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New York, NY: (Jun-06-07) Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. filed charges against UBS in 2003 related to equity derivative contract payments that Enron sought to recover from UBS. UBS entered into an agreement with Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., settling litigation without any admission of liability. It claimed that it had valid defenses to all of Enron's cl... - King County, WA Sibling Foster Care Abuse Settlement
Tacoma, WA: (Jun-07-07) King County approved a $6.2 million settlement for four siblings who were abused in foster care, making the settlement the largest of its kind in the state. The charges were against the state Department of Social and Health Services, which oversees foster care, alleging that the state acted negligently when it licensed Pearl Hall to... - Stephen Richards CA Inc. Accounting Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Jun-05-07) In charges filed against Stephen Richards, 42, CA Inc.'s former top sales executive, the suit claimed that he was guilty of securities fraud, conspiracy and lying to investigators regarding his role in a $2.2 billion accounting fraud at the software maker. Richards is serving a seven-year prison term after being sentenced in Novem... - Trilegiant Online Shopping Membership Consumer Fraud Settlement
Little Rock, AR: (Jun-05-07) Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office filed a consumer protection action against Trilegiant, a Connecticut-based company that offers online shopping services and discounts to people who purchase memberships. The suit claimed that the company gave customers free trial memberships, but did not adequately inform them... - Archer Rubber Co. Toluene Pollution EPA Settlement
Boston, MA: (Jun-05-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency filed a suit against Archer Rubber Co., over a Clean Air Act enforcement action involving air pollution control equipment at the company's manufacturing plant in Milford; MA. Archer Rubber produces various kinds of rubber-coated fabrics. Archer's manufacturing processes generate hazardous air... - Volunteers of America Employee Wage and Hour Settlement
Baton Rouge, LA: (Jun-06-07) Carter Nash, the former residential manager of Shiloh Coordinating Ministries and a case aide at the Drop-In Center, filed a wage hour employment lawsuit against the Baton Rouge chapter of Volunteers of America, claiming that the Christian charity organization paid him 43 cents an hour. The suit, filed in 2004, alleged that fro... - Whatcom County, WA Teenage Killer Civil Settlement
Bellingham, WA: (Jun-05-07) Nora and Michael Busby, parents of eight-year-old Michael Busby Jr., who was murdered in 2002 by a 16-year-old who was under the supervision of the county's juvenile probation department, filed a lawsuit against the county. The suit claimed that the county was negligent in its treatment of Ryan Alexander, the killer, who was on... - Fish Springs Ranch LLC Water Importation Project Settlement
Carson City, NV: (Jun-05-07) The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe brought charges against Fish Springs Ranch LLC, a subsidiary of Vidler Water Company and PICO Holdings, Inc., objecting the Fish Spring's water importation project of up to 8,000 acre-feet of groundwater per year from the Fish Springs Ranch to the northern Reno area. The tribe claimed that it would... - Van Buren School District Teacher and Coach Wrongful Termination Settlement
Van Buren County, AR: (Jun-05-07) Van Buren School District (VBSD) junior high school teacher and coach Steve Jones filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the school district, after he was terminated for leaving a teacher's meeting early. Jones claimed that he was singled out and treated shabbily, owing to the personal vendetta of certain board membe... - First Indiana Bank NA Property Value Loan Discrimination Settlement
Indianapolis, IN: (Jun-05-07) The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against First Indiana Bank NA, claiming that the Indiana bank discriminated against minorities by refusing to make loans on row houses in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. NCRC alleged that First Indiana Bank refused to make lo... - TXU Corporation Automatic Contract Renewal Fine
Dallas, TX: (Jun-05-07) Federal regulators brought charges against the electric retail unit of TXU Corporation, alleging that the Dallas-based company broke the law by signing up several thousand business customers to one-year contracts, without their consent. Beginning in 2005, regulators said TXU sent notices saying the service would be renewed for 12 mo... - Solano County, CA Anheuser Busch Property Tax Settlement
Fairfield, CA: (Jun-04-07) Anheuser Busch, an international brewery, filed suit against Solano County, claiming that the county wrongly charged millions of dollars as taxes. The long-running tax dispute alleged that since 2000, Anheuser Busch has been overcharged taxes on its property in Fairfield to a tune of $2,889,910. While the county claimed the brewe... - AutoZone Inc. Motor Oil Waste Settlement
Monterey County, CA: (Jun-02-07) A civil environmental and consumer protection enforcement action was filed against AutoZone Inc., based in Memphis, TN, by the California Attorney General and district attorneys in Monterey, San Bernardino, San Diego and San Joaquin counties. The suit alleged that the company was guilty of violating state laws that requir... - Credit Suisse Enron Bankruptcy Settlement
Houston, TX: (Jun-01-07) Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., formerly known as Enron Corp., had filed lawsuits against Credit Suisse, UBS AG, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and several other banking institutions over the bankruptcy of the former energy trading giant. Enron, once the nation's seventh-largest company, entered bankruptcy proceedings in December 2001 a... - Freightliner LLC Lemon Law Settlement
Black River Falls, WI: (Jun-04-07) Ken's Septic Cleaning of Holcombe filed suit against Oregon-based Freightliner LLC in March 2006 under the lemon law, after more than a dozen attempts to repair a 2005 freightliner, purchased for $80,000, failed to make it run properly. The suit claimed that the Freightliner truck continued to experience problems, even af... - MidAmerican Energy and Le Mars, IA Coal and Tar Waste Settlement
Des Moines, IA: (Jun-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency filed a lawsuit against MidAmerican Energy and the city of Le Mars, alleging that there were unchecked environmental violations at a gas plant. The EPA accused the energy company and city of not ensuring that coal tar and other wastes from the Le Mars Coal Gas Superfund Site were properly d... - Ortho Biotech and Amgen settle antitrust litigation
Amgen has reached an agreement to settle its outstanding antitrust litigation with Ortho Biotech Products. Under terms of the agreement, Amgen will pay Ortho Biotech $200 million and the pending litigation in New Jersey District Court will be dismissed with prejudice. Amgen continues to deny that its challenged conduct was unlawful, and admits to no wr... - Adams County, NE Developemnt Dispute Settlement
Adams County, NE: (May-31-07) Robert Monahan Jr., developer and Gateway property owner, filed suit against Adams County, over land he had planned to use for a visitors' center for Gettysburg National Military Park, but which went undeveloped after he lost the bid for the project. In a settlement reached, the county commissioners approved a $2.3 milli... - Misty Murphy Fiscal Abuse Settlement
Risco, MO: (May-31-07) The Risco School District filed charges against Misty Murphy, the district superintendent, following an investigation into alleged fiscal abuses. The investigation revealed that there were irregularities and funds missing from district accounts. It identified Murphy as the person responsible for the mismanagement of the district fund... - Therese Hart Notary Signature Forgery Settlement
Guam, Pacific Islands: (May-31-07) Former Guam Memorial Hospital Associate Administrator Therese Hart pleaded guilty to a charge of improper influence over a notary, as a third-degree felony. The US Attorney's Office filed charges against Hart, claiming that she was guilty of forging her father's signature on a $150,000 wrongful-death settlement paid by th...