes that garnered $20 million.

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California lawmaker tries again with data breach bill

A California lawmaker has reintroduced a bill that would update the state’s pioneering data breach notification law, SB-1386, to include additional requirements for organizations that lose sensitive data.

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Legislation aims to expand breach notification obligations

In the past two months, lawmakers in Virginia, Oregon and California have introduced legislation that would expand the scope of certain security breach notification requirements.

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