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- Carolina Tobacco Company $350,000 paid to Oregon state for failing to meet standard registration policies. (Feb-12-07)
- Farmand, Farmand & Farmand $500,000 settlement to cover deceased former employee theft. (Feb-12-07)
- Cablevision $2.5 million pay off to liquidators in bankruptcy lawsuit. (Feb-11-07)
- Clarksville Police Department Two discrimination lawsuits settled for $265,000. (Feb-10-07)
- Central Intermodal and CSX Corp. Family settles lawsuit at $5.2 million for accidental death of crane operator. (Feb-10-07)
- Cleveland, OH White police officer awarded $800,000 in discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Power House Construction Inc. $975,000 personal injury settlement in hit and run case. (Feb-9-07)
- Anthony Henderson Photographer charged with sexual molestation of minor, girl receives $1.5 million in damages. (Feb-9-07)
- Troy, OH Clerk receives settlement in false claims lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Target Corp. $775,000 settlement in racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Lt. David Carter Penalty equivalent to $11,433 levied for racial discrimination. (Feb-9-07)
- Anita Minervino and Peter Forbes South Carolina residents pay over $8,000 for downloading pirated music. (Feb-8-07)
- Corpus Christy County, TX County settles with Construction Company for violating state laws. (Feb-8-07)
- GEO Group $400,000 settlement for questionable payments in contract concessions. (Feb-8-07)
- Five Star Janitorial Supply Consent degree includes settlement of lost wages for employee discrimination. (Feb-8-07)
- Rev. Martha Ann Englert $236,000 settlement for breaking pastoral confidences and ridiculing parishioners. (Feb-8-07)
- Pierz Fire Department $60,000 gender discrimination settlement. (Feb-8-07)
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $33 million compensated for overtime violations and non-compliance with federal wage laws. (Feb-8-07)
- Korrect Optical False ophthalmic prescriptions see compensation for $3.25 million in false claim act. (Feb-8-07)
- Dr. Perry Hearn and Affiliated Professional Services, Inc. $250,000 settlement for false insurance claims. (Feb-8-07)
- United National Insurance Co. and Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co. Board accepts $55,000 settlement from the two insurance companies for a federal lawsuit involving DNA testing. (Feb-8-07)
- Ronald Kegler Unusual criminal case settlement sees man paying $15,000 for plastic surgery. (Feb-8-07)
- PBS&J Corp. $6.4 million settlement for false claims and embezzlement. (Feb-8-07)
- Northwest Airlines $14 million settlement for overdue insurance premiums. (Feb-7-07)
- US Veterans Administration Healthcare System Over $500,000 to be spent for waste violations. (Feb-7-07)
- Healthcare Research and Development Institute $150,000 antitrust settlement alleging favoritism shown to vendors. (Feb-7-07)
- Millennium Bank Non-monetary whistleblower settlement. (Feb-7-07)
- Oakland Police Department $10.5 million for police misconduct. (Feb-7-07)
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment Consumers reimbursed for privacy infringement. (Feb-7-07)
- R.J. McGlennon Co., Inc. $28,677 fine for unreported toxic chemical release. (Feb-7-07)
- Joe Palma Former County Sheriff settles for embezzlement of Kentucky state funds. (Feb-7-07)
- D&S Builders Inc. Employer held accountable for driver accident. (Feb-7-07)
- GE Capital Bank £610,000 fine for fraudulent insurance practices. (Feb-6-07)
- Gateway to a Cure $3.6 million settlement for fraudulent raffle sales. (Feb-6-07)
- Manatee County Sheriff's Department Allegedly drive by shooters receive $10,000 compensation for wrongful arrest. (Feb-2-07)
- Michigan State Police Lawsuit resulting from freak accident sees state paying $650,000 as compensation. (Feb-2-07)
- Collingswood High School Teacher receives $270,000 in discrimination lawsuit. (Feb-2-07)
- Electrolizing Corp. Whistleblower costs company $1.5 million in civil claims lawsuit. (Feb-2-07)
- Priceline, Travelocity, and Cingular $100,000 pay out in penalties and costs for unsolicited adware installations. (Feb-2-07)
- TJ Web Productions Marketer of online porn pays out $465,000 on federal crackdown. (Feb-2-07)
- US Federal Government Lawyer gets compensated $1.34 million for wrong conviction by federal agency. (Feb-1-07)
- Stratagene Patent infringement lawsuit sees out of court settlement of $10.75 million in cash. (Feb-1-07)
- Hampton Inn and Falling Spring Corp. $45,000 employee pregnancy discrimination settlement. (Jan-31-07)
- United National Insurance Co. $10 million paid to the city of Sterling Heights. (Jan-31-07)
- Virginia State University Former faculty member sues for retaliation and discrimination to claim $600,000. (Jan-31-07)
- Adam Opel and McCann Erickson German Intellectual property lawsuit settlement awarded to Tom Waits for an undisclosed amount. (Jan-31-07)
- Jacksonville, FL American Atheists Inc. gets an apology as well as $5,000 in attorney fees. (Jan-31-07)
- Oklahoma Department of Human Services Disabled woman's father receives wrongful death settlement. (Jan-31-07)
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation Fine for not complying with an open record request. (Jan-31-07)
- Walsall Council £130,000 disability discrimination settlement. (Jan-29-07)