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Tabernacle, GA: (May-21-07) The Department of Environmental Protection filed suit against ACR Inc. of South Jersey in Mount Laurel and US Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh in 2004, in an attempt to recover cleanup costs and damages incurred by the state and to compensate township residents for damage to their natural resources. The suit claimed that ACR Inc. US St... - Mellon Bank: $18 million payout in federal tax returns malpractice suit.
Pittsburgh, PA: (May-21-07) An investigation carried out by the US Attorney General Mary Beth Buchanan's office into the tax returns of Mellon Bank resulted in a settlement of more than $18 million to be paid to the federal government. The investigation stemmed from the destruction of thousands of federal tax returns. Mellon Bank agreed to cooperate with a... - Universal Express: $50 million from auction to be distributed among various charities.
Boca Raton, FL: (May-21-07) Pop star Michael Jackson filed charges against Universal Express over the auction of Jackson family memorabilia, scheduled for May 30-31 2007, in Las Vegas. The suit aimed at stopping the auction, which includes costumes, gold records and personal items from his career. Universal Express had announced a week before the settlem... - Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief
Charleston, WV: (May-16-07) The West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office filed charges against four companies that offer debt settlement services, Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief, alleging that they were not properly licensed as credit service organizations. Debt settlement is a... - Settlement
Washington, DC: (May-16-07) The Ethics Board filed charges against Supreme Court Justice-elect Annette Ziegler, claiming that she was guilty of committing an ethics violation. The state Judicial Commission is conducting an ongoing investigation, which brought to light that Ziegler was involved in a scheme, in which a bank paid her husband as a member of it... - California Labor Lawsuit: Help for Latino workers
May-18-07 Los Angeles, CA California labor law plaintiffs have just received a great boost from activists.The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and civil rights lawyer Bill Lann Lee announced May 16 that they are both joining a California labor law class action filed by more than one thousand construction workers, most of whom are Latinos,... - $6.5 million settlement for wildfire damage to the Uinta Mountains.
Salt Lake City, UT: (May-15-07) Federal prosecutors had filed suit against the national office of the Boy Scouts of America over a case involving a wildfire started by campers working on a survival badge. In a separate settlement with the state of Utah, the national Boy Scouts organization had agreed to pay $330,000 and plant 9,000 seedlings. Federal pro... - Consumer and Financial Fraud: If it seems Too Good to be True...
May-16-07 Camden, NJ We've all seen them - the pitches on TV for free seminars. However, rather than a sweet deal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that this kind of in-your-face allure has all the makings of consumer and financial fraud . From these pitches, attendees will acquire valuable information that will earn them real money from the comfort of t... - Credit Card Theft: An "Inside Job"
May-14-07 Ann Arbor, MI A Michigan State University study has shown that as much as 70 per cent of all identity theft -- including credit card theft -- is the work of "insiders" such as store clerks and other employees. Michigan State professor Judith Collins, director of an identity theft program at the university, randomly selected thousands of cases from aro... - Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. Retail Stock Investors Fraud Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (May-10-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal charges against Morgan Stanley & Company Inc., alleging that it failed to get retail stock investors the best prices possible on more than 1 million over-the-counter transactions. The charges claimed that over a three year period, Morgan Stanley's automated trading system delay... - Asbestos Lawsuits keep Rolling On
May-14-07 Redondo Beach, CA Ready for some more bad news about asbestos ? Apparently, asbestos poisoning is starting to strike people down at an earlier age. Why this is happening is unclear. "An increasing number of patients suffering from asbestos-related diseases are now younger than in previous reports," reads a May 9/2007 press release from the Asbestos Dis... - First American Cash Advance Payday Lender Fraud Settlement
Charleston, WV: (May-10-07) Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office brought charges against payday lender First American Cash Advance, following an investigation into the payday lending practices of First American and Community State Bank of South Dakota. The suit alleged that First American had claimed it was operating as an agent of Community State Bank... - PPH: A Ticking Time Bomb
May-12-07 ColledgeVille, MA Talk about something coming back to haunt you... Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a condition resulting in abnormally high blood pressure sometimes brought on by the ingestion of certain drugs - some of them pulled from the market a decade ago. And yet upwards of ten years after you may have been prescribed a then-legitimate a... - Unum Group Unfair and Unjust
May-9-07 Chattanooga, TN Unum Group CEO Tom Watjen knew he had his work cut out for him in 2003, when he took over a company that came with a fair amount of baggage. Over the years, the enterprise known as Unum Provident had lost marks for being arrogant, given to undisciplined pricing, and a not-so-great reputation for delivering on benefits. Part of the fix... - Business as Usual for Permax Distributor
May-9-07 Aliso Viejo, CA Permax distributor Valeant Pharmaceuticals International reported its first quarter results on May 1 of 2007, showing an increase in revenues, but making no mention of its voluntary agreement with the FDA to withdraw Permax from the market. Permax is the Parkinson's disease drug now associated with the potential for serious heart valve... - Premium Pain: Are Insurance Companies Breaking the Law?
May-8-07 Bloomington, IL State Farm places a premium on honesty. A giant among insurance firms, the Bloomington, Illinois company employs nearly 70,000 people and boasts that they insure "more cars than any other insurer in North America." "Our success is built on a foundation of shared values—quality service and relationships, mutual trust, integrity an... - Consumer Lawyer Dee Miles explains Annuities and Allianz
May-8-07 Montgomery, AL: A lawsuit was recently filed against Allianz Insurance Company , alleging it sold annuities to seniors without telling them they may not have access to their savings for up to15 years. This constitutes elder abuse as well as fraud. How can this happen to our senior citizens? LawyersandSettlements.com interviews consumer lawyer Dee Miles. ... - Asbestos: It may be Lurking inside of You
May-2-07 Washington, DC Watch what happens whenever asbestos is discovered inside a building: people scatter, the building is closed down, and workers swarm over the site in full masks and heavy clothing to deal with the evil stuff. It's a death sentence in powdered form. We know that now. How society managed NOT to know about the deadly effects of asbestos e... - American Airlines Demands Gynecological Records of Victim's Teenage Daughter
May-1-07 New York, NY American Airlines insists that it needs to examine all gynecological records of the daughter of a woman killed on American Airlines Flight 587 who was 16 years-old at the time of her mother's death. They are seeking these records from the time the girl was 11 all the way through her present age of 21 and continuing until trial. "Even Airbus co... - Asthma Medication could Stop You Cold
Apr-21-07 Washington, DC: Americans suffering from asthma may be worse off after taking the drug Xolair , according to a recent warning by the United States Food and Drug Administration. On February 21st 2007, the FDA recommended that Genentech Inc., the makers of Xolair, include a black box alert on the product packaging that warns of a severe, and potentially...