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Sort by relevance 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- The State of Ohio wrongful imprisonment Settlement
More than 26 years ago, Timothy Howard, now 52 years old, of Columbus Ohio, was wrongfully imprisoned for bank robbery and murdering a guard. In 2003, Howard was found innocent and exonerated in criminal court and released from prison after new evidence was uncovered that was not available to his defense attorneys in his1997 trial. The state of Ohio has... - TeenScreen - Prescription Drug Pusher In Schools
Jul-17-06 Whenever a TeenScreen article appears in the mainstream media, it never discusses the fact that the survey is being used to label children with any number of mental illnesses. The point needs to be made that this so-called "suicide prevention tool" has a lofty purpose alright, but caring about whether or not kids commit suicide ain't it. According to atto... - Merck Not Losing Sleep Over Vioxx Disaster
Jul-16-06 Merck's top management team reportedly remains unphased by Vioxx litigation woes. In fact, Prudential Equity Group analyst, Timothy Anderson, says Merck's Chief Executive, Richard Clark, specifically told him that "Vioxx does not keep him up at night." According to Mr Anderson, "the company believes that lower court cases will be overturned on appeal, and... - Not Exempt from Overtime
Jul-13-06 "We negotiated a settlement for my unpaid overtime but I turned down their final offer - the college wanted me to resign. It's not my fault that I was misclassified as exempt. Why should I resign? This third offer wasn't even enough to cover the overtime they owed me. "I'm going to fight to the end, all the way to trial if need be," says Susan James (not... - Columbus Bank and Trust Co. and CompuCredit Corp. credit card Settlement
Columbus Bank and Trust Co. and CompuCredit Corp., a marketing and collection company, allegedly marketed its subprime credit cards to consumers with lower incomes or credit problems who were willing to pay high fees and rates to obtain credit cards. A lawsuit claimed that the company failed to disclose to consumers activation charges upwards of $179 on... - Wachovia Corp. research Settlement
A 28-month investigation into the Wachovia Capital Markets division of the North Carolina-based bank company began when New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer released e-mails from analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co., in which they denigrated stocks they had endorsed in their research reports. The state securities regulators claimed that Wachovia fai... - Lawsuits - Only Weapon Available Against Giant Big Pharma Pushers
Jul-11-06 Over the past several years, new studies have shown the new generation of psychiatric drugs to be not only extremely dangerous but also ineffective, and the majority of these medications in fact now carry black box warnings about a number of life-threatening side effects associated with their use. The drugs include selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor... - Bush's Mental Illness Screening Squad On the Move
Jul-9-06 The tax dollar funded mental health screening programs popping up in every corner of the nation represent an enormous gift to Big Pharma from the Bush administration. After all, drug companies can't push drugs without a lucrative customer base, so the screening programs are a great solution for that little problem. On April 29, 2002, Bush kicked off th... - Do Banks really need to Hold Checks for so Long?
Jul-7-06 Stephen Johnson knows how long it can take for a bank to set your money free. Last year his mother sold a large amount of stock and deposited a check from Wachovia - a large securities firm - into her Wells Fargo account. She was told the check would take several weeks to clear. Knowing just enough about the banking system to cause some trouble, Johnson e... - Fifth Third Bancorp. of Cincinnati security breach lawsuit dismissed
A lawsuit filed against Fifth Third Bancorp. of Cincinnati has been dismissed. The Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU) filed the lawsuit hoping to recover $100,000 it spent on canceling and reissuing 235,000 Visa credit cards compromised in a security breach at BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Mass., in 2004. PSECU claimed that Fifth Third was li... - Cascade County, Montana environmental land purchase Settlement
Montana Specialty Mills, a processor and marketer of oilseed and other grain-based products, found a plume of petroleum and other solvents under its property and filed a lawsuit against Cascade County in 1998. The suit alleged that contaminants leaked from the Cascade County Shop adjacent to the mill property. In the settlement, Cascade County will pay... - Talk America telecommunications Settlement
In 2005, the telecommunications company allegedly left phone lines disconnected for weeks at a time. Talk America Customer's phone lines were inoperable and the company allegedly failed to repair phone service to its customers. The Public Service Commission accused Talk America of violating the state's Telecommunications Act. (Jun-21-06) [ GRAND RA... - Big Pharma Research Racket Is Killing People
Jun-23-06 Over the past six years, ten FDA approved drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to deaths and injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not doing its job in protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for measures of improvement. On June 20, 2006, the New York Times reported that "two influential senators are expected within weeks t... - Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal and Zyprexa For Off-Label Use
Jun-17-06 According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by way of being diagnosed as suffering from one or a number of alleged mental disorders." "Sharing one's feelings with a doc... - Boy Scouts of America wrongful death Settlement
On August 2, 2002, 350 Boy Scouts were dismissed from the dining hall at Resica Falls Boy Scout camp to their wooded campsites during a lightning storm. Sixteen-year-old Matthew Tresca was killed by a lightning bolt that struck a tent pole about 10 feet away from where he was standing and six others were injured. Tresca's parents sued the Boy Scouts of... - Bawag Refco Fraud Settlement
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against the Austrian bank for allegedly helping Refco Inc. commit fraud. Bawag did not admit or deny the allegations, but has agreed to pay the U.S. government a $675 million settlement. As part of the settlement, the U.S. Attorney's Office has agreed to refrain from cri... - Nursing Home Industry - Breeding Ground for Whistleblowers
Jun-2-06 One of the most effective weapons the government has for unearthing fraud against Medicare and Medicaid in the nursing home industry is the False Claims Act. The fraud is so rampant in that industry that it should be officially designated as a breeding ground for whistleblowers. A provision in the FCA, called Qui Tam, allows persons with evidence of fraud... - Asbestos Poisoning: why weren't they told?
May-25-06 "I feel like I have been shafted. Nobody, not even our government, told us the dangers of asbestos and now my life is on the line. I don't have workers compensation because I am an independent contractor. I don't know who else to go after, or what to do." Zonolite Jim Hopkins from Coleman, Alberta is an electrician. He rewired a bunch of old houses in... - Overtime for Assistant Managers
May-24-06 "The way this company does business is so unfair, especially for so many young kids, not being paid overtime. As soon as I quit my job, I went on the Internet and found www.lawyersandsettlements.com. Within a few days a lawyer got in touch with me and it hasn't cost me a cent. I highly recommend it for anyone who has had this kind of treatment," says Deborah... - FDA Used to Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
May-12-06 In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of yo...