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Athens, GA: (Aug-15-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought a lawsuit against Jonathan Mizula, 21, of Athens, and Gabriel Frankewich, 29, of Byron, alleging that the pair ran an illegal investment scheme. The SEC sued Frankewich and Mikula, a recent graduate of the UGA's Terry College of Business, claiming they cheated investors in a massive... - K2 Inc. Jarden Merger Termination Settlement
Carlsbad, CA: (Jul-30-07) A settlement was reached in a pending litigation concerning outdoor sporting goods company K2 Inc. and Jarden Corp. In April 2007, Jarden, a diversified consumer products company, decided to acquire K2 in a cash and stock deal valued at about $15.50 per share, or $765.9 million. The settlement agreement made with the City of Rosev... - Our Town Family Services Skrappy's Murder Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Jul-26-07) Jeff Pierson and Julie Maynard, the parents of Ray Darrin Pierson, brought a lawsuit against Our Town Family Services, the nonprofit agency that runs a popular downtown hangout for teenagers, alleging that they were responsible for the death of their 27-year-old son. Darrin Pierson was shot and killed outside Skrappy's, 210 E. Broad... - US Government Horne Engineering Contract Settlement
Fairfax, VA: (Jul-18-07) Horne International, Inc. brought a lawsuit against the federal government seeking payment for extra work undertaken by Horne Engineering Services, LLC, while under contract at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. In its suit, Horne claimed that it was due extra payment, owing to additional quantities and changing con... - Absolute Power Fitness Inc. Closure Member Settlement
Brooklyn, NY: (Jul-10-07) Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's Office brought charges against Absolute Power Fitness, Inc., a Sunset Park gym that closed suddenly in January 2007 without warning and after accepting prepaid membership fees from 650 people. An investigation revealed that building owners closed the doors after the health club defaulted on the rent... - Graco Pump Export Settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Jun-25-07) The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) brought charges against Minneapolis based pump maker, Graco, alleging that the company had fifteen violations of the Export Administration Regulations. The violations involved direct shipment of diaphragm pumps to locations requiring licenses as well as shipment of the pumps to distribu... - Fortune 1000 Companies 401(k) Plan Excessive Fees
A firm is investigating Fortune 1000 companies that, we believe, have breached their fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions by allowing excessive administration and management fees and expenses in connection with the administration of their 401(k) plans. Persons adversely impacted by this practices include current employees who ar... - Alexandria City, VA IHOP Police Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Alexandria City, VA: (Jun-13-07) The family of 18-year-old Aaron Brown, who was shot and killed by Alexandria police officer Carl Stowe in the parking lot of an International House of Pancakes (IHOP), filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Stowe had been working off-duty at an IHOP as a security guard when he chased Brown and his friends out of t... - Wood River Capital Management Securities Rights Registration Settlement
San Jose, CA: (May-23-07) Endwave Corporation, a manufacturer of RF modules that enable the transmission, reception and processing of high-frequency signals in telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, filed suit against Wood River Capital Management and its affiliates over registration rights. In a settlement re... - Possible Chevron Oil Kickbacks Settlement
New York, NY: (May-07-07) United States prosecutors filed suit against Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, over alleged kickbacks that were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a now defunct United Nations program. Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known about the kickbacks and that the admi... - Edward Waters College Student Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (May-06-07) The family of Johnathan Wesley Glenn, an 18-year-old student at Edward Waters College, filed charges against the college after Glenn was fatally shot a day after he wrote an essay critical about campus safety. Glenn was a freshman when two men approached him and demanded a sports jersey he was wearing, his cell phone and wal... - Lumberton, NC City Hall Construction Contract Settlement
Lumberton, NC: (Mar-28-07) Pro Construction filed suit against the city of Lumberton in March 2006 alleging that the city owed it $519,000 for the construction of the new City Hall. The contractor said it was owed $519,000 for the project, which has already cost the city $5.5 million. But city officials contended that the four-year project finished 260 day... - GE Healthcare Finland Oy Capital Adjustments Settlement
Hawthorne, CA: (Mar-27-07) OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, filed suit against GE Healthcare Finland Oy regarding working capital adjustments and other matters arising from OSI's March 2004 acquisition of Spacelabs Medical. In a sett... - Fujimino Municipal Government and Taiyo Kanzai Security Company Pool Filter Wrongful Death Settlement
Saitama, Japan: (Mar-24-07) The parents of a girl who died when she was sucked into a filter pipe at a swimming pool in July 2006 sued the Fujimino Municipal Government and Taiyo Kanzai security company, which was entrusted to supervise the pool. In a settlement reached in the wrongful death lawsuit, the parents were compensated close to 100 million yen, a... - Paramount Financial Group, Inc. et al. Fire Victims Settlement
Columbus, OH: (Feb-27-07) A legal settlement was reached with the families of the ten victims who succumbed to a fire that devastated a wooden skeleton exposed above melted siding and almost a completely burned off roof. An agreement was reached with owner Paramount Financial Group, Inc. of Granville; property management company RLJ Management Co. of G... - Movie Gallery Inc., Empire Equity Group, and Home Finance Mortgage Inc. Customer Information Violation Fine
Greensboro, NC: (Feb-08-07) The state of North Carolina filed suit against three businesses for illegally disposing of files containing personal customer information including credit card and social security details, thereby putting them at risk for identity theft. The lawsuit was filed after neighboring businesses reported seeing a large number of the... - Sony BMG Music Entertainment Privacy Infringement Reimbursement
The Federal Trade Commission charged the music giant Sony BMG Music Entertainment with violating federal laws after it sold CDs without telling consumers that they contained software limiting the devices on which the music could be played, restricted the copies that could be made, and contained technology that monitored their listening habits. The law... - Foodstaff and Symphony Design Group Halloween Party Personal Injury Settlement
Jacksonville, Florida - Jeremy Phillips was attending a Halloween party dressed as a hockey player and was attacked from behind for no apparent reason. A nineteen year old intoxicated partygoer tackled Phillips into the side of a car. He sustained a debilitating elbow injury. Phillips filed a lawsuit against the company hosting the party Symphony Design... - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and The Wackenhut Corp. Store Clerk Wrongful Death Settlement
On January 19, 2005 19-year-old Megan LeAnn Holden was working the night shift at Wal-Mart Super Center in Tyler, TX. Holden was kidnapped from the store parking lot, raped and then killed. Her body was found on the side of a highway in West Texas, about 400 miles from her home. Johnny Lee Williams Jr. pleaded guilty to capital murder, saying he kidnapp... - Fox News Network Female Employee Gender Discrimination Settlement
In November 2005, a lawsuit claimed that Fox News Vice President Joe Chillemi used obscene terms to describe women and their body parts. As well, during a department discussion about discrimination in the workplace, he said that when choosing between hiring a man or a woman, he would pick the man because a woman "would most likely get pregnant and leave...