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New York, NY: (Mar-17-08) Two software developers Erick Andersen and Rob Landley, brought a lawsuit against Verizon Communications, alleging that the telecom giant's broadband service violated the terms of the widely used open source agreement under which their product was licensed. The suit also named Verizon subcontractor Actiontec Electronics, who sup... - Best Buy Price Match: An Insider's View
Mar-18-08 Beverly Hills, CA Customers of Best Buy stores have been having difficulty with the chain's Price Match policy, which appears to promise a practically universal price match in Best Buy promotion and marketing, but contains so many exclusions in the fine print that the effective usefulness of the policy is gutted. What's more, an employee of Best Buy... - Pago de Horas Extraordinarias para los Gerentes en California
Bajo la ley de California, los empleadores están obligados a pagar los trabajadores de las horas extraordinarias trabajadas (en la hipótesis de que los empleados no están "exentos" los directivos, profesionales, trabajadores administrativos o profesionales de la computación). Los empleadores deben proporcionar períodos... - Developer to pay $32,000 settlement in land zoning lawsuit.
San Louis Obispo, CA: (Mar-16-08) The Nipomo Community Services District brought a lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County in January 2007, after the county's Board of Supervisors approved property owner Henri DeGroot's application to change the zoning on 40 acres of property near Los Berros and El Campo roads. The suit was filed in order to get the count... - We Care to pay $$51,636 settlement in health care lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (Mar-16-08) Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit brought charges against Theodore Hartzog, an employee of We Care Inc. of Tampa Bay, a local nonprofit, alleging that he falsified service logs for four Medicaid recipients between March 13 and Sep.7, 2007. The suit claimed that Hartzog created records indica... - Death of Elderly Mother Due to Arsenic Death Causes Daughter to File Suit
Mar-16-08 Fresno, CA: The death of an elderly Fresno mother is causing quite a stir after she has been found to have died from arsenic poisoning. Lily Mae Harmon's death was investigated only after the prompting and pleading of her daughter, Betty Harmon. She was ignored and put off several times when she tried to bring this to the attention of city agencies. Bet... - Online store owner pays $66,000 settlement to Attorney General.
Kennewick, WA: (Mar-13-08) Over 50 people brought complaints against Teryl Cooper's website, Storybook Lane, an online store, alleging that they ordered children's furniture and accessories from the website, but never received the merchandise. The suit, which was filed following complaints lodged with the Washington Attorney General and the Better Busine... - Sonic Cash to pay $150,000 settlement in illegal fees lawsuit.
Denver, CO: (Mar-13-08) Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office brought a lawsuit against Sonic Cash LLC, an Internet lender, alleging that it charged illegally high fees in nearly 2,300 payday loans made to Colorado consumers. The suit was brought as an effort to target Internet payday lenders who over charge fees for loans or aren't properly lic... - Richter pays $7 million settlement in deceptive email lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-12-08) Microsoft Corp. brought charges against Scott Richter, dethroned spam king, alleging that he engaged in sending illegal and deceptive email as part of business practices. The lawsuit was a joint effort of Microsoft and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who reached a settlement with Richter for $50,000. The suit claimed th... - Former GM to pay $50,000 settlement to end contracts litigation.
Grant County, WA: (Mar-12-08) Grant County PUD brought charges against its former General Manager Don Godard, alleging that he brokered illegal contracts, while at his job with the county. The suit, which sought a $1 million claim from Godard, claimed that the state auditor's office released a draft report listing problems with contracts between Grant PU... - Cruise lines pay $21 million settlement in fuel charges suit.
Miami, FL: (Mar-10-08) The Florida Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Celebrity Cruises, alleging that they wrongly began charging retroactive fuel supplement charges in mid-2007. The suit was filed after the Attorney General's Office received more than 300 complaints from consumers nationwide, sparking off... - Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?
Mar-12-08 Washington, DC It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few. We knew from the beginning that the recall was triggered by six cases of e. coli... - AT&T, Cingular to pay undisclosed settlement in infringement lawsuit.
Suffern, NY: (Mar-10-08) General Patent Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, representing Digital Technology Licensing LLC (DTL), has settled its patent infringement lawsuits against Cingular Wireless and AT&T Mobility after two years of litigation. The first lawsuit was filed in April 2006 against Cing... - FBI Investigating Countrywide for Securities Fraud
Mar-11-08 Washington, DC: A criminal investigation has been opened against Countrywide Financial by the FBI and the Justice Department for possible securities fraud . The FBI and the Justice Department is investigating whether or not the nation's largest mortgage lender falsified its financial condition and the stability of its loans in security filings. The in... - Utah pays Tasered driver $40,000 civil rights settlement.
Salt Lake City, UT:(Mar-10-08) Jared Massey, brought charges against the state of Utah, alleging that his civil rights were violated. The suit filed in January alleged that Utah Highway Patrolman Jon Gardner fired his Taser before telling him Massey was under arrest. The confrontation was widely viewed on the Internet. The video has been viewed on YouTub... - Chantix: A Jekyll and Hyde Personality
Mar-10-08 Marion, OH Daniel Arndt, a 44-year old father of twin boys, locked himself inside a room of the family home while everyone was away with a 12-pack of beer and two bottles of blood pressure pills. Arndt had been three weeks on Chantix , the smoking cessation drug from Pfizer that blocks nicotine from reaching key receptors in the brain. He neatly type... - Getting Totaled by State Farm
Mar-7-08 Redlands, CA Over the past several years, State Farm Insurance has taken public steps to shine up its image of fair dealings with its policyholders. Yet it revealed quite a darker face to Rachel when she tried to obtain a State Farm totaled vehicle title for an unfit car. "In 2003 I had an accident," say Rachel, "and reported it to State Farm. My ag... - Inadvertently Exposed to Asbestos
Mar-6-08 Lewisville, TX Nate's dad worked at General Motors (GM) for 42 years; he is now on disability and has been diagnosed with asbesteosis . Nate's mother died from lung cancer two years ago. "Is it possible that the whole family could have been exposed to asbestos , just from my dad's clothing, from doing the laundry together?" he asks. "Spots showed up... - Former Broadcom executive settles $1.3 million stock option backdating lawsuit.
Orange County, CA: (Mar-04-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Nancy Tullos, Broadcom's former head of human resources, alleging that she personally benefited by changing the value of employee stock options. Records show that the lawsuit is the first civil case settled over stock option backdating involving the Irv... - The Relationship between Botox and Botulism
Mar-5-08 Washington, DC In spite of a warning just a few weeks ago by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the safety of Botox, and a call by advocacy group Public Citizen for beefed-up warnings on product labels, Botox continues to be misunderstood. Such general misconception over just what Botox is and how it works, continues to grant Botox the...