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- California Youth Authority $800,000 settlement in racial discrimination suit. (May-15-07)
- Ace Ltd. Fraud and deceptive trade practices charges settled with a $9 million payout. (May-15-07)
- American International Group Inc. $58.5 million settlement with AG's office in workers compensation suit. (May-15-07)
- Coca-Cola Co. Deceptive trade practice suit ends with soft drink replacements and a payout to plaintiffs. (May-15-07)
- Enterprise Life Insurance Co. $4.9 million settlement in insurance malpractice suit. (May-15-07)
- Gayle Spence Luacaw $338,711 disgorgement in business fraud lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Durham, NC $375,000 settlement in police car pursuit related accident. (May-15-07)
- Department of Human Services $370,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit involving three children. (May-15-07)
- St. Mary's Hospital $1.9 million settlement in medical negligence, wrongful death lawsuit. (May-14-07)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Patent litigation struggle ends with a $1 million fine in federal antitrust suit. (May-14-07)
- Kennedy Valve $1.8 million settlement in hazardous waste environmental pollution suit. (May-14-07)
- CIT Group Inc., CIT's Student Loan Xpress $3 million settlement in "preferred lender" loan practices suit. (May-14-07)
- Bridgeton, NJ Over $25,000 settlement in police misconduct, racial discrimination suit. (May-14-07)
- Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. $8 million settlement in federal fraud lawsuit. (May-14-07)
- First American Cash Advance $838,500 settlement in dubious lending practices lawsuit. (May-13-07)
- Highland, CA Flood related wrongful death suit ends in a $775,000 settlement. (May-13-07)
- Rockford Catholic Diocese $2.2 million settlement in priest abuse lawsuit. (May-13-07)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Class action medical malpractice suit settled with a $7.4 million settlement. (May-11-07)
- HBO Physical abuse lawsuit ends in a $400,000 settlement. (May-11-07)
- Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Over 1 million settlement in medical negligence lawsuit. (May-11-07)
- Chicago, IL $1.96 million to resolve claims in police shootout. (May-11-07)
- San Diego County Water Authority $40 million settlement ends long standing water dispute. (May-11-07)
- South Seminole Middle School Nearly $2 million paid out as settlements in child abuse lawsuits. (May-11-07)
- Michael and Kevin Corbett Settlement made in wrongful death bar fight. (May-11-07)
- County-USC Medical Center Parents get $150,000 settlement in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuit. (May-11-07)
- Honolulu, HI $300 million settlement to fix compromised sewer lines. (May-11-07)
- BAR/BRI and Kaplan, Inc. $49 million to settle class action antitrust lawsuit. (May-10-07)
- Purdue Pharma LLC $19.5 million settlement for abuse and off-label uses of OxyContin. (May-10-07)
- VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities $1.4 million in construction breach of contract suit. (May-10-07)
- San Francisco, CA $10.3 million proposed settlement to go towards stadium maintenance. (May-10-07)
- Thinkpath Inc. $800,000 settlement to be paid over 5 years as part of a debt settlement agreement. (May-10-07)
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Promoting off-label uses of Loprox results in $9.8 million settlement. (May-10-07)
- Motorola $25 million accounting settlement with SEC. (May-10-07)
- T.R. Orr Inc. Same gender harassment victim gets $60,000 settlement. (May-9-07)
- Port St.Lucie, FL City employee gets a $60,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (May-9-07)
- Local 580 $800,000 settlement in racial and national discrimination employment lawsuit. (May-9-07)
- Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation $400,000 fine for distributing misleading literature in investment plans sale. (May-9-07)
- Chevron Possible multi million dollar fine over alleged kickbacks in oil purchase program. (May-9-07)
- Springfield, MA $180,000 settlement for wrongful accusation and manhandling in discrimination suit. (May-9-07)
- Zurich Capital Markets $16.8 million payout in fines, interest and profit for market timing securities fraud. (May-9-07)
- Wakely Associates $387,500 settlement in construction malpractice suit. (May-9-07)
- State Emergency Medical Services Authority $400,000 settlement in medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit. (May-9-07)
- Coventree Inc. Shareholders lawsuit to cost company $3.5 million. (May-9-07)
- Marshall Astor Over $1.35 million in property, art and jewelry returned in elder care abuse lawsuit. (May-8-07)
- Hayward Unified School District $200,000 settlement in wrongful death suit. (May-8-07)
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Wage hour dispute ends in a $4.5 million settlement with more than 1,000 affected workers. (May-8-07)
- Ponte Vedra, FL Wrongful termination leads to a $58,549 payout as compensation. (May-8-07)
- Kentucky, USA Boxing injuries related lawsuit ends in a $1.2 million settlement. (May-8-07)
- Edward Waters College Wrongful death suit ends with a $2.75 million settlement. (May-8-07)
- Union Carbide Corp. et al. $2.3 million settlement in asbestos related wrongful death lawsuit. (May-8-07)