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Holmdel, NJ: (Apr-16-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charge against NJ based Vonage in connection with a securities fraud investigation dating back to 1993. The charges alleged that Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron was one of four individuals and one company charged with participating in an extensive fraudulent scheme involving the NASDAQ... - New York, NY Pesticide Spraying Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) The No Spray Coalition and other environmental groups have been embroiled in a host of lawsuits against the City of New York in Federal Court, in opposition to Mayor Rudy Giuliani's administration's massive and indiscriminate spraying of toxic pesticides, including Malathion. The coalition alleged that the pesticides sprayed were da... - Los Angeles, CA Firefighter Discrimination and Retaliation Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-16-07) Lewis "Steve" Bressler filed suit against the Fire Department accusing it of retaliating against him after he sought to help a colleague, Brenda Lee, who had alleged racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination. He was one of three firefighters who worked together in 2001 at Station 96 in Chatsworth and sued the city i... - Aramark Corp. Shareholders Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Apr-14-07) The shareholder lawsuit that stemmed from the $8.3 billion buyout of Aramark Corp., a Philadelphia food concessionaire for colleges, hospitals, and stadiums, resulted in a settlement of $222 million. Bidders for the company, including chairman Joseph Neubauer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Thomas H. Lee Partn... - Education Finance Partners Student Loan College Pay Offs Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) Threatened with protracted litigation, Education Finance Partners, a student loan company, decided to settle claims filed by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo's office, accusing it of paying colleges to steer students to them for loans. In a settlement agreement reached, Education Finance Partners agreed to pay $2.5 million t... - SLM Corp. Student Loan Arrangements Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-11-07) The New York attorney general's office began an investigation into the business practices and financial arrangements between a number of lenders and financial aid officials at schools. The probe found that loan companies offered payments and perks to college officials to gain a place on their preferred lender lists, these arrangem... - Siemens Natural Gas Turbine Failure Settlement
Lakeland, FL: (Apr-11-07) Lakeland Electric filed a defective product suit against Siemens after two extended failures of its natural gas turbine generator, Unit 5. A broken bolt on the 356-megawatt, gas-fired Unit 5 generator put it out of commission in June and July of 2005 followed by Unit 5 being down for a month in May 2006 because a motor blade went... - Edward G. Mawhinney Loan Scheme Settlement
Boyertown, PA: (Apr-11-07) National Penn filed a civil lawsuit against Edward G. Mawhinney, a former loan officer with National Penn's private banking division in Philadelphia in January 2005, after they discovered that the Sewell, NJ, resident was stealing money from National Penn Bank through a fraudulent loan scheme. It was discovered that Mawhinney, hi... - Hydranautics, Indian Harbor Insurance Desalination Plant Settlement
Clearwater, FL: (Apr-17-07) Tampa Bay Water filed a lawsuit against Hydranautics, the manufacturer of membranes that remove salt from sea water at the plant, two engineering companies and an insurance carrier over a troubled desalination plant. The suit stemmed from the plant that opened in 2003 but never functioned properly. Though the plant produced drin... - Arkansas, USA Department of Information Systems Billing Settlement
Little Rock, AR: (Apr-16-07) The US Department of Health and Human Services filed a lawsuit against state Department of Information Systems (DIS), alleging that the state owed $9.4 million for billing errors that occurred from fiscal year 1997 through fiscal year 2000. DIS provides information technology services like computers, Internet, data networking a... - Paul Hashman Shooting Neighbor Settlement
Elyira, OH: (Apr-11-07) Darrell Oskins filed a lawsuit against 85-year-old Paul Hashman, after Hashman shot at him six times. Oskins claimed that winning a settlement against Hashman was less important to him and his family than to Hashman admitting he was culpable in the shooting. Hashman claimed that he acted in self-defense when Oskins came at him with... - J.D. Byrider Inflated Vehicle Settlement
The Kentucky attorney general filed a lawsuit against the car dealer for allegedly selling substandard cars and trucks at inflated prices. The case was filed on behalf of 14,400 people who purchased vehicles at the Louisville dealer from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2004. J.D. Byrider of Louisville has agreed to pay a $7.1 million settlement tha... - Norcal Waste Systems Trash Hauling Settlement
Oakland, CA: (Apr-11-07) The city of San Jose had filed charges against Norcal Waste Systems accusing it of not meeting the state-mandated trash diversion requirements of mixing glass with trash, rather than recycling the material. Norcal did not refute the claims. In a settlement reached with the city, Norcal ended litigation in the controversial trash-ha... - Email Discount Network Unauthorized Charges Phone Bill Restitution
Atlanta, GA: (Apr-11-07) The Florida Attorney General's Office began an investigation into the business practices of the Florida-based Internet company Email Discount Network (EDN), and found that EDN placed unauthorized charges on the phone bills of over 258,000 US consumers, including 11,200 individuals in the state of Georgia. The investigation reveal... - Emeryville, CA Employee Racial Harassment Settlement
Emeryville, CA: (Apr-10-07) Concerned Citizens for Change, an Emeryville-based group, requested city council members look into matters pertaining to racial discrimination and retaliation against city employees. One of the Concerned Citizens for Change making the charges was former Emeryville City Planning Technician Leslie Pollard, who received a $3.6 mill... - Red Bluff, CA Employee Gender Discrimination Settlement
Red Bluff, CA: (Apr-10-07) Kelly Meek, a former police officer, sued the city after she lost her job in 2004, alleging that the police department discriminated against her. Meek was fired from Red Bluff after five years in the Police Department at various jobs. The suit claimed that Meek was denied a locker room facility apart from male personnel, and eve... - San Francisco, CA Sexual Orientation Discrimination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Apr-10-07) Andrew Marconi filed suit against the San Francisco Police Department and the city claiming that he was humiliated and intimidated by on-duty police officers at a club across the street from the city's Hall of Justice. The suit stemmed from an incident in 2004 in which Marconi and some friends were outside The Endup, a popula... - Synergetics USA, Inc. Laser Disposables Patent Infringement Settlement
O'Fallon, MO: (Apr-10-07) Iridex Corporation filed a patent litigation suit against Synergetics USA, Inc. and entered into a Settlement Agreement and a Manufacture and Supply Agreement to resolve all claims from the pending lawsuits. The agreement involves the dismissal of all pending legal actions between the two companies as well as a cross licensing of... - Joslyn Sunbank Company Hazardous Wastes Settlement
Sacramento, CA: (Apr-11-07) The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) filed suit against the Joslyn Sunbank Company of Paso Robles, a military and aerospace conduits and thermoplastics manufacturer, alleging that it violated the state's Hazardous Waste Control Law during its manufacturing process. The suit accused Joslyn Sunbank of ro... - Red Robin Restaurant Employee Religious Discrimination Settlement
Belleview, WA: (Apr-07-07) Human and Civil rights cases that stem from abuse of the First Amendment are seeing a steady increase as more religious practices run counter to laws and policies. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Red Robin Restaurant on behalf of server Ameni Rangel, who practices the ancient Egyptian Kemeti...