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Boca Raton, FL: (May-21-07) Pop star Michael Jackson filed charges against Universal Express over the auction of Jackson family memorabilia, scheduled for May 30-31 2007, in Las Vegas. The suit aimed at stopping the auction, which includes costumes, gold records and personal items from his career. Universal Express had announced a week before the settlem... - Cigna Faces Two New Denied Disability Lawsuits
Feb-4-16 Pittsburgh, PA: A woman injured in a car accident has filed a denied disability insurance lawsuit against Cigna, alleging the company improperly denied her disability claim. Meanwhile, a man in Louisiana has also filed a lawsuit against Cigna, also alleging he was improperly denied his long-term disability. The Pennsylvania Record (1/26/16) report... - Simple, Six-Step Process to Lawsuit Funding
Jun-16-14 A day doesn’t go by where we don’t hear about a personal injury due mainly to the negligence of someone else. Sadly, many victims will never seek justice due to financial constraints; they are not familiar with the lawsuit funding industry or how to obtain a lawsuit cash advance. Lawsuit funding buys a plaintiff time by providing emergency cash when... - Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief
Charleston, WV: (May-16-07) The West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office filed charges against four companies that offer debt settlement services, Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief, alleging that they were not properly licensed as credit service organizations. Debt settlement is a... - Washington to Pay $13.7 Million to Demonstrators
Washington, DC: A $13.7 million settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuit brought by nearly 700 demonstrators arrested during protests against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in April of 2000. The lawsuit was filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice on behalf of protesters and bystanders. According to media repo... - More Settlements Announced in Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits
Jun-13-14 Miami, FL The recent months have brought news of even more settlements in force-placed insurance lawsuits . In the past few months, various banks and financial firms have announced that they settled lawsuits involving lender insurance. Lawsuits filed against the banks and insurance companies alleged they were involved in an illegal kickback scheme to pl... - Debt Collector Harassment Nightmare Continues for Consumers
Jun-10-14 Seattle, WA For the people who receive threatening phone calls in the middle of the night, tales of debt collector harassment aren’t news. For those people, stories about bill collector harassment activities - such as late night phone calls, obscene language and threats of jail time - are simply further proof of problems within the debt collectio... - Amvac Chemical Corp. Field Workers Sterility Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-16-07) Thirteen Nicaraguan field workers filed suit against Amvac Chemical Corp., a Southern California chemical company, alleging that one of the pesticides the firm used caused them to become sterile. The suit also mentioned Dow Chemical Co. and Dole Fruit Co. as defendants. In a settlement reached, Amvac agreed to pay $300,000 to t... - The White Knight of the Wired World
May-22-14 Seattle, WA Danger lurks in the wired world and consumers have only a vague notion of just how treacherous the Internet has become, according to Craig Spiezle, a former Microsoft executive turned white knight of the wired world determined to protect consumers and the integrity of the Internet and the viability of the “wired economy.” Banks a... - Pre-Settlement Funding to Avoid Financial Ruin in Your Auto Accident Case
May-16-14 People are injured every day in auto accidents. Most injured victims will not follow through with a claim because they do not have the finances to proceed with a case. Others will file a lawsuit but eventually settle for less than full case value due to financial constraints. Few are aware that pre-settlement funding can secure a victim’s financial sit... - G.A.B. Robbins North America Inc. School Fire Settlement
Wasatch County, UT: (Mar-23-07) A six-alarm fire destroyed and burned Wasatch Junior High School to the ground on July, 11, 2005. Over 850 displaced students have since attended Churchill Junior High. In a settlement reached with G.A.B. Robbins North America Inc., a leading provider of global risk management services, G.A.B. Robbins agreed to pay $15.9 mi... - Credit and Debit Card Companies Aiding the Fight against Predatory Internet Pay Loans
May-14-14 New York, NY In its fight against illegal Internet payday loans , the state of New York scored a major victory when two of the biggest players in plastic agreed to halt the processing of Internet payday loan transactions that violate state laws. “Whenever online payday lenders try new schemes to flout our laws and exploit New York consumers, we... - Debt Collector Harassment Profitable for Some Companies
May-11-14 Boston, MA Although debt collector harassment is illegal, it can be highly profitable for companies attempting to recover money owed. Debt collector harassment lawsuits have been filed against a variety of debt collectors and financial firms, but for some companies, the profits make the risks worthwhile. Regulators are getting involved with concerns abou... - Target CEO Steps Down in Wake of Data Breach
May-11-14 Minneapolis, MN It’s fitting, in a way, that on Mother’s Day we’re highlighting one of the mothers of all data breaches, and the fallout that recently occurred with the resignation of Target Corporation’s Chief and CEO. A data breach is a serious compromise of security that can put sensitive data into the hands of criminals. ... - Veritas Software Corp. Aiding and Abetting Scheme Civil Penalty
Washington, DC: (Feb-21-07) Symantec Corp.'s Veritas was charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to manage earnings and aiding and abetting fraud at Time Warner Inc.'s America Online unit, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC alleged that Veritas agreed to buy $20 million in online advertising from AOL in 2000 in exchange fo... - Luis Cornide and Robert De La Riva Investment Fraud Settlement
Coral Gables, FL: (Feb-19-07) Luis Cornide and Robert De La Riva, principles of an investment firm were brought under the scanner by the Securities and Exchange Commission, who claimed that the duo had misappropriated at least $15 million in investor funds. The two agreed to forfeit $4.2 million in cash and $4.4 million in assets to Pension Fund of Amer... - Withholding Paychecks a Violation of California Overtime
Apr-19-14 Van Nuys, CA Juan, age 18, has been working full-time since finishing high school to help support his family. He has asked why everyone in the warehouse has to wait up to three hours every Friday for their paychecks, which Juan believes is a violation of the California overtime law. But the answer is, “If you don’t like it, you can quit.&r... - Power Morcellator Lawsuits Consolidated; More Lawsuits Filed
Dec-15-15 Washington, DC: As more power morcellator lawsuits are filed, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated more than 20 lawsuits into a multidistrict litigation. The MDL - number 2652 - was approved in October and as of December 15, 2015, held 30 lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings. Those lawsuits allege women were put... - Anita Minervino and Peter Forbes Pirated Music Settlement
Myrtle Beach, SC: In a lawsuit coordinated by the Recording Industry Association of America, record companies Arista, Sony BMG, and Warner Bros alleged copyright violations and detailed songs by artists that had been illegally downloaded over the internet. In the case of Anita Minervino, the lawsuit alleged copyright violations and detailed songs by art... - GEO Group Contract Concessions Settlement
Tallahassee, FL: Top officials alleged that more than $4.5 million in questionable payments to two companies that run five private prisons resulted from the state's contract concessions. After a Florida Senate leader asked for an investigation of her agency's settlement with one of the companies, Department of Management Services Secretary Linda South...