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Oct-20-11 Galena, MO A Reeds Spring, Missouri man was arrested and has been charged with distributing Fentanyl patches that were allegedly involved in the deaths of two local men, according to the Springfield News-Leader . The Stone County Sheriff's Department brought Dennis Horn into custody and charged the individual with two counts of felony distribution... - $10,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Maricopa County, AZ: (Dec-08-07) Cyndi Greening, longtime Mesa Community College media-arts director, brought charges against the Maricopa County Community College District, alleging that she had been wrongfully terminated. The suit stated that Greening received a termination letter in May 2007, in which the district accused her of double-enrolling stude... - Risk Management Plans, Twenty-six Californian facilities pay $18,800 EPA fine for violating the Clean Air Act
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-13-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against 26 central California facilities, including facilities located in Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, and Tulare counties, alleging that they failed to resubmit risk management plans, a violation of the Clean Air Act. EPA officials claimed that when properly implemen... - Bloomin' Apple Rockford Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
Rockford, IL: (May-24-07) Former Applebee's employees filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the neighborhood grill and bar restaurant chain. The suit, originally filed by five employees, alleged that 14 women had been touched inappropriately and had to undergo harassment. It claimed the women were continually subjected to comments of a sexual nature fr... - Horas extra de los programadores de computación
Los empleados de la industria software y tecnologías informáticas podrían tener derecho al pago de horas extra... La ley federal y las normas de la mayoría de los estados exigen el pago de horas extra para aquellos empleados que trabajan más de 40 horas por semana, a menos que estén dentro de una de las exce... - Antitrust News: Google Faces New Challenges in Proposed Mergers
Apr-10-10 Eau Claire, WI A US Senator is calling for increased scrutiny of the proposed merger between search engine giant Google and mobile advertiser AdMob, regarding their adherence to national antitrust laws . Wisconsin Democratic Senator Herb Kohl, chairman of the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, claims that the merger would give... - Violations of Patent Law "Normal" in Today's High-Tech World
Feb-22-10 Waterloo, ON As technology continues to evolve at a breathless pace, patent infringement claims and lawsuits have become a fairly normal occurrence. Consequently, two new patent infringement cases against Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), a Canadian company, appear not to be rattling investors in the least. In fact, the Canadian Press (... - Class Action Lawsuit Claims Beverage Distributor Violated New York Labor Law
Feb-17-10 New York, NY In an effort to combat the plight of workers in the food processing industry in New York, a non-profit workers' rights organization has filed a class action suit against Beverage Plus, a delivery company, over alleged violations of New York labor law . The lawsuit charges that the distributor denied minimum wage and overtime pay to its d... - Does a 40-Hour, Four-Day Workweek Constitute California Overtime?
Feb-8-10 Apple Valley, CA Patrick used to work 50 hours a week with overtime pay, but then his employer started scheduling him 10 hours a day, four days a week—without overtime pay. Patrick wants to know if he's still entitled to California overtime . "I was hired by an employment agency as a journeyman electrician, paid by the hour," says Patrick. "The... - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. DRAM Price Fixing Settlement
The world's largest memory chipmaker and its subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor admitted to conspiring with rivals to set prices of dynamic random access memory sold to certain computer and server makers from April 1999 to June 2002. Samsung Electronics pleaded guilty to participating in a global price fixing conspiracy and agreed to pay a $300 million fi... - Hefty Fines for Antitrust Conspirators Fixing Prices of LCD Screens
Sep-3-09 Washington, DC Antitrust laws and other provisions of the Antitrust Act governing alleged price fixing were thrust to the forefront of public conscience yet again with the announcement late last month of an agreement by Epson Imaging Device Corporation (Epson) to pay a $26 million criminal fine for its role in a price-fixing conspiracy involving the sa... - More E. Coli Outbreaks—What Can We Do About it?
May-25-09 Washington, DC: As we enter the summer months, we will start to see an increase in E. coli outbreaks and more cases of foodborne illness . Most of those cases will be related to the consumption of contaminated hamburger. The first outbreak, which is currently ongoing on Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, has already claimed the life of a 7-year-old and s... - Paxil Birth Defects – The Never-Ending Vigil
Mar-22-09 Springhill, FL Kristine's son was born without incident – a healthy baby boy. He is now 4 years old and was recently diagnosed with a condition that could kill him if his parent's aren't vigilant. It turns out he was born with this condition, and Kristine wonders if the Paxil she took while pregnant could have contributed – could it be a Paxil birth d... - Financial Elder Abuse "Despicable"
Dec-28-08 Apple Valley, CA Linda F suspected for a while that her father was a victim of financial elder abuse. Unfortunately, she couldn't get her father to see what was going on. Like so many parents who are victims of financial abuse at the hands of a child, Linda's father did not want to believe his daughter, Linda's sister, could treat him so poorly. But she... - Commercial Contract Law: A Runaway Train in California
Aug-10-08 Victorville, CA A commercial contract between the City of Victorville, in California and the developers of a planned hi-speed train has raised the hackles of an investment company that had recently purchased land near the project, with an eye for some development of its own. Niles LLC has filed a civil suit against Victorville, with the hope of invali... - Attorney Scott R. Shepherd on WhistleBlowers, Securities, and Consumer Class Action
Apr-4-08 Philadelphia, PA: Scott R. Shepherd is a founding partner in Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller and Shah, LLC , a national law firm with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. A 1985 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Shepherd founded the firm in 1998. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): What are the main areas of y... - Did Heparin Kill My Wife?
Mar-31-08 Minneapolis, MN Harold's wife was a shining light in her local community. Vibrant, involved, she was loved by everyone. But in 2004 she received news that she had breast cancer. After several rounds of chemotherapy, she contracted a lethal blood infection, for which the doctors could not determine a cause. On February 29, 2008 she died, at home, with her h... - Yamaha Rhino Leaves Man with Atrophied Leg Muscles
Feb-20-08 Apple Valley, CA A five-minute ride on a Yamaha Rhino ended when it flipped over, crushing the leg of its passenger. Kevin, an athletic, fit construction manager, took a quick ride on a Yamaha Rhino on New Year's Eve, 2006. He had never been on a Rhino before, although he owned a quad himself. He thought it was cool that his friend had a Yamaha Rhino... - It's Happened Again: Largest Beef Recall in US History
Feb-18-08 Chino, CA: In a recall of staggering proportions, the US Department of Agriculture announced Sunday that 143 million pounds of ground beef have been recalled , easily representing the largest meat recall in US history. The recall, being carried out by the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company based in Chino, California, easily dwarfs the huge Topps beef rec... - Retirement Rip-offs: Bad Investments Take Advantage of Good People
Jan-4-08 Tampa, FL: The need for Americans to take good care of their own retirement investment strategy has given birth, not surprisingly, to the huge industry financial planning and investment industry—not to mention investment products that promise high returns and low risk. However, all to often things are not as they seem, and the tragedy of a senio...