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Newport Beach, CA: (Jan-02-08) Officials from Acacia Research Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that the companies had reached a settlement in their patent infringement dispute, ending all pending litigation surrounding it. Acacia Research Corp., which develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies, stated that its Telematics Corp. unit reach... - Sidewalk Fall, City of Lodi pays woman $130,000 personal injury settlement
Lodi, CA: (Jan-03-08) Margaret Stewart, a Lodi woman, brought a personal injury lawsuit against the city of Lodi, alleging that she sustained severe injuries after she tripped and fell on a city sidewalk. On June 20, 2007, Stewart, a Neighborhood Watch leader, was being interviewed by a Lodi newspaper reporter in her east Lodi subdivision when she tripped... - Auto Dealer Advertising, Eight Massachusetts auto dealerships pay $290,000 fine for misleading marketing
Boston, MA: (Jan-03-08) State Attorney General Martha Coakley's office brought charges against eight Massachusetts auto dealerships, alleging that they used misleading techniques in newspaper ads to attract car buyers. The suit claimed that some dealers misrepresented rebates that weren't universally available by failing to conspicuously display certain co... - Heating Oil Spill, Quaker Farms Elementary School pays $13,000 DEP fine after leaking tank was found
Oxford, CT: (Jan-03-08) The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection brought charges against Quaker Farms Elementary School, over environmental damage that resulted from the 2006 heating oil spill at the school. Sources stated that over 3,000 gallons of heating oil were missing from the 6,000-gallon tank when it was unearthed before Thanksgiving... - Flash Memory, PNY Technologies pays SanDisk Corporation undisclosed patent infringement settlement
Milpitas, CA: (Jan-03-08) SanDisk Corporation brought charges against PNY Technologies, alleging that the company infringed on its patents. Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement agreement reached between the two parties, PNY has signed a patent cross license agreement with SanDisk to settle patent cases filed by SanDisk in 2007 in F... - Jesuit Abuse, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus awards 16 abuse victims a $5 million clergy abuse settlement
Spokane, WA: (Jan-03-07) Sixteen people brought a lawsuit against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuit Order of Priests, an order of Roman Catholic priests, alleging that they were sexually abused while attending a boarding school on an American Indian reservation. The suit stated that the Jesuits operated St. Mary's Mission and School ne... - Tax Discrepancies, Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest
Minneapolis, MN: (Jan-03-08) The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) brought charges against Northwest Airlines over tax discrepancies in their bankruptcy filings. Sources stated that Northwest has been settling the last of its bankruptcy claims since exiting Chapter 11 protection in May 2007. Records show that the IRS informed the company that it had signifi... - Securities Settlement, LCC International, Inc. securities lawsuit ends in cash penalty and stock conversion
McLean, VA: (Jan-03-08) LCC International, Inc. top officials announced recently that the company had reached an agreement with those stockholders that participated in the Company's April 2007 $17 million private placement of securities, which covers the Company's obligation to register shares issued in the offering. The announcement claimed that under the... - School Security, Eastern Michigan University pays $2.5 million wrongful death settlement after a female student was killed on campus
Ypsilanti, MI: (Jan-02-07) The US Department of Education (DOE) brought charges against Eastern Michigan University (EMU), following the death of 22-year-old student Laura Dickinson in 2006. Sources stated that the death occurred on campus, due to alleged lack of security and surveillance. As part of a settlement, the university was fined $357,500 fo... - E-Mail Records, City of Kingman pays $40,000 unfair bill
Kingman, AZ: (Jan-02-07) Travin Pennington brought a lawsuit against the city of Kingman, alleging that he incurred a bill of $40,000 in attorney's fees as part of his seven-month battle with the city for e-mail records. Records show that in June 2007, Pennington filed public records requests for thousands of pages of e-mails from then-City Manager Paul B... - City Employees, Sweet Springs pays two former workers a $25,000 wrongful termination settlement
