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Baltimore, MD: (Jul-12-07) Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler's Office filed charges against Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC of Charlotte, North Carolina, alleging that the company failed to supervise its employees in connection with potential conflicts of interest between Wachovia Capital Markets' research analysts and investment bankers. Wachovia Ca... - Agua Caliente Tribe Disclosure Policies Payout
Sacramento, CA: (Jul-14-07) The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, a wealthy Riverside County Indian tribe, filed a lawsuit against the Fair Political Practices Commission, alleging that it was exempt from state campaign disclosure laws. The tribe claimed that such exclusion was a wholesale attack on tribal sovereignty. In December 2006, the Californi... - Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. Xyrem Off-Label Promotion Settlement
Palo Alto, CA: (Jul-13-07) The Department of Justice, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Office of Personnel Management, and the United States Department of Tricare Management Activity brought charges against Jazz... - Ameriquest Mortgage Co. Lending Practices Settlement
Austin, TX: (Jul-13-07) Attorney General Greg Abbott's Office brought a lawsuit against Ameriquest Mortgage Co., alleging that the company's borrowers were harmed by deceptive lending practices that the company followed. The suit stated that Ameriquest and its affiliates, Town and Country Credit Corp. and AMC Mortgage Services, did not adequately disclose... - York County, NY and Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Employee Termination Settlement
York County, NY: (Jul-12-07) John Herbst Jr. brought a federal lawsuit against Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and York County alleging that he was wrongfully fired for reporting allegedly hazardous levels of asbestos in the buildings' flooring. Herbst was hired in November 2002 as a carpenter at the nursing home, where part of his job was to... - Absolute Power Fitness Inc. Closure Member Settlement
Brooklyn, NY: (Jul-10-07) Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's Office brought charges against Absolute Power Fitness, Inc., a Sunset Park gym that closed suddenly in January 2007 without warning and after accepting prepaid membership fees from 650 people. An investigation revealed that building owners closed the doors after the health club defaulted on the rent... - Intcomex and TGM, SA Tax Audit Settlement
Miami, FL: (Jul-06-07) The Uruguayan tax agency Direccion General Impositiva (DGI) brought charges against Intcomex and its Uruguayan subsidiary, TGM, SA following a tax audit for the period 2002 through 2006. The audit raised questions about the alleged failure of two local suppliers to pay value added and other taxes in connection with the sale of certai... - New London, NH Sewage Spills Settlement
New London, NH: (Jul-03-07) The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office brought charges against the town of New London, after about 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Lake Sunapee in April 2004. The spill at the George's Mills Pump Station was followed by another spill of about 2,500 gallons in September 2006. Both incidents were due to a variety o... - Wynne Physical Therapy Inc. Upcoded Medicare Fraud Settlement
Providence, RI: (Jul-02-07) The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General filed charges against William H. Wynne, a physical therapist who had offices in East Providence and Warwick, alleging that he submitted claims to Medicare that resulted in payments of $696,313 to his Wynne Physical Therapy Inc. A federal audit allege... - Sierra Pacific Industries Timber Air Pollution Settlement
Placer County, CA: (Jul-02-07) The Placer County Air Pollution Control District, with the California Attorney General and the California Air Resources Board brought an environmental damage lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries, a timber operations company and California's largest private landowner. The suit was filed over a civil complaint that was fil... - Sierra Pacific Industries Emission Manipulation Settlement
Anderson, CA: (Jun-26-07) The Office of the California Attorney General, the Air Resources Board, and the Placer County Air Pollution Control District brought charges against Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI), alleging violations of air permits that began in 2001. The dispute arose over the misconduct of SPI employees who manipulated air emissions monitoring... - James Reedy and Reedy's Roofing Services, North Texas Single Ply roofing company, Johnson Warehouse Wrongful Death Settlement
Las Colinas, TX: (Jun-26-07) A lawsuit was filed on behalf of three surviving children of Bobby Patton of Burleson, Texas, who died from work related injuries in late 2005 during cleanup efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Patton's children, ages18, 15, and 14, filed suit against general contractors James Reedy and Reedy's Roofing Services of Belton, Te... - National Maintenance and Repair of Kentucky, Inc. Barge Waste Settlement
Ledbetter, KY: (Jun-25-07) Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo's Office of Civil and Environmental Law filed an environmental protection lawsuit against National Maintenance and Repair of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky-based corporation which owns and operates a barge cleaning and repair facility in Ledbetter. The suit was filed following a referral from t... - Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp. et al. San Gabriel Valley Cleanup Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Jun-21-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed charges against Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp., Frederick Tressel, Ronald Tressel, the Trustees of the Tressel Family Trust, the General Services Administration, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, and US Army C... - Southern States Claims Services Junk Car Lot Insurance Settlement
Moss Point, MS: (Jun-20-07) The city of Moss Point reached a settlement with Adjusters International, an insurance company mediator, over damages to vehicles during Hurricane Katrina. As a result of the Hurricane Katrina automobile insurance settlement, some of the cars that make up the junkyard of police vehicles across the street from the city's police s... - William Trudeau & Newtown Oil Contract Default Settlement
Hartford, CT: (Jun-20-07) The State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office filed suit against Newtown Oil in 2002 alleging that the company defaulted on prepaid contracts. The suit stated that Newtown Oil stopped making deliveries on prepaid contracts four years ago, causing consumers to lose significant amounts of money. The AG's office has since th... - First Montauk Financial Corp. Okun Merger Termination Refund Settlement
Newark, NJ: (Jun-18-07) Edward Okun terminated a merger agreement that he and his affiliated companies had entered into with First Montauk Financial Corp. Four separate lawsuits arising out of the termination of the merger agreement were filed in December 2006. In a settlement reached between the parties, both agreed to exchange general releases and... - Omnicare, Inc. Nursing Home Drugs Whistleblower Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Jun-18-07) The Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services recognized a significant whistleblower action against the nationwide pharmacy Omnicare, Inc. The suit alleged that Omnicare, the nation's largest pharmacy for nursing homes, switched drugs to garner huge profits by evading federal and state price lim... - John Messina John Lennon Video Tape Copyright Settlement
Middlesex County, MA: (Jun-17-07) World Wide Video LLC filed suit against John Messina, after he took private footage tapes of John Lennon in March 2000, and failed to return them after several requests. The lawsuit filed by the company in Middlesex County Superior Court in Massachusetts, alleged that World Wide Video partner Robert Grenier claimed to have... - Hawaiian Back and Neck Injury Plaintiffs Sue State for Raised Seabed
Feb-9-15 Honolulu, HI A back and neck injury lawsuit can take all forms; whiplash from an automobile accident, a slip and fall, and so on. In what appears to be a unique and compelling neck and back injury compensation claim, two men from the Oahu district of Hawaii have launched lawsuits alleging that state officials, when adding sand to a beach area to appeas...