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Boston - The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Cleverlink Trading claiming the company's lonely housewives spam violated almost every provision of the 2003 CAN SPAM Act. The case alleged the spam contained misleading headers, deceptive subject lines, did not contain a valid physical postal address and did not disclose that the e-mail was... - Wayne County, MI Fatal Minivan Accident Settlement
Wayne County - On December 26, 1999 Kenneth and Charlene Page, along with Charlene's mother, Ruthie Lathan, were in a minivan at the end of a driveway waiting to back out onto Karr Road. A northbound Ford Taurus driven by Benjamin Bidwell swerved to avoid a tree branch in the dirt road. His car skidded, hit a dirt ridge, became airborne and struck the... - Seaboard Foods and PIC USA Pork Waste Settlement
Oklahoma City - The US Department of Justice filed charges against Seaboard Foods and PIC USA regarding animal waste violations . The complaints filed against the firms claimed they allowed lagoons containing pig manure and urine and other waste products to contaminate ground water at five Oklahoma farms. Seaboard was also accused of allowing the relea... - Minnesota State University Fatal Van Crash Settlement
Mankato - On May 17, 2005 a team of Minnesota State University students traveled to Detroit for a college engineering competition. Fifteen students and one faculty member were traveling in two vans to compete in the national event. Scott Rector was driving the first van which crossed a median on Interstate 94 in Michigan and crashed head-on with two sem... - Doctor Mitchell Zagor Medical Malpractice Settlement
Boston - In 2001, Michelle Turner gave birth to her son Dustin at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Little Dustin sustained severe cerebral palsy that left him unable to walk, talk or eat on his own. Michelle and Kendall Turner filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Doctor Mitchell Zagor claiming Dustin should have been delivered by emergency Caesare... - Workforce Central Florida and the Workforce Central Florida Foundation Inc. Federal Grant Misuse Settlement
Orlando - The US Department of Justice filed charges against the two nonprofit workforce agencies for allegedly defrauding the government by misusing federal grant funds to improve their privately owned offices and One-Stop Center in Lake Mary, FL. The Workforce Central Florida Foundation currently receives $26 million in federal funds each year. Wor... - Fremont Unified School District Vandal Watchers Pay Settlement
Fremont - Thelma Russ along with Steven and Sandy Wheeler had been employed by the school district for several years in the Vandal Watcher's Program . Vandal watchers are hired by the school district to live full time in a mobile home on a school district campus. Their primary job is to deter vandalism and crime by maintaining a visible presence on cam... - State of Wisconsin Unarmed Man Wrongful Death Settlement
Wisconsin - Joseph Bauschek was 34 when University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police officer Brian Switala shot him seven times after a car chase. The fatal shot went through the back of the driver's seat. Bauschek's mother, Helen Bauschek, was his only close relative and the representative of his estate. Milwaukee County District Attorney Michael McCann di... - Securities America Inc. Brokerage Fraud Settlement
Washington - The National Association of Securities Dealers filed charges against the brokerage firm Securities America Inc. on behalf of a group of Exxon Mobil Corp. retirees alleging broker fraud. Securities America allegedly failed to supervise a broker who promised unrealistically high investment returns. The case charged the broker, David McFadden,... - Zebra Technologies Corp. Paxar Patent Infringement Settlement
New York - Paxar Corp., a provider of identification solutions to the retail and apparel manufacturing industries, subsidiary Paxar Americans Inc. filed a lawsuit against Zebra alleging patent infringement. The lawsuit alleged Zebra was in violation of eight of Paxar's patents that involve more than 50 Zebra products. Under the terms of the settlement,... - Ricardo Salinas Pliego and Pedro Padilla Longoria Scheme Fraud Settlement
Washington - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit in January 2005 charging the officials at TV Azteca with taking part in an elaborate scheme to conceal related party deals between Unefon, a TV Azteca subsidiary, and Codisco, a private firm that Salinas secretly co-owned. The SEC said the secret deal yielded a $109 million profit... - City of Arlingon, TX Eminent Domain Settlement
Arlington, TX- The City of Arlington , using the right of "eminent domain", took property from more than 90 people to make room for the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium. Originally, the city offered homeowner Evelyn Wray $350,000. She and others rejected the initial offer. Wray filed a lawsuit against the City of Arlington and the sports authorit... - Advanced Physical Therapy Reimbursement Settlement
Indianapolis - The US government filed charges against the physical therapy company after allegedly submitting false claims for reimbursement to federally funded health care programs. Advanced Physical Therapy allegedly provided group physical therapy to a number of patients at one time but sought reimbursement as if individual sessions were performed... - Marianna Cavitolo Auto Accident Settlement
Daytona - On July 29, 2004 Frank Cavitolo was driving a car owned by Marianna Cavitolo when a tire blew on Interstate 4 in Daytona Beach; sixteen year old Francesco Caroli was riding in the back seat. The car flipped over three times and Caroli suffered lacerations to his left wrist, left hand and left knee, all of which required suturing. Caroli recent... - Foodstaff and Symphony Design Group Halloween Party Personal Injury Settlement
Jacksonville, Florida - Jeremy Phillips was attending a Halloween party dressed as a hockey player and was attacked from behind for no apparent reason. A nineteen year old intoxicated partygoer tackled Phillips into the side of a car. He sustained a debilitating elbow injury. Phillips filed a lawsuit against the company hosting the party Symphony Design... - MetaMachine Inc. eDonkey Online File Sharing Infringement Settlement
Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America filed charges against the company behind popular online file sharing software eDonkey for allegedly violating copyright infringement laws. MetaMachine has agreed to pay $30 million and immediately cease distributing eDonkey, eDonkey 2000, Overnet and other software versions. The company als... - Mantra Films Girls Gone Wild Fine
Washington - Joseph Francis, producer of "Girls Gone Wild" films, pleaded guilty to charges for failing to document the ages of female performers in sexually oriented productions. Mantra Films pleaded guilty to charges that it failed to create and maintain age and identity documents for performers and failed to label its videotapes and DVDs as requi... - FDA's Preemption Gift to Big Pharma
Nov-20-06 Washington, DC: An item sure to end up on the chopping block with the Democrats back in power, is the Bush administration's multi-billion dollar gift to Big Pharma, that bars people who have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA from suing the drug's maker in state courts. Under the FDA's federal preemption position, victims injured by dangerous dru... - Novartis AG Acambis Arilvax Vaccine Settlement
London - Acambis and Novartis were in a dispute over an experimental vaccine for yellow fever. The dispute arose over non-performance from a 1999 deal by predecessor companies acquired by Novartis. Acambis had US sales rights to the Arilvax vaccine and had previously completed Phase 3 clinical trials with a view to applying for a license in the US. N... - Magnetix Building Set Toy Injury
Magnetix Building Sets have been linked to death and illness in several children who have swallowed the set's small magnetic pieces. While the small pieces are small enough to be choked on by children, these cases have involved damage to the child's small intestine and one case a child died after cardiac arrest. In another case, a child showed flu-like...