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- Delaware County, OH $100,000 settlement in inmate abuse and medical negligence suit. (May-29-07)
- Sidley Austin LLP $39.4 million civil penalty paid to the IRS over tax shelter opinions. (May-29-07)
- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana $191,000 paid as severance in employment lawsuit. (May-29-07)
- Memorial Hospital of Tampa $30 million settlement in medical malpractice lawsuit. (May-28-07)
- Maria Chairez $35,000 settlement in unlawful business practice and public nuisance lawsuit. (May-28-07)
- Tidewater Inc. $26.5 million settlement in SEC impairment charge. (May-28-07)
- Safety-Kleen Systems $10,000 penalty for improper hazardous waste management practices. (May-28-07)
- North County Transit District $12.2 million settlement in rail line construction suit. (May-28-07)
- New Jersey, USA $1 million settlement in officers' wrongful death lawsuit. (May-28-07)
- Searcy, AR Employment discrimination suit ends in a $30,000 settlement. (May-28-07)
- Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers $6,000 settlement awarded to Keira Knightley to resolve celebrity libel claim. (May-28-07)
- Phil Katsinas Racial discrimination suit over Chief Illiniwek ends in a $22,500 settlement. (May-28-07)
- Yakima County, WA Negligent foster care, child abuse suit settled for $290,000. (May-28-07)
- Lake County, IN $349,000 settlement for wrongful termination in federal housing case. (May-27-07)
- Milwaukee Archdiocese $2 million settlement in clergy sexual abuse lawsuit. (May-27-07)
- San Jose, CA $3.8 million payout for breach of contract with hotel. (May-27-07)
- Body Firm Aerobics $50,000 settlement in workplace discrimination lawsuit. (May-26-07)
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Over $1.75 million to settle shareholders securities lawsuits. (May-26-07)
- John Charman $94.7 million divorce settlement ordered by family court. (May-26-07)
- GlaxoSmithKline $64 million class action settlement over Paxil promotion. (May-25-07)
- Verizon Communications Inc. Class action antitrust suit dismissed for lack of specifics. (May-25-07)
- Sumrall Oil, Prince Oil, Spaceway, Southern Oil, and Moak Petroleum $293,254 settlement in gasoline price gouging lawsuit. (May-25-07)
- Mineral County, WV Gender harassment lawsuit ends in $40,000 settlement. (May-25-07)
- American National Insurance Co. $6.5 million settlement in vehicle insurance related suit. (May-25-07)
- Bakersfield, CA $250,000 settlement in police misconduct lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- Collier County, FL $290,000 settlement in employee demotion lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- James Henry Rhone $250,000 civil settlement in teen molestation lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- Dr. Thomas Richard Martin Jr. Over $105,000 payout in federal healthcare fraud suit. (May-24-07)
- New York, NY $2 million settlement in wrongful death, police shootout lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- Upper Peninsula Power Co. $50,000 settlement in flooding damage lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- Crossroads Mall LP $157,200 in penalties over construction violations. (May-24-07)
- Rollette Oil Co. $36,000 settlement over hazardous substance spill at site. (May-24-07)
- Bisys Group Inc. $25 million in restitution for violating SEC norms. (May-24-07)
- Wood River Capital Management $425,000 settlement over rights registration in securities lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- The Colony Apartment $2 million settlement to resolve negligent security and wrongful death charges. (May-23-07)
- Tri-S Security Corp. $1,250,000 settlement in securities shareholders lawsuit. (May-23-07)
- University of California $8 million settlement in custodians' pay hike lawsuit. (May-23-07)
- Walworth County, WI $45,000 settlement in police manhandling, civil rights violation suit. (May-23-07)
- Baltimore, MD $138,000 budgeted to update juvenile detention services. (May-23-07)
- Cadillac, MI $27,000 settlement in police pepper spray suit. (May-23-07)
- Wausau School District $175,000 paid to family in teenager's school abuse suit. (May-23-07)
- Nortel Networks Corp. $917,000 settlement to cover costs of investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission. (May-23-07)
- Jon. S. Corzine High profile couple's split results in a $6 million settlement. (May-23-07)
- Software Pirate $205,000 fine in software piracy crackdown. (May-23-07)
- Google Out-of-court settlement in $17.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit. (May-22-07)
- San Bernardino County, CA Wrongful termination and defamation suit ends in $300,000 settlement. (May-22-07)
- Bonneville Power Administration Electricity rates to increase as $28 million dollar residential exchange credit suspended. (May-22-07)
- James D. Dondero $250,000 fine in hedge fund antitrust laws violation lawsuit. (May-22-07)
- BFI Waste Systems $150,000 payout in superfund clean up initiative. (May-22-07)
- Peter Forster, Caroline Mulhenkamp, Stephen Koziar Jr. $25 million payout to drop $134 million suit against company. (May-22-07)