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New York - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed charges against the financial services company for allegedly accepting payments from companies to promote their funds in retirement plans. ING agreed to pay $30 million to a New York state teachers' union that invested with ING plans. ING is also required to provide plain English disclosures abo... - Omnicare Inc. Medicaid Billing Settlement
Michigan - The Michigan attorney general filed civil charges against the company and its Specialized Pharmacy Services unit regarding certain billing issues under the Medicaid program and failure to credit Medicaid for drugs not consumed by Medicaid beneficiaries. Omnicare did not admit wrongdoing or liability, but has agreed to a $52.5 million sett... - Washington Settles Claims following Car Accident
Sep-11-14 Seattle, WA Washington state will pay $10 million to settle claims filed after a tree fell on a vehicle, killing two people and causing serious back injuries in three others. The three people who survived the accident suffered permanent injuries, including a back injury that has left one of the victims a quadriplegic. According to The Seattle Times... - PayPal Consumer Rights Settlement
San Francisco - PayPal, the online payments unit of EBay Inc. has agreed with attorneys general from 28 US states to improve how it notifies users of their consumer rights. PayPal will pay $1.7 million to the states. PayPal has agreed to shorten the user notice that customers agree to when signing up for services and will clarify buyer protections consu... - Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. Settlement
Fort Lauderdale - The US Department of Justice investigated the leading provider of newborn, maternal-fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty services company related to Medicaid and TRICARE fraud for neonatal services provided from January 1996 through December 1999. Pediatrix Medical Group has finalized its previously announced agreement and ha... - Could Mirena Birth Control Side Effects Include Breast Cancer?
Aug-29-14 Washington, DC It’s possible that the active ingredient in Mirena IUD birth control, levonorgestrel, could trigger breast cancer. That’s the conclusion of a new Finnish study, just published, which found a 19 percent higher incidence rate of breast cancer in women using Mirena and other birth control products containing levonorgestrel, than wom... - TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Pharmaceutical Lupron Pricing Settlement
The Illinois Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the three companies which manufacture and distribute the prostate cancer drug Lupron. The 2005 lawsuit claimed the companies published fraudulent prices for the drug, causing government programs to overpay hundreds of millions of dollars. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Ph... - Fairfield Resorts Inc. Undeveloped Land Marketing Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the Florida developer on behalf of 1,500 consumers who purchased lots in the Fairfield Glade community in the 1970s and 1980s. The Tennessee Attorney General accused Fairfield of committing to extend water, sewer and road improvements to undeveloped lots, but the company did not keep those promises. Fairfield Resorts has agre... - Are Statins and Crestor Side Effects Worse Than Claimed?
Aug-22-14 Washington, DC When a patient is prescribed Crestor (rosuvastatin) as a means to regulate cholesterol levels in the blood and to minimize the presence of so-called “bad LDL cholesterol,” there are various Crestor side effects one has to consider; muscle pain, the potential for new-onset diabetes and other Crestor issues, some severe with th... - Prudential Financial Inc. Rapid Trading Settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York were investigating the life insurer regarding improper mutual fund trading. The case charged former Prudential employees with making millions of dollars by rapid trading of mutual funds and claimed Prudential allowed hedg... - Multistate Forced-Placed Insurance Class Action to Go Ahead
Aug-15-14 San Francisco, CA A broad Lender insurance class action that spans 40 different states was given the go-ahead earlier this summer by a US Magistrate. The now-certified class-action lawsuit alleges US Bank benefited from kickbacks by placing lenders insurance through American Security Insurance Co. (ASIC). Plaintiffs claim the insurance was also expensi... - ProCycle Consumer Fraud Settlement
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a 'bait and switch' consumer protection lawsuit against the motorcycle dealer. The lawsuit claimed ProCycle lured customers into the store with misleading advertising and then charged higher prices by adding processing fees, credit card surcharges, assembly charges, delivery fees and other hidden costs. ProCycle... - Where Is the Federal Oversight to Prevent Theme Park Accidents?
Aug-12-14 Arlington, TX It was three years ago that an army veteran who had previously lost both legs while serving his country in Iraq was strapped into a roller coaster in Upstate New York. The man was not wearing his prosthetic legs, but attraction supervisors permitted him to ride anyway. Tragically, the absence of his legs meant he was unable to remain in his s... - Actos Lawsuit Documents Claim Takeda “Put Countless Lives at Risk”
Aug-9-14 Alexandria, LA More documents have been filed in the Actos lawsuit that saw the plaintiffs awarded $9 billion in punitive damages. Takeda Pharmaceuticals has filed a motion for a new trial, alleging the punitive damages in the Actos side effects lawsuit were too high given the compensatory damages awarded. Now, the plaintiffs have filed their oppositi... - St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. Insurance Settlement
The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. was under investigation regarding its producer compensation, insurance placement practices and "non-traditional" insurance products. The company has settled regulatory charges and awarded $42 million to The Attorneys General of New York, Connecticut and Illinois and the New York State Dept. of Insurance. The compan... - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Dr. George Melnyk wrongful death Settlement
Three months after the birth of her daughter in 2001, Melanie Stokes was treated for depression by Dr. George Melnyk at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Four days after being released from the hospital, Melanie jumped to her death from the 12th floor window of a hotel room. Her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that Melani... - General Electric Co. false claims Settlement
In October 2000, two General Electric (GE) employees filed a lawsuit claiming that GE sold defective turbine parts, and five more employees joined the suit in January 2002, alleging the company covered up defects in turbine blades and vanes during production. The federal government joined the suit after investigating the allegations and negotiated the s... - Robert “Bob” French, Beloved Bryan/College Station Chief Meteorologist Files Federal Lawsuit Against KBTX
Jul-28-14 Bryan/College Station, TX, July 28, 2014 (Press Release) Robert “Bob” French, Chief Meteorologist and Weathercaster employed by CBS affiliate KBTX in Bryan and College Station for 23 years has filed a federal lawsuit against KBTX claiming breach of contract, age and disability discrimination, harassment and retaliation as well as violations against the... - Before You Blow the Whistle—Read This
Jul-28-14 July 30 is National Whistleblower Day in the US Washington, DC: Computer systems analyst and former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, unleashed an unprecedented volume of government secrets and became the world’s best-known whistleblower . Some of the details of American security operations are simply embarrassing. In other... - Wachovia Corp. research Settlement
A 28-month investigation into the Wachovia Capital Markets division of the North Carolina-based bank company began when New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer released e-mails from analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co., in which they denigrated stocks they had endorsed in their research reports. The state securities regulators claimed that Wachovia fai...