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Charleston, WV: (Mar-24-08) The West Virginia State Department of Environmental Protection brought an environmental damage lawsuit against the State Division of Highways, alleging that there were repeated environmental violations while the state agency worked on US 35 in Putnam County. The suit was filed after State Department of Environmental Protection... - Michigan to pay $300,000 settlement in contract lawsuit.
Lansing, MI: (Mar-24-08) State housing chief Michael DeVos and the state of Michigan have been embroiled in a legal battle, over his firing as director of the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority. DeVos quit under compulsion, after a year of altercations with Gov. Jennifer Granholm and with some members of his board, over alienated low-income... - Yuma County to pay up to $250,000 proposed settlement in property tax lawsuit.
Yuma County, AZ: (Mar-24-08) Qwest Corporation brought a lawsuit against several governments throughout Arizona, including Yuma County, alleging that the governments overtaxed Qwest on various properties in the state of Arizona. The Arizona Department of Revenue and all 15 state counties are named as defendants in the suit. The three-year-old suit claime... - Biovail to pay $10 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-24-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Biovail Corp., a Canadian pharmaceutical company, and several of its current and former top executives, alleging accounting fraud. The commission's lawsuit claimed that the company overstated earnings and hid losses to deceive investors and meet quarterly and annu... - Homeowner to pay $25,000 settlement in tenant druglord lawsuit.
Janesville, WI: (Mar-21-08) The city brought charges against Lynn A. Johnston, the primary resident and acting landlord of a drug house, and Evelyn M. Garrity, owner of the property, alleging that the house was a public nuisance. The suit, filed in October 2007, claimed that the house endangered the comfort, health and safety of the public. The city's la... - Former housing authority head to pay $40,000 settlement in ethics lawsuit.
Venango County, PA: (Mar-21-08) The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission brought charges against Edwin Evans, the former executive director of Venango County Housing Authority, alleging that he misappropriated funds in the amount of $170,585. Records show that Evans is the second former Housing Authority employee charged by the Ethics Commission in recen... - Concord to pay $85,000 settlement to mother in prison death lawsuit.
Concord, NH: (Mar-21-08) Constance Cuddemi brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Concord, alleging that her son Joseph Smith, who had been in prison on a parole violation for less than an hour, hanged himself from exposed ceiling pipes. Cuddemi stated that her son was without sufficient supervision though he was questioned about his past s... - NHLPA will pay $400,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Detroit, MI: (Mar-21-08) Former National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive director Ted Saskin brought a lawsuit against the NHLPA, alleging wrongful termination. The suit claimed that Saskin was fired in May 2007, for accessing the private e-mail accounts of various players. He was accused of reading the private mail of particularly t... - Indian Tribes to get $52 million settlement in Michigan Keno lawsuit.
Traverse, MI: (Mar-21-08) The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Petoskey and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Manistee, brought charges against the state of Michigan, alleging that it violated its 1998 compacts with the two tribes when the Michigan Lottery Bureau launched Club Keno in October 2003. The tribes claimed that it was a c... - NovaStar to pay $2 million settlement in false advertising lawsuit.
Kansas city, MO: (Mar-20-08) Irvine, CA-based American Interbanc Mortgage LLC and two other entities brought a lawsuit against NovaStar Financial Inc., alleging that a residential mortgage unit of NovaStar engaged in false advertising and unfair competition. The plaintiffs filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in January 2007 against Novastar, a lende... - Jackson Hewitt, Inc. Low Income RAL Settlement
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed charges against the tax preparation firm for allegedly violating state and federal laws in marketing high cost refund anticipation loans (RALs) to low income customers. The lawsuit claimed Jackson Hewitt violated laws and rules that regulate debt collection practices, and prohibit unfair business practices,... - Apartment complexes pay $95,000 settlement in harassment lawsuit.
Washington, DC: (Mar-20-08) The US Department of Justice brought a lawsuit against Ersil James, a former maintenance worker at three Missouri apartment complexes in Platte City and Smithville. The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri, claimed that Ersil James sexually harassed female tenants, thereby violating the Fai... - Exelon to pay $7.5 million settlement in assessment lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-20-08) Will County and 10 local taxing bodies brought a lawsuit against Exelon, over a tax dispute. After a yearlong legal wrangle, the parties reached a settlement agreement, which calls for a $370 million assessment on Exelon's Braidwood Generating Station for the year 2007. That is a $150 million increase over the prior expired agree... - North Sewickley and Franklin, PA Rap Lyrics Civil Rights Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: High school student Anthony Latour was arrested on charges of harassment and making "terrorist threats" through his rap lyrics, which were posted on his personal Web site from his own home. The fourteen year old was taken out of his middle school in handcuffs; Riverside Beaver County School District later expelled Latour. A Chief Judge o... - Quorum to pay $2.8 million settlement in health care lawsuit.
Natchez, MS: (Mar-19-08) Hale Hospital, a city-owned hospital in Haverhill, MA, brought a lawsuit against Quorum Health Resources, alleging that the health resources company significantly overstated financial statements and omitted losses in financial records. Haverhill's City Council President alleged that Quorum did not make the city council fully awar... - UPS pays $254,000 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit.
Watertown, NY: (Mar-19-08) Daniel Peterson of Redwood brought a lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), alleging that he was wrongly terminated in retaliation to blowing the whistle about unsafe conditions at the company's Watertown facility. Peterson filed suit in February 2007, alleging that he was fired for complaining about the company's tr... - Senator pays $350,000 fine to settle spending lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Mar-18-08) The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) brought allegations against State Senator Carole Migden and her campaign, claiming that they had 89 different campaign finance violations. Commission officials said that several violations had to do with failures to itemize credit card expenditures. The FPPC launched an investi... - Acculab to pay $461,000 settlement for fraud lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (mar-18-08) The Justice Department's Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch and the US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida brought a lawsuit against Acculab Laboratories and its owner, Joseph T. DeGregorio, alleging that the facility submitted false claims to Medicare. The lawsuit accused the company of submitting claims... - Salander to pay $994,375 settlement in landlord, tenant lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-17-08) The landlord of the East 71st Street gallery in New York brought a lawsuit against Salander-O'Reilly Galleries LLC, and its owner Lawrence Salander, alleging that he owed $1.9 million in rent dating to 2004. Court records show that Salander filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 5 in Poughkeepsie, New York, along with owner Lawrence Salan... - Abogado de Horas Extraordinarias de Agentes de Acciones
Aunque normalmente sólo se les paga comisión-, los agentes de acciones y comodidades pueden tener derecho a pago de horas extras en virtud de las leyes federales y estatales. Agentes de acciones y comodidades típicamente suelen trabajar más de las 8 horas al día necesarias, empezando tan temprano como las 6:00 am y trabajando hasta después...