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- Mellon Bank $18 million payout in federal tax returns malpractice suit. (May-22-07)
- McKinney City, TX $25,000 settlement in mistaken identity civil lawsuit. (May-22-07)
- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Over $5 million in civil penalties and damages in pipeline mishaps lawsuit. (May-22-07)
- Universal Express $50 million from auction to be distributed among various charities. (May-22-07)
- 3M Antitrust $40 million settlement ends decade long antitrust lawsuits. (May-22-07)
- Stephen Lamberis $25,000 settlement to resolve police department paid leave dispute. (May-18-07)
- Springs Transit $450,000 in racial discrimination and hostile work environment suit. (May-18-07)
- Seguros ING S.A. de C.V. $94 million settlement in hurricane damage insurance lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- The Archdiocese of Chicago and the Order of St. Benedict Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse. (May-18-07)
- Turner Broadcasting System Over $2 million paid out in guerrilla ad campaign, bomb scare suit. (May-18-07)
- Kerr-McGee Corp. $500,000 payout for environmental damage apart from $18 million spent to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas. (May-18-07)
- Central Basin Municipal Water District $2.4 million and building relocation resolves water district partnership dispute. (May-18-07)
- Amscan, International Paper, Waste Management, Orange County, Ottaway Newspapers, Times Herald-Record $5 million settlement to purge landfill of hazardous waste. (May-18-07)
- Huber Heights City, OH $128,000 settlement in land parcel dispute. (May-18-07)
- Gary Delzer $49,000 payout to settle wrongful termination lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- Bend City, OR $200,000 funding to make bus system accessible to the disabled. (May-18-07)
- Billings, MT $250,000 settlement in defamation and harassment lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- University of Toronto $2,050,000 in damages and medical bills resolves personal injury lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- Paul Opfar Dairy shuts shop after $202,000 settlement to cover costs. (May-18-07)
- Harvard University Former professor gets over $2 million as severance settlement with varsity. (May-18-07)
- Sandra Morgan, Randy Walters Siblings to pay back over $70,000 for home reconditioning loan fraud. (May-18-07)
- Netvertise Inc., Elliot Krasnow $160,000 settlement with the FTC for fraudulent business practices. (May-18-07)
- UnitedHealthCare $650,000 fine for insurance claim processing violations. (May-18-07)
- Jeffrey Stone $45,000 settlement in tree removal contract breach. (May-18-07)
- James Tillman $5 million compensation in wrongful incarceration lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief $517,000 refunded to 366 WV consumers in debt relief settlement (May-18-07)
- Kevin Pastrick Real estate fraud suit ends with a $150,000 payout. (May-18-07)
- UBS Ltd. 6.3 million Pound Sterling payout to resolve commercial contract claims. (May-18-07)
- Annette Ziegler $17,000 settlement in ethics violation charges. (May-18-07)
- Camden County Jail $4 million settlement for inmate's wrongful death lawsuit. (May-17-07)
- Ford Motor Company $82.6 million settlement in personal injury lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- Boy Scouts of America $6.5 million settlement for wildfire damage to the Uinta Mountains. (May-16-07)
- Shlomo Karpen $235,000 settlement in housing breach of contract and negligent construction lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- Everglades Correctional Institution $1 million settlement in inmate's wrongful death suit. (May-16-07)
- Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District $1.1 million in damages in wrongful death lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- Calpine Corp. Bankruptcy claims of over $1.1 billion reach settlement. (May-16-07)
- Russell County, AL Gender discrimination suit ends in a four-year contract at $65,000 a year. (May-16-07)
- Department of Natural Resources $240,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- Halquist Stone Co. $1 million settlement in water contamination lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- William Morris Foundation $2 million settlement with AG's office over officers' endowments. (May-16-07)
- Baskin-Robbins $500,000 settlement in false claims, consumer protection suit. (May-16-07)
- US Government $33 million settlement in shellfish growers' suit to be shared by 17 Puget Sound tribes. (May-16-07)
- Canberra, Australia A$1 million ($830,000) settlement in "school bully" abuse lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Farm Service Agency $1 billion compensation in Indian civil rights racial discrimination lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Fountain Valley School District Construction project breach of contract suit settled with a $58,000 payout. (May-15-07)
- Penthouse International Inc. Former execs to pay $120,000 in accounting fraud and financial reporting violations suit. (May-15-07)
- Northwest Airlines $5 million payout for legal costs in shareholder lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- The Scooter Store Inc. $4 million payout in federal false claims lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Christopher Balkenhol $198,000 settlement in insider trading lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Fernando Diaz-Valdes, Bruce Headley, Brad Martin Over $1 million settlement in horse sale fraud suit. (May-15-07)