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Sort by date 7,426 pages found matching settlement- EchoStar Communications Corp. Patent Infringement Settlement
TiVo Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the parent of the Dish satellite television provider. TiVo claimed EchoStar used its technology without license for the satellite company's own digital video recorders. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Marshall found that EchoStar had willfully infringed TiVo's patent to pause and rewind live telev... - Accor North America Inc. Motel 6 Child Personal Injury Settlement
Accor North America Inc. has reached an undisclosed monetary settlement with Hitendra and Falguni Bhakta, the parents of a child who is alleged to have found and swallowed a used condom at the Motel 6 in Casper, Wyoming on May 26, 2003. It appears that the child, who was only two years of age at the time of the incident, was found choking on a used cond... - City of Los Angeles Teenager Wrongful Death Police Shooting Settlement
At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 6, 2005, in South Los Angeles, police officer Steven Garcia began chasing a stolen Toyota Camry. He believed the driver was intoxicated as the car was driving erratically. After a brief chase, the suspect backed the stolen car toward the police officer, who fired 10 shots. Seven bullets hit Devin Brown, who was only... - Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Malpractice Cerebral Palsy Settlement
On July 4, 1999 Ms. Skokie was 38 weeks pregnant when she went to the hospital emergency room with complaints of unexplained bleeding and abdominal pain. The mother was released the next day as readings on the electronic fetal monitor were within normal limits. On July 13, she returned to Evanston Hospital with complaints of bleeding. After natural labor... - US Grant Resources Settlement
Attorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the arrest of three individuals who were operating a phony grant procurement company out of New Orleans. The three individuals who were arrested, John B. Rodgers, Laurel A. Rodgers and Jason Martin agreed to a settlement of $500,000 with the Attorney Gene... - HealthHelp Inc. Employee Wrongful Termination Settlement
Three female employees from the radiology benefits management service company were allegedly told not to hire "Blacks or Jews." When the women refused and told their employer that they would not discriminate, they were all fired. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against HealthHelp alleging racial and religious discriminatio... - Qwest Communications Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the telecommunications company on behalf of Hispanic employees in Portland. The lawsuit claimed Qwest denied promotions to Hispanic employees into management positions between 1998 and 2001. The company denied the allegations, but agreed to a $400,000 racial discrimination settlement. (Ap... - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Suicide Settlement
The parents of a young college student filed a $27 million lawsuit against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the apparent suicide of their 19 year old daughter, Elizabeth Shin, have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Shin died in a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after making a series of suicidal threats. Toxicology resul... - SoftwareOnline.com, Inc. Consumer Protection Violations Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the company for allegedly misrepresenting the extent to which its InternetShield and Registry Cleaner products are necessary to prevent attacks from malicious Web sites and computers crashes. SoftwareOnline bombarded potential customers with pop-up ads and allegedly used deceptive billing practices. The company admitted to mult... - San Jose City Santa Clara County Land Dispute Settlement
Santa Clara County and San Jose city were in a legal feud over a 7,000 seat concert hall project at the county fairgrounds and development in North San Jose. San Jose originally sued Santa Clara to block the county's fairgrounds theater project. San Jose agreed to pay a $36.5 million settlement to Clara County who will use the money for a new state-of-the... - City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Settlement
After a Christmas Party in 2003, Julie Jones and her husband Brent Jones were headed home when they got into a head on collision. Jake Aaron Strickland had been drinking that night at City Streets bar and drove 70 mph the wrong way down a one-way street when he struck Jones' Chevrolet Tahoe. Brent Jones was killed in the accident. Julie and their twin c... - Cedars Bar and Grill Intoxicated Motorcycle Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
In December 2004, Austin Police Commander Shauna Jacobson and her husband Kurt Jacobson were drinking at the bar during a charity poker run. The intoxicated couple left the bar and was killed in a motorcycle accident. Their blood alcohol levels were more than three times the legal limit. Family members filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit. Cedars B... - UBS AG Copper Trading Scandal Settlement
Sumitomo Corp. filed a lawsuit against the bank relating to copper market transactions between 1995 and 1996. In 1996, Sumitomo's head copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka admitted running up losses of $2.6 billion in 10 years of unauthorized trading. UBS has agreed to pay Sumitomo an $86 million settlement related to the scandal. (Apr-07-06) [ MARKET WATCH... - EDAW Defective Fountains Settlement
Montgomery County filed charges against the landscape architect company for allegedly designing flawed fountains throughout the county. In 1997, EDAW was hired by a consortium of Five Rivers MetroParks, Downtown Dayton Partnership and the Miami Conservancy District to construct a series of fountains. Under the proposed settlement, the county will rece... - Citigroup Inc. WorldCom Fraud Settlement
The University of California filed a lawsuit against the bank regarding its role in the 2002 collapse of WorldCom Inc. The university was an investor of WorldCom before it filed for bankruptcy in July 2002. The university claimed the former telecommunications analyst at Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit issued unreasonably positive research reports... - Perini Corp. construction Settlement
Perini Corporation (NYSE:PCR) announced that it has entered into a settlement with the US Department of Justice and the US Department of State resolving claims by both Perini and the government relating to construction of the US Embassy building in Caracas, Venezuela. Perini has agreed to pay the government $998,500. Robert Band, President and Chief Opera... - AK Steel Corp. PCB Contamination Settlement
The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council along with federal and Ohio environmental agencies filed charges against the maker of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products for allegedly violating various environmental regulations. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division has approve... - Kickapoo Traditional Tribe Casino Dispute Settlement
Lakes Entertainment Inc. filed a lawsuit against the tribe regarding a dispute over a casino deal in the state of Texas. The tribe had hired Lakes Entertainment to help it improve the performance of the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, but the relationship was soon terminated. The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe has agreed to pay Lakes Entertainm... - CenterPoint Energy Cold Weather Rule Violations Settlement
Over the 2004-2005 winter, low income customers lost their heat. The Minnesota Cold Weather Rule is meant to prevent utilities from cutting off heat during the coldest months of the year. The State Attorney General filed charges against power company on behalf of 2,500 customers for allegedly violating this cold weather rule which lead some customers to... - Schering Plough KK ZADAXIN Clinical Trial Dispute Settlement
SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Schering regarding a dispute concerning clinical trials conducted in Japan with ZADAXIN, SciClone's lead compound. Schering has agreed to pay SciClone an $8 million settlement. (Apr-03-06) [ MARKET WIRE ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawy...