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Atlanta, GA: (May-22-07) The former selling shareholders of Paragon Systems, Inc. filed charges against Tri-S Security Corp., a provider of security services and equipment for government and private entities. In a settlement reached, Tri-S paid $50,000 to the selling shareholders and will issue 35,000 shares of Tri-S common stock to shareholders no later t... - Walworth County, WI Documentary Filmaker Personal Injury Settlement
Walworth County, WI: (May-22-07) Suzanne Shell of El Paso County, CO, an independent journalist, filed charges against the county claiming that two deputies violated her civil rights and injured her during an arrest in the courthouse in 2003. The lawsuit filed in June 2005, alleged that Shell had permission to shoot film in the courthouse for a documentary... - University of California Custodians' Wage Settlement
Oakland, CA: (May-22-07) Following a lawsuit filed against the University of California, Berkeley campus, UC and union officials announced a contract settlement that raised the salaries of custodians. The settlement came after 18 months of bargaining that included boycotts of the University of California, Berkeley campus by speakers including actor Danny G... - Baltimore, MD Juvenile Detention Center Updates Settlement
Baltimore, MD: (May-22-07) The Justice Department brought charges against the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center after federal investigators discovered staffing shortages and inadequate behavior management plans at the juvenile detention center. The DOJ claimed that investigators found the detention center, which opened in 2003, was being run in an u... - Cadillac, MI Pepper Sprayed Student Settlement
Cadillac, MI: (May-22-07) The mother of a student who was pepper-sprayed by a police officer at school, filed a lawsuit against the city of Cadillac. Police officials stated that the Cadillac Junior High student refused to leave the school's cafeteria and attempted to strike at the officer, though the suit claimed that the girl was only trying to avoid the... - Wausau School District Coach Student Abuse Settlement
Wausau, WI: (May-22-07) The family of a girl who was sexually assaulted by her Wausau West girls basketball coach, filed suit against the Wausau School District, alleging that school administrators and former principal at Wausau West had acted negligently and done nothing concrete to prevent the assaults. School officials failed to prevent Mitch King, who... - Jon. S. Corzine Divorce Settlement
New York, NY: (May-23-07) Union president, Carla Katz, filed a lawsuit against New York Governor Jon. S. Corzine, following their break up after a stormy romantic affiliation. Katz was warned by her union colleagues not to contact the governor away from the bargaining table for fear their history posed a conflict of interest. Sources claim that Katz presse... - Software Pirate Intellectual Property Fine
Los Angeles, CA: (May-22-07) The Software&Information Industry Association (SIIA) trade group filed suit against a software pirate who sold illegal copies of Symantec Corp. software on the online auction site eBay Inc. In the lawsuit, the SIIA charged the defendant with infringing on Symantec's copyrights and trademarks in such titles as Norton Partition... - Google: Out-of-court settlement in $17.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit.
New York, NY: (May-21-07) Internet search engine Google is understood to have reached deals with several large UK news groups over carrying their content on Google News. Google is maintaining a high degree of confidentiality regarding its settlements for fear that it will end up having to pay for similar licenses with all of the 4500 news services it car... - San Bernardino County, CA: Wrongful termination and defamation suit ends in $300,000 settlement.
San Bernardino County, CA: (May-21-07) Grover Merritt, a candidate in the 2006 district attorney elections, filed suit against the city, alleging that he was fired from his job so he would not challenge San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos. Merritt accused Assistant District Attorney Michael Risley of leaking secret documents to the press... - Bonneville Power Administration: Electricity rates to increase as $28 million dollar residential exchange credit suspended.
Salem, OR: (May-21-07) The Bonneville Power Administration agreed to suspend the residential exchange credit it extended to its customers as a result of a long standing legal dispute. The credit meant a $28 million dollar monthly savings for customers by passing the benefits of low-cost federal hydroelectric system onto residential and small-farm customers... - Peter Forster, Caroline Mulhenkamp, Stephen Koziar Jr. $25 million payout to drop $134 million suit against company.
Dayton, OH: (May-21-07) DPL Inc. filed a lawsuit against three of it's former executives, accusing them of improperly taking $33 million in deferred compensation. The executives, former Chairman Peter Forster, former interim Chief Financial Officer Caroline Mulhenkamp and former Chief Executive Stephen Koziar Jr. filed a countersuit against the company c... - 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... - 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... - $25,000 settlement in mistaken identity civil lawsuit.
McKinney City, TX: (May-21-07) Christi Dawn Hernandez of Princeton filed a civil lawsuit against the City, after she was wrongfully arrested in January 2006 for a crime she didn't commit. A Collin County grand jury originally indicted Christi Dawn Hernandez, 35, on Sept. 5, 2006, on a state jail felony charge of delivery of a controlled substance. Sherif... - Settlement: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Houston, TX: (May-21-07) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the State of California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the San Francisco Bay and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control... - $40 million settlement ends decade long antitrust lawsuits.
Washington, DC: (May-21-07) Over a decade of antitrust lawsuits against office supply giant 3M ended with a federal judge granting final approval to a class action settlement worth nearly $40 million and awarded more than $14.5 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs lawyers. The suit against 3M, brought by direct purchasers and retailers claimed... - $450,000 in racial discrimination and hostile work environment suit.
Colorado Springs, CO: (May-17-07) The US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission brought charges against Professional Transit Management doing business as Springs Transit, alleging that that the company maintained a work environment hostile to Hispanics, Asians and blacks. The lawsuit, filed in 2006, alleged company supervisors used ethnic slurs targ... - $25,000 settlement to resolve police department paid leave dispute.
Gloucester, MA: (May-17-07) The city of Gloucester approved a $25,000 settlement to Patrolman Stephen Lamberis, who was on paid administrative leave for 17 months pending the results of an investigation by Gloucester's police chief John Beaudette, who claimed that the patrolman made $136,000 while out on the 17-month paid administrative leave. The settleme... - Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse.
Philips, IL: (May-17-07) The list of plaintiffs suing Fr. Terrence Fitzmaurice for sexual abuse has grown by five, including a woman who alleges the priest raped her in 1979 and fathered her now 27-year-old son. Fitzmaurice served St. Patrick's & St. Mary's Catholic churches, and later Our Lady of the North Catholic Church in Phillips, from 1987-2000. Ea...