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Baltimore, MD: (Mar-02-08) Warner Street Inc., one of the largest remaining property owners at the Gateway South redevelopment project in southwest Baltimore, brought a lawsuit against the city in April 2007, seeking to challenge the city's right to condemn six of its properties south of M&T Bank Stadium in the city's Carroll Camden neighborhood. The sui... - Former Employee Pursues California Overtime Claim
Dec-21-12 Reseda, CA Miklos was hired by a painting contractor last July 2011, six months before The Wage Theft Prevention Act (AB 469) went into effect on January 1, 2012. That section of the California Labor Code requires employers to provide notice to employees of their rate(s) of pay, including California overtime . It is highly unlikely that Miklos’s em... - CamWest, Inc. et al. Environmental Settlement
BP America Production Co., CamWest, Inc. and CamWest Limited Partnership allegedly violated the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Oil Pollution Act on the Lander and Winkleman Dome Oil Fields in Fremont County, within the boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. Included are undergro... - Damning Actos Lawsuit Testimony Portrays Takeda as Manipulative
Sep-21-14 Philadelphia, PA An Actos lawsuit currently hearing testimony in Philadelphia has heard damning details of an alleged attempt by Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Takeda), the manufacturer of Actos, to change the position of a putative partner originally involved in the development of the popular Type 2 diabetes drug. According to the testimony of a pharmacol... - California-Based Bank Hit For Unpaid Overtime Across Five States
Dec-11-12 San Francisco, CA One would assume that an entity devoted to the care and management of client funds would be conversant with regard to regulations governing overtime pay laws . In this case, however, First Republic Bank was found to have violated overtime pay laws and has paid in excess of $1 million in overtime wages owed to almost 400 employees in fi... - Apparel Overtime, Yellow Rat Bastard agrees to $1.4 million wage and hour violations settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-12-08) The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought charges against Yellow Rat Bastard, a trendy apparel retailer based in SoHo, alleging that it had unpaid wages and overtime violations at it facility. Records show that the suit grew out of a lawsuit that Cuomo's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer filed 14 months ago, seeking more than... - Dairy Bankruptcy, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA agrees to pay Parmalat SpA 310 million-euro settlement
Rome, Italy: (Feb-07-08) Parmalat SpA, the dairy company that collapsed four years ago in Italy's largest bankruptcy case, brought charges against Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, the second-largest Italian bank, alleging that the domestic lender played a part in the company's bankruptcy. Sources close to the case revealed that the parties had come to a memorandum of... - Sigue Corp. forfeits $15 million for failing to prohibit money laundering
St. Louis, MO: (Jan-28-08) The US Government brought charges against Sigue Corp., a San Fernando-based company that provides international money transfer services, alleging that it failed to implement an effective program to prohibit money laundering. Federal prosecutors stated that the charges stemmed from transactions conducted from November 2003 through... - Takeover Insider Trading, Former Dow Jones board member pays $8 million securities fraud SEC settlement
New York, NY: (Jan-28-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against David Li, a former Dow Jones board member, alleging that he engaged in insider trading during the 2007 takeover battle for the US media group. Sources close to the investigation stated that the SEC had amassed circumstantial evidence that potentially linked Li to un... - Shell Oil Land Use Settlement
Two of the company's subsidiaries, Shell Western E&P Inc. and Shell Land & Energy Company, have settled with the state of New Mexico over unpaid royalties. As part of a major internal audit, state officials have found many oil and natural gas companies owe New Mexico a lot of money in unpaid land use royalties, in particular from carbon dioxide extracti... - Payday Lending, Check n' Go agrees to $100,000 settlement after violating state laws
Richmond, VA: (Jan-17-08) The State Corporation Commission brought charges against Check n' Go, the nation's second largest payday lender, alleging that the company violated numerous state laws regulating the industry. The State Corporation Commission stated that it cannot disclose which laws Check n' Go violated because such reports are kept confidential... - Century City Realty LLC and JMB Realty Corp. pay $7.25 million settlement for underestimated traffic to the development
Los Angeles, CA: (Jan-08-08) Tract 7260, California Country Club Homes Assn., Cheviot Hills Homeowners Assn. and Westwood Homeowners Assn. brought charges against the developer of the Constellation Park project, Century City Realty LLC, a subsidiary of JMB Realty Corp., over the construction of two 47-story and one 12-story luxury condominium buildings in... - What to do When Your Lawsuit is Delayed, but the Bills Need to be Paid
Nov-10-12 Have you filed an auto accident lawsuit due to the negligence of someone else? Have you missed a substantial amount of time from work due to injuries incurred? Is your lawsuit taking longer to resolve than expected? What if you can't get a quick trial date or a fair settlement offer, but are running out of money? If this happens to you, remember these tw... - Information Disposal, American United Mortgage Company pays $50,000 FTC fine
Washington, DC: (Dec-19-07) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against American United Mortgage Company, based in Northbrook, IL, alleging that the mortgage broker left loan documents, with personal information such as Social Security numbers, in and around an unsecured dumpster. The suit claimed that the company violated the FTC's rules on... - Utilities Whistleblower, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account
Newark, NJ: (Nov-18-07) The New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities has come under public scrutiny, following a spate of whistleblower lawsuits filed against it. One of the cases involved BPU fiscal chief Joseph Potena, who claimed his supervisors became critical of his job performance, threatened insubordination charges, and usurped his responsibilitie... - Cancer Discrimination, Tucoemas Federal Credit Union pays former employee $3.1 million settlement
Visalia, CA: (Nov-15-07) Kim McGee, former vice president of Tucoemas Federal Credit Union, brought a lawsuit against the union, alleging that she was demoted and later pressured to quit after she underwent breast cancer treatment. Documents show that McGee was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, and that her bosses hassled her to return to work right after her... - Miles for Meso 5K Raises $25,000 for Mesothelioma
Sep-30-12 Alton, IL (Press Release) –The 4th Annual Miles for Meso, a 5K race and walk presented by the Simmons Law Firm, has raised $25,000 to support research for mesothelioma , a deadly cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Since the Alton, IL race started in 2009, it has raised nearly $100,000 for mesothelioma research. More than 700 people participate... - gastric bypass surgery malpractice lawsuit. Submit your complaint to a malpractice lawyer.
The epidemic of obesity in America has lead to thousands of overweight people demanding bypass surgery. The increase in demand has resulted in a rash of allegedly inexperienced surgeons performing the operation even though they do not have sufficient experience. In experienced hands, this laparoscopic surgery is safer than the traditional, more inv... - Veterans’ Attorney Advocate Sees New Class-Action Legal Battlegrounds for Wounded Warriors
Jul-12-14 Fairfax, VA Attorney Benjamin Krause is a powerful voice for former soldiers who often find themselves fighting against the Veterans Administration (VA), an organization they expect to be their ally. “I would say the VA has never been honest and straightforward in terms of compensating veterans without a fight,” says Krause, who is himself a... - Hedge Fund Short Sales, Sandell Asset Management pays SEC $8 million securities settlement
New York, NY: (Oct-10-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Sandell Asset Management, alleging that the firm improperly made short sales that were designed to benefit from the turmoil following Hurricane Katrina. The suit was filed following an SEC investigation that revealed that the New York hedge fund group; Thomas...