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Settlements
- Basic Research $3 million settlement for misleading advertising of weight loss products. (May-11-06)
- Universal Music Group $12 million pay for play settlement. (May-11-06)
- State of Hawaii $625,000 settlement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inmate abuse. (May-11-06)
- Merced County $15,000 personal injury settlement awarded to a diabetic man attacked by two deputies on steroids. (May-11-06)
- Seattle Seahawks $100,000 licensing agreement for using a trademarked slogan. (May-10-06)
- Amtrak Undisclosed out-of-court settlement awarded to the families of two young girls killed by a passenger train. (May-10-06)
- City of Dallas, Texas $3.5 million to be spent on decreasing pollution from the city's stormwater system. (May-10-06)
- Highland Hospital $200,000 settlement for discriminating against Hispanic housekeepers. (May-10-06)
- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. $20 million settlement regarding terminal or maturity funding. (May-10-06)
- Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. CEO Harry Yuen $22.3 million settlement for defrauding shareholders. (May-9-06)
- Tenet HealthSystem Hahnemann, LLC Undisclosed settlement awarded after a Caesarean section left the mother in a vegetative state. (May-9-06)
- BearShare $30 million to avoid a copyright infringement lawsuit regarding online music services. (May-9-06)
- Conexant Systems Inc. $70 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Texas Instruments. (May-8-06)
- Random House Inc. and Author Dan Brown Court rules that best seller does not infringe copyright laws. (May-8-06)
- Michael Vick Woman knowingly infected with herpes reaches settlement. (May-8-06)
- Town of Mount Olive Settlement reached in gender harassment workplace case. (May-8-06)
- Warner Bros. Television Productions Gender harassment suit dismissed. (May-8-06)
- Mario Gabelli $100 million settlement for breaching fiduciary duty regarding mutual funds awarded to two investors. (May-5-06)
- West Bend Houswares $100,000 penalty for failing to report hazardous coffee maker carafes. (May-5-06)
- U.S. Department of Interior $10 million settlement for mismanaging Crow Indian tribe trust fund accounts. (May-4-06)
- Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Trust 750,000 compensation deal after a gall bladder operation left a man brain damaged. (May-4-06)
- Nokia $235 million patent infringement settlement awarded to InterDigital. (May-4-06)
- Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. $34.7 million patent infringement settlement. (May-4-06)
- Extendicare Homes $2.75 million settlement for negligent nursing home care. (May-3-06)
- San Bernardino County and Deputy John Monaghan $450,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a suspect. (May-3-06)
- Microsoft Corp. Tentative $70 million antitrust class action settlement. (May-3-06)
- Norwalk Hospital and Dr. Jay Angeluzzi $17 million medical malpractice settlement awarded after a C-Section left a woman with permanent brain damage. (May-2-06)
- City of Glendale, CA $1.8 million settlement for a police raid. (May-2-06)
- QuadraMed� Corp. $2 million settlement for breaching a software license and service agreement. (May-2-06)
- Emergency Debt Relief $230,000 settlement for fraudulent debt relief practices. (May-2-06)
- Home Depot Inc. $125,000 gender discrimination settlement awarded to a female former employee. (May-2-06)
- University of the Cumberlands Student expelled for being gay reaches settlement with his university. (May-1-06)
- Air Ambulance Family of woman killed while being transported to hospital reaches settlement. (May-1-06)
- Hazle Township Owners of quarry business, wrongfully shut down, receive settlement. (May-1-06)
- Avery County High School $5,100 settlement reached in physical assault case. (May-1-06)
- Baltimore County Police Department Confidential settlement in wrongful death police cruiser case. (May-1-06)
- Zhijian Chen Settlement reached in fraudulent internet business case. (May-1-06)
- USA Healthcare, Inc. $1.2 million settlement for overcharging Medicare. (Apr-28-06)
- Dey Inc. $2.9 million settlement for defrauding Missouri's Medicaid program. (Apr-28-06)
- Berlin Intermediate School $250,000 gender harassment settlement awarded to five female teachers. (Apr-28-06)
- BankAtlantic Bancorp $10 million civil penalty for money laundering. (Apr-28-06)
- York County, PA $16 million settlement for inflating INS detainee claims. (Apr-28-06)
- Meyer Material Inc. $6.15 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a construction worker was killed on site. (Apr-27-06)
- Yellow Pages Inc. $535,000 settlement for fraudulent advertising and solicitation. (Apr-27-06)
- Microsoft and Autodesk $133 million z4 Technologies patent infringement settlement. (Apr-27-06)
- PepsiCo Inc. $1 million civil penalty for failing to warn consumers that labels contained lead. (Apr-25-06)
- Minnkota Power Cooperative $135 million to be spent on anti-pollution equipment to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution. (Apr-25-06)
- Westra Construction Co. $650,000 settlement for allowing mold to grow during construction of the new Chavez Elementary School. (Apr-25-06)
- Wal-Mart $1.5 million fine for violating Michigan item pricing laws. (Apr-25-06)
- New Haven Correctional Center $2.5 million settlement for illegal strip searches. (Apr-24-06)