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  • Lafayette General Medical Center agrees to $1.9 million settlement after allowing doctors to perform unnecessary procedures
    Lafayette, LA: (Jan-13-08) The US Department of Justice brought charges against Lafayette General Medical Center, alleging that the facility defrauded federal and state health plans. The suit accused cardiologist, Dr. Mehmood Patel of 93 counts of health care fraud for performing medically unnecessary procedures on patients between 1999 and 2004. Sources c...
  • Prizant's flooring company agrees to fill orders or refund customer's money after going out of business without notice
    Pittsburgh, PA: (Jan-13-08) The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office brought charges against Prizant's, alleging that the flooring company went out of business without warning. The suit claimed that the company, which shut 10 stores in December 2007, engaged in deceptive practices for taking orders until the day it closed its stores. In a recent developm...
  • Educational Infomercials, Whitney Information Network refunds $1 million to customers for false and misleading advertising
    Cape Coral, FL: (Jan-10-08) The Florida Attorney General's office brought charges against Whitney Information Network, and its companies, including Millionaire University and Whitney Intelligence Academy, alleging that they used deceptive advertising and misleading business practices. The suit claimed that the companies made misleading statements in infome...
  • Telemarketing Timeshare, Equity Marketing Corp. pays $95,000 settlement for deceptive advertising
    Orlando, FL: (Dec-18-07) The Florida Attorney General's office brought charges against Equity Marketing Corp., alleging that the Altamonte Springs-based company, which operates under the name Resort Equity Marketing, used deceptive marketing and advertising tactics. The suit claimed that the company used misleading telemarketing pitches to obtain clients f...
  • $1 million settlement in illegal payday loans lawsuit.
    Little Rock, AR: (Dec-10-07) The state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office brought charges against nine businesses and individuals, including Dialing4Dollars.Net, JonesMoneyOnline.Net, CrossettCash.Net, ConwayCash.Net, Money.Net, ElDoradoOnline.Net and MoneyInAFlash.Net., alleging that they offered illegal payday loans disguised as instant cash rebat...
  • CD Price Fixing, Sony, Time Warner, and Virgin Group pay $67.4 million antitrust settlement
    Detroit, MI: (Nov-09-07) The Michigan State Attorney General's office, 43 states, and US territories brought charges against Sony, Time Warner, and Virgin Group alleging that music retailers and distributors engaged in a CD price-fixing scam. The State Attorney General's office stated that the offense is a violation of federal and state law. As part...
  • Another Option for Workers Who Cannot Save through an ERISA Retirement Plan
    Feb-8-24 San Francisco, CA In February 2022, the United States Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by the petitioner in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (CalSavers) . The denial kept in place a decision  of the Ninth Circuit that permitted a California-sponsored and adminis...
  • Lords of Discipline, New Jersey State Troopers pay $400,000 settlement for harassing colleagues
    Newark, NJ: (Oct-01-07) Justin Hopson, a former state trooper, brought a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey alleging that he was beaten and harassed by members of a secret group of rogue officers within the state police. Hopson said that he was attacked by members of a loose-knit group within the state police known as the Lords of Discipline. For year...
  • Delta Slammed with Lawsuit over Personal Cellphone Use
    Feb-5-24 Los Angeles, CA Delta Air Lines employees required to use their personal cell phones and computers for work-related tasks without being reimbursed is a California labor law violation, according to a PAGA complaint filed by an aggrieved employee. In November 2023, a former Delta employee filed a seven-page PAGA lawsuit in the Superior Court of the Stat...
  • Uzed Enterprises Consumer Fraud Settlement
    Denver, CO: (Aug-27-07) The Colorado Attorney General's Office brought charges against Broomfield-based Uzed Enterprises and the Internet company's president Steven Bonneau, over the failure to pay consumers for their used CDs, DVDs and other goods. The suit claimed that Uzed Enterprises operated the Uzed.com Web site, soliciting and accepting consumers' u...
  • Lansing Community College General Counsel Wrongful Termination Settlement
    Lansing, MI: (Aug-15-07) The former general counsel of Lansing Community College, Tim Zeller, brought a lawsuit against the college, alleging that he was wrongfully fired after he accused Judith Cardenas, its president, of misspending thousands of dollars. The Michigan college admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, and Cardenas, said in a written statem...
  • Nelnet Inc. Student Loan Referrals Settlement
    New York, NY: (Jul-31-07) The New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's Office filed a lawsuit against Nelnet Inc., a finance company that consolidates student loans. The charges alleged that Nelnet made payments to alumni groups in exchange for getting loan referrals. The lawsuit was part of the investigation of unlawful practices in the $85 billion a year...
  • Legal & General Car Accident Insurance Settlement
    London, UK: (Jul-10-07) An insurance claim lawsuit was filed against Legal & General on behalf of Letchworth widower David Webb, whose wife was killed when a suicidal driver deliberately crashed into their car. Sarah Webb, 29, died in December 2004 when the car she was traveling in with her two-year-old daughter and her husband, was hit by an oncoming car...
  • Two Popular California Bakeries Slammed with Wage Theft Lawsuits
    Feb-1-24 Los Angeles, CA Two famous bakeries, Firebrand Artisan Breads in the Bay Area, and Sweet Lady Jane in the L.A. area, are both accused of withholding the dough from their employees, and now face California wage theft lawsuits . Filed in Alameda County Superior Court under California’s Private Attorneys General Act, the lawsuit allows employees to see...
  • New England Gas Company Customer Bill Overcharges Settlement
    Boston, MA: (Jun-08-07) Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley's office and New England Gas Company (NE Gas) reached a settlement that will significantly reduce the company's requested rate increases and provide other benefits for the citizens of Fall River and North Attleboro. The settlement was negotiated with NE Gas after the company filed a noti...
  • HSBC Bank USA Abandoned Chemical Facility Penalty
    Wallkill, NY: (May-30-07) Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office filed suit against HSBC Bank USA over environmental issues regarding an abandoned chemical manufacturing facility in the town of Wallkill. HSBC Bank agreed to pay $850,000 in civil penalties and reimburse the state of New York for approximately $68,000 in costs incurred as a result of the a...
  • Sumrall Oil, Prince Oil, Spaceway, Southern Oil, and Moak Petroleum Gas Price Gouging Settlement
    Jackson, MS: (May-25-07) Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit against several gas companies, alleging that they were guilty of price gouging after Hurricane Katrina. Hood's office was conducting studies in the current gasoline market, and came up with a consumer awareness pamphlet. The suit stated that the AG's office had thoroughly investigate...
  • Education Finance Partners Student Loan College Pay Offs Settlement
    New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) Threatened with protracted litigation, Education Finance Partners, a student loan company, decided to settle claims filed by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo's office, accusing it of paying colleges to steer students to them for loans. In a settlement agreement reached, Education Finance Partners agreed to pay $2.5 million t...
  • Bio Performance Fuel Pills False Advertising Settlement
    Dallas, TX: With gasoline prices hitting record highs, Bio Performance aggressively marketed their green pills as a wonder-cure, repeatedly and falsely claiming that its fuel pills could improve vehicular fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent while also reducing engine emissions by 50 percent. In May 2006, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against...
  • Defendant in Alleged Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme Forced to Resign
    Mar-3-11 Newark, NJ A man at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme recently resigned from his role as a director, as well as the chief operating officer (COO) of Indigo-Energy, an enterprise that acquires, develops, produces and drills oil and gas reserves throughout the US. The resignations come in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Carr Miller Capital Investment...
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