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London, England: Coca-cola reached a settlement with British Band 7 Seconds of Love, who filed suit against the soft drink giant for using material from it's song, without the band's permission, in a South American commercial. Owing to Coca-Cola's policy of not litigating against bands, both parties reached an out of court settlement of an undiscl... - Sun-Times Media Group Breach Fudiciary Duties Settlement
Chicago IL: The derivative action had been filed against Sun-Times Media Group by stakeholder Cardinal Value Equity Partners, accusing certain directors including Henry Kissinger, former Illinois Gov. James Thompson and other independent directors of the publishing company formerly known as Hollinger International of breaching their fiduciary duties. Th... - Fosamax Contributed to Jaw Bone Loss
Apr-4-07 Wolcott, NY "I was on Fosamax for three years until x-rays found decalcification in my jaw," says Fay Sedore. "I thought this medication was supposed to help bone loss, not make it worse." "In April 2003 I suffered fractures in my foot. The doctor told me I had severe osteoporosis in my foot and he followed up with a bone scan. That's when he started... - Quietflex Manufacturing Co. Employee Discrimination Settlement
Houston, TX: A lawsuit was filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Quietflex Manufacturing Co. in January 2000 when the Hispanic workers walked off the job at the Houston air-conditioning duct maker. An investigation revealed that dozens of Hispanic workers wer... - Bio Performance Fuel Pills False Advertising Settlement
Dallas, TX: With gasoline prices hitting record highs, Bio Performance aggressively marketed their green pills as a wonder-cure, repeatedly and falsely claiming that its fuel pills could improve vehicular fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent while also reducing engine emissions by 50 percent. In May 2006, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against... - First American Title Insurance Co. Real Estate Incentives Settlement
Orange County, CA: First American Title Insurance Co. has quietly agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations by California regulators that the company illegally drummed up business by making cash payments and other inducements to real estate professionals that included free software, tickets to rock concerts, chartered fishing trips, riverboat dinn... - Oklahoma City, OK Wrongful Conviction Settlement
Oklahoma City, OK: Jeffrey Todd Pierce sued police chemist Joyce Gilchrist, former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy, and the city in 2003 after results of a DNA test showed he did not rape a woman at an Oklahoma apartment complex in 1985. Gilchrist, who testified about DNA evidence at the trial, and Macy, whose office prosecuted him, both clai... - Gargiulo Inc. Female Employees Gender Harassment Settlement
Montgomery, AL: Five Haitian women working at Gargiulo Inc.'s tomato packinghouse in Immokalee were subjected to repeated, unwelcome sexual advances by their supervisor and then faced retaliation after they complained. The retaliation included the firing of three of the women. The consent decree, the result of lawsuits brought by the US Equal Employment... - Honolulu, HI et al. Inaccessible Housing Discrimination Settlement Fund
Washington, DC: The US Department of Housing and Urban Development's referral to the Justice Department brought about a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, on defendants the City and County of Honolulu, Mecon Hawaii Limited, Yamasato, Fujiwara, Higa & Associates Inc., Hawaii Affordable Properties Inc., and R.M. Towill Corp... - High-Tech Magic Lucasfilm Patent Infringement Settlement
San Francisco, CA: In a court-approved settlement, William Osburn and his Maryland-based company, High-Tech Magic, have agreed to a $250,000 judgment in Lucasfilm's favor for illegally using Star Wars trademarks to manufacture and sell Lightsaber™ replicas. US District Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, pe... - Affinion Loyalty Group Patent Infringement Settlement
Richmond, VA: Affinion Loyalty Group (ALG), a pioneer in the loyalty industry, announced that it has settled its patent litigation with Maritz Inc. As part of the settlement, ALG has agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit filed in US District Court for the District of Delaware relating to ALG's portfolio of patents that broadly cover online i... - Cell Therapeutics Trisenox Whistleblower Settlement
New York, NY: Cell Therapeutics has reached an oral agreement with the US Attorney's Office to pay $10.5 million to end the government's investigation of company practices in marketing the cancer drug Trisenox. The lawsuit that prompted the two and a half year federal investigation was filed under seal by an unidentified person who was apparently a form... - Miles City Mayor Butch Grenz City Building Inspector Discrimination Settlement
Miles City, MT: A Miles City employee has accepted a $20,000 offer of judgment to end a human rights case against her former mayor. The Montana Human Rights Bureau ruled that former Mayor Butch Grenz discriminated against city building inspector Joy Fleming and caused a hostile work environment. Grenz resigned in April 2006 after 15 months as mayor. Fle... - Bernardo Heights Country Club Lesbian Couple Discrimination Settlement
San Diego, CA: A lesbian couple, B. Birgit Koebke and Kendall French, filed a lawsuit against the Bernardo Heights Country Club that resulted in a landmark state Supreme Court ruling in 2005. Koebke and French alleged Bernardo Heights Country Club, located in Rancho Bernardo, violated state law and discriminated against them because of their sexual orie... - Diocese of Norwich Priest Alter Boy Abuse Settlement
Norwich, CT: Michael Nelligan accused Rev. Bruno Primavera of molesting him while Primavera served at St. Mark's Church in Westbrook, CT. Primavera was a visiting priest in the Diocese of Norwich from 1978 to 1980. Nelligan, now 44, was a 15-year-old altar boy at the time. Robert Reardon, Nelligan's attorney pointed out that the Diocese of Norwich had i... - Department of Correction Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
Wilmington, DE: Former corrections officer Karen Brandewie filed a lawsuit in August 2005 against a co-worker for sexually propositioning her repeatedly while on the job between 2000 and 2003. On declining his offers, Brandewie accused her co-worker of spreading rumors of her being on a pornographic website, as well as sharing the pictures with other em... - Lexus of Serramonte Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
San Francisco, CA: In a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by five young women against a Colma auto dealer, a settlement was reached with the defendant agreeing to pay the women $375,000, without admitting wrongdoing. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged that young female workers at Lexus of Serramonte suffered sexual, physical, and ver... - Christian Faith Center Child Sexual Abuse Settlement
Seattle, WA: A lawsuit filed by a man identified as A.H. and his parents against Christian Faith Center, a church with locations in SeaTac and Everett, allegedly accused church staffers of failing to protect him from sexual abuse, years ago, by one of their Sunday school teachers .The teacher, Loren Fine, was arrested shortly after the act was reported... - WesTech Solutions Corp. Employee 401k Transactions Settlement
Salt Lake City, UT: The Labor Department sued Corona-based Internet services firm WesTech Solutions in 2005 after an investigation by the benefits administration unit. WesTech had allegedly been mixing employee contributions with the general corporate account and failing to deposit those contributions into the company's 401(k) plan. The owner of WesTech... - CPI Industries Toxic Gases Environmental Fine
Palo Alto, CA: CPI Industries was found guilty of storing 600 pounds of Potassium Cyanide and 4000 pounds of Nitric Acid on their property line next to Barron Park residents. Experts' claim that as little as 10mg of Potassium cyanide can cause a person to pass out and if left untreated it can lead to death within 20 minutes. CPI settled with the city of...