Marshall, MO: (Jan-02-08) David Perez and Ray Hall, former city employees, brought a lawsuit against the city of Sweet Springs, accusing the city and Chief of Police, Richard Downing, of violations of their civil rights and wrongful termination of their employment. The suit claimed that Perez and Hall were fired in retaliation for their off-duty attendance... - Police Van, Family awarded $500,000 settlement after father died while in police custody
Rochester, NY: (Jan-02-08) Cherese Dukes, the widow of Shawn Dukes, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, following her husband's death while in custody of Rochester Police. Sources stated that Dukes died after he called 911 for help. He had a heart attack while handcuffed and lying down in the back of a police van. His widow sued, naming the... - Construction Claims, Koss Construction Co. pays $600,000 fine for submitting false claims under a federal program for disadvantaged businesses
Topeka, KS: (Jan-02-08) Federal prosecutors brought charges against Koss Construction Co. and Koss Materials Co., a Topeka paving company, alleging that they submitted false claims under a federal program for disadvantaged businesses. US Attorney Eric Melgren claimed that Koss and Ideker, Inc., of St. Joseph, MO, submitted bogus claims to state and federal... - Farm Truck Accident, Brian and Robert Bramlet ordered to pay $10 million settlement after killing a 15-year-old boy
Harrisburg, IL: (Jan-02-08) Dr. Roger Herrin, representing his late son, Michael's estate, brought wrongful death charges against Brian and Robert Bramlet, owners of the vehicle that killed the boy. Records state that Michael Herrin of Harrisburg was killed June 14, 2001 when a 1981 Ford F-100 farm truck driven by Brian Bramlet traveling eastbound on Lone... - Tunnel Fares, A&M Limousine Service agrees to pay $65,000 settlement for failure to pay commercial turnpike tolls in Boston
Boston, MA: (Jan-02-08) Attorney General Martha Coakley's office brought charges against A&M Limousine Service, a Boston-based company, alleging that A&M used employees' personal Fast Lane transponders on company limousines to avoid paying commercial tolls. The suit stated that the company's practice allowed the East Boston-based service to pay a local res... - Employee Discrimination, Lockheed Martin Corp. agrees to pay former aviation electrician a $2.5 million racial bias settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Jan-02-08) The US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against military defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp, on behalf of a former employee, alleging that the company racially discriminated against him. The suit claimed that Charles Daniels, 45, was called derogatory names and threatened by four co-work... - Highway Construction, Carter-Waters Corp. pays $176,000 for helping contractors circumvent rules for the use of disadvantaged minority businesses
Kansas City, MO: (Jan-02-08) Federal prosecutors brought charges against Carter-Waters Corp., a Kansas City highway construction materials distributor, alleging that it engaged in a scheme to help contractors on highway projects circumvent rules for the use of disadvantaged minority businesses. The suit claimed that Carter-Waters was part of a four-company... - Dog Treat Patent, Mars Inc. pays MGP Ingredients Inc. $8 million patent infringement settlement
Kansas City, MO: (Jan-02-08) MGP Ingredients Inc. brought charges against M&Ms maker Mars Inc., alleging that the company stole trade secrets and interfered in a third-party business relationship. Sources claimed that Atchison-based MGP filed a lawsuit in July 2006, accusing Mars of infringing on a patent it owned to make dog treats. It further alleged tha... - Employee Gender Discrimination, SunWest Federal Credit Union agrees to pay $250,000 gender bias settlement to two female employees
Phoenix, AZ: (Dec-31-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against SunWest Federal Credit Union, alleging that two female employees were subjected to sexual and gender harassment by a former manager. The suit, filed on behalf of the two women, claimed that the SunWest manager harassed the women on the basis of their gend... - Car Dealer Discrimination, Burton of Seaford agrees to pay $70,000 employee age discrimination settlement
Wilmington, DE: (Dec-27-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Burton of Seaford LLC, a subsidiary of Burton & Co. Inc., alleging that the Delaware car dealership unlawfully fired three people based on age. The agency stated that age discrimination violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which pr...