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May-1-07 Richmond, VA The Better Business Bureau has processed a total of 6,183 complaints about Capital One in the last 36 months. It reports numerous claims from consumers, including: Claims alleging print or electronic media advertised claims or practices misrepresent the service or product offer; and Claims of failure to disclose key conditions of the... - Minebea Co., Ltd. PC Motor Patent Infringement Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-25-07) Papst Licensing filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Minebea Co., Ltd., a multi-billion-dollar industrial company based in Tokyo, alleging that since 1997, Minebea tried to destroy Papst's licensing program. The lawsuit dealt with Papst Licensing's patents that cover motors and hard-disk drives found in virtually all persona... - Todd Clifford and John Szymonek Home Improvement Business Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-25-07) Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office filed federal lawsuits against two operators of home improvement businesses that victimized dozens of consumers in Monroe County. Todd Clifford, owner of Todd Clifford's Painting and More and other home improvement businesses, was accused of defrauding 28 consumers who paid for services that... - Chevron Crude Oil Spill Settlement
Trenton, NJ: (Apr-25-07) New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner filed charges against Chevron regarding the crude oil spill into the Arthur Kill that caused excessive damage to the oyster beds, which had already been decimated by pollution and over-fishing. The spill occurred on Feb. 13, 2006, when a barge was offloading crude oil at a Chevron facility... - Best Buy: One Item, Two Prices
Apr-29-07 Minneapolis, MN: Best Buy may not be the best buy after all. Attorney General for the State of Connecticut Richard Blumenthal has ordered an investigation into the current practise by Best Buy of maintaining two web sites - an Internet site, and a look-a-like Intranet in-store site. What's the difference? Price. Consumers using bestbuy.com for... - Jerome Kaye and John Tertel Deceptive Hearing Aid Businesses Civil Penalties
Lancaster, PA: (Apr-24-07) Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett filed charges against Jerome Kaye with a primary place of business located at 2050 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, and John Tertel, doing business as The Hearing Advocate, 270 Park Place, Mahanoy City, accusing them of unfair and deceptive business practices in Pennsylvania. The suit claimed t... - Lilly Receives Zyprexa Greetings From Capitol Hill
Apr-27-07 Washington, DC: The Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly, Sidney Taurel, has become a regular pen pal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the company's ten-year campaign to increase profits by promoting the off-label use of Zyprexa for patients covered by public health care programs became the focus of investigations in both houses of Congress. According... - San Joaquin County, CA Quadriplegic Medical Malpractice Settlement
San Joaquin County, CA: (Apr-23-07) Roberta Sanchez sued San Joaquin County in March 2005 when staff at San Joaquin General Hospital accidentally damaged her spine after failing to recognize a fracture she had suffered during a car accident. Roberta Sanchez was left a quadriplegic two years ago after a cervical fracture was misdiagnosed and her neck was... - Jewish General Hospital Non-Kosher Discrimination Settlement
Quebec, Canada: (Apr-19-07) Two ambulance technicians filed suit against the Jewish General Hospital, alleging that they suffered discrimination while trying to eat a non-kosher lunch at the hospital. One of them, Yvon Verreault, lodged a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission in February 2005 after he was asked to leave the hospital's Café d... - Dey Inc. Fraudulent Drug Price Reporting Settlement
Boston, MA: (Apr-20-07) Massachusetts' Attorney General Martha Coakley's office filed charges against Dey Inc. of California, alleging that the generic pharmaceutical manufacturer inflated the wholesale prices it reported to national reporting services, prompting the state Medicaid program to pay more for the company's drugs. The suit was a move to prohibi... - Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. asked to Recall Defective Truck Seatbelts
Apr-22-07 Montgomery, AL: A lawyer is requesting that Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc., (IMMI) recall 15,000 defective seat belts , which can be found on tractor-trailer trucks driven throughout the country. The request came after a man died from injuries he sustained when he was ejected from his truck. The man had been wearing his seat belt, but the belt buck... - Lawsuits filed against Beazer Homes
Apr-21-07 Charlotte, NC: A lawsuit has been filed against Beazer Homes Corp. and Beazer Mortgage Corp. The lawsuit, which is seeking class action status, claims that Beazer violated North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 75, which is designed to protect consumers by setting out unfair and deceptive trade practices. Plaintiffs claim that Beazer Homes and Beazer... - 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... - SLM Corp. Student Loan Arrangements Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-11-07) The New York attorney general's office began an investigation into the business practices and financial arrangements between a number of lenders and financial aid officials at schools. The probe found that loan companies offered payments and perks to college officials to gain a place on their preferred lender lists, these arrangem... - Email Discount Network Unauthorized Charges Phone Bill Restitution
Atlanta, GA: (Apr-11-07) The Florida Attorney General's Office began an investigation into the business practices of the Florida-based Internet company Email Discount Network (EDN), and found that EDN placed unauthorized charges on the phone bills of over 258,000 US consumers, including 11,200 individuals in the state of Georgia. The investigation reveal... - J&J Concealed Dangers of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch
Apr-16-07 Washington, DC: Tens of millions of prescriptions have been written for Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch since it arrived on the market in 2002, and medical experts say the patch has harmed thousands of young women of childbearing age. In September 2006, the FDA warned that use of the patch, made by the Ortho-McNeil division of J&J,... - Government Agencies Warn Against Zoloft During Pregnancy
Apr-13-07 Washington, DC: If you want a healthy baby, government agencies in both Canada and the United States warn that you might want to quit taking Zoloft during pregnancy. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its Canadian counterpart, Health Canada, both issued warnings about combining Zoloft and pregnancy. "A recently published case-contro... - Capital One Credit Cards Hassle
Apr-12-07 Richmond, VA: If you received checks from Capital One over the holiday season, with the encouragement to use them for a "hassle-free holiday," you may have been roped into paying higher interest rates than you should have, without realizing it. Capital One sent the checks to credit card holders, offering them a starting rate of 5.99% fixed APR that wo... - Merced County, CA Female Officers Gender Discrimination Settlement
Merced County, CA: (Apr-06-07) A lawsuit was filed by five female officers against Sheriff Mark Pazin and Merced County alleging that the Sheriff discriminated against the female correctional officers. The suit sought $15 million and claimed the female officers were treated as second class citizens by the department and were denied certain shifts and break... - Consumer Credit Information Protection: Not All Companies Follow the Rules
Apr-7-07 Fort Worth, TX: Two high profile incidents in which consumer personal information was made vulnerable have highlighted the importance of companies following rules designed to protect consumer credit information. When companies do not follow those rules consumers are at risk of becoming victims of identity theft. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has...