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Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-10-08) Mr. Olympia, Jay Cutler, brought a lawsuit against Omaha, Nebraska-based NDS Nutritional Products Inc. alleging illegal business practices. In his lawsuit, Cutler stated that NDS used an image based on a photograph of his, taken at a bodybuilding contest and placed it on its products without paying him or getting his permissi... - AT&T, Cingular to pay undisclosed settlement in infringement lawsuit.
Suffern, NY: (Mar-10-08) General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, representing Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), has settled its patent infringement lawsuits against Cingular Wireless and AT&T Mobility after two years of litigation. The first lawsuit was filed in April 2006 against Cing... - Leasing companies pay $165 million settlement in airplane crash wrongful death suit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-10-08) Families of 131 passengers and crew, who died in an airplane crash of Air Philippines Flight 541, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Chicago-based AAR Aircraft & Engine Group and Fleet Business Credit Corporation. The lawsuit stated that the companies leased a 20-year old Boeing 737 airplane to Air Philippines, an under fun... - Businessman pays $20,000 settlement for not having permits.
Anne Arundel, MD: (Mar-08-08) Anne Arundel County brought a lawsuit against Herrington Harbour Inc., alleging that E. Steuart Chaney, company president and prominent Anne Arundel businessman, constructed buildings without permits on one of his two large marinas. Chaney was accused of violating Critical Area or other environmental laws. The county filed s... - Nevada advised to pay $1.3 million wrongful death settlement.
Carson City, NV: (Mar-08-08) The families of 14 individuals and three estates brought a lawsuit against the state of Nevada after an accident was caused by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper that killed four people south of Las Vegas in 2006. The suit stated that the accident occurred on February 19, 2006 when trooper Joshua Corcan slammed into a 1988 Cadil... - School board pays $65,000 settlement to fired art teacher.
Chesterfield, MO: (Mar-08-08) Stephen Murmer, a Chesterfield teacher, brought a lawsuit against Chesterfield schools alleging that he was wrongly fired for making paintings with his private parts. Murmer, also known as "Stan the Butt Painter," stated that his civil rights were violated when he faced unlawful termination because of his creative expression... - Union Vale to pay $237,500 to union forming employee.
Union Vale, NY: (Mar-06-08) Christopher Kemlage, a former highway department employee, brought charges against the town of Union Vale, alleging that highway department officials attempted to stop employees from unionizing the department. The suit further accused the town of racism and threatened violence by department employees, stating that Kemlage's righ... - Former stock trader to pay $55,000 in CFTC settlement.
Washington, DC: (Mar-06-08) The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought charges against Michael Whitney, a former trader and marketing representative at Duke Energy Trading and Marketing LLC, alleging that he made false reports in an attempt to manipulate natural gas prices. The federal regulator claimed that Whitney submitted false reports of na... - Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios.
Hollywood, CA: (Mar-06-08) Five Hollywood studios-Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, brought charges against Beijing Jeboo Interactive Science & Technology Co. in Shanghai, a Chinese Internet company, alleging that it provided cyber cafes with illegal copies of Hollywood movies. The suit cl... - Pueblo pays $20,000 settlement to rightfully discharged officer.
Rocky Mountain, CO: (Mar-06-08) Michael Bethel, a former Pueblo, CO police officer, and his wife Tammy Bethel, brought a lawsuit against the city of Pueblo, alleging that Michael was fired because he and his wife have a "cuckold" relationship. In the federal lawsuit filed in 2007, Michael and Tammy Bethel said that Tammy Bethel is free to have sex with o... - Besler & Co. will pay $2.9 million to settle Medicare scam.
Newark, NJ: (Mar-06-08) The US Department of Justice brought a lawsuit against Besler & Co. Inc., a North Brunswick, NJ health care consulting firm and its principal, Philip Besler, alleging that they defrauded the federal Medicare program. The suit stated that Besler & Co. Inc. and Philip Besler engaged in Medicare fraud between January 2001 and August 20... - NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.
Las Cruces, NM: (Mar-06-08) Hal Mumme, NMSU head football coach, and New Mexico State University settled an alleged religious discrimination lawsuit in June 2007 with four former players; Mu'Ammar Ali, Jacob Wallace, and brothers Anthony and Vincent Thompson. The players claimed they were the victims of discrimination because of their Muslim religion. Reco... - Fayette County Board of Education and Edgar Friedrichs Student Wrongful Death Settlement
In November 1997, elementary school principal, Edgar Friedrichs took 12-year-old Jeremy Bell for an overnight stay at a remote Thurmond cabin. Friedrichs forced Jeremy to ingest amitriptyline and chloroform so he could sexually assault his defenseless body. Jeremy died of toxic poisoning from the chemicals. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit agai... - Riverside Cement to pay $384,000 for air quality violations.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-05-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought environmental damage charges against the Riverside Cement Company, alleging that it violated the federal Clean Air Act standards at its Oro Grande, CA plant, located near Victorville. According to the California Air Resources Board, the Oro Grande facility is one of the lar... - 'Amazing Race' family wins lawsuit with Daytona Speedway.
Daytona Beach, FL: (Mar-05-08) The family of Roy H. Weaver III, a track-crew supervisor, who was killed during a race at Daytona International Speedway, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against International Speedway Corp., the race track's corporate parent. Records show that Roy Weaver, of Ormond Beach, was killed in February 2004 while clearing debris fr... - Landlord to pay $190,000 toxic mold settlement.
Brookfield, CT: (Mar-05-08) Gary J. Tricarico has brought a lawsuit against Miles Lynch, his Brookfield landlord, alleging that the home he and his family were renting was hazardous. The suit claimed that Tricarico had leased the property on 89 Clearview Dr. as a residence for his family and for his architectural engineering business. He lived there with h... - Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.
San Antonio, TX: (Mar-04-08) The "Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests", or SNAP, a group dedicated to helping people abused by priests, brought a lawsuit against a religious group called The Oblates, alleging that Father Antonio Gonzalez molested a teenage girl. Court records show that the former Houston priest was accused of molesting a tee... - Abogados de Comercio, contrato y negocios
Leyes de negocios se compone de normas, leyes, códigos y reglamentos que governan las relaciones comerciales. Abogados de negocios pueden ayudarle a conducir y la manejar de su empresa dentro de este marco jurídico. Litigacion de negocios puede incluir pleitos entre socios, colecciones, la mediación, el cumplimiento de los contratos,... - Former Broadcom executive settles $1.3 million stock option backdating lawsuit.
Orange County, CA: (Mar-04-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Nancy Tullos, Broadcom's former head of human resources, alleging that she personally benefited by changing the value of employee stock options. Records show that the lawsuit is the first civil case settled over stock option backdating involving the Irv... - West Virginia to pay $2.6 million in multiple settlements.
Fayette County, WV: (Mar-04-08) The state of West Virginia will be paying out $2.6 million in settlements in order to resolve several lawsuits brought against it. One of the suits was brought by the estate of Julia Carolyn Strickland, a 47-year-old Fayette County woman, after she was killed in 2000. The suit claimed that Strickland was fatally injure...