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Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-02-07) Miguel Flores sued the city of Los Angeles in January 2006, accusing it of having violated the California Environmental Quality Act. The suit alleged the city was supposed to have conducted a review of the impact the Hollenbeck station would have on the neighborhood before it began the project, but the review wasn't started u... - April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs (Part I)
Apr-5-07 Washington, DC: For the last two decades, illegal drug marketing schemes have paid off well for Big Pharma. However, as the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and every major drug company is currently involved in massive litigation. Some companies are facing thousands of lawsuits with a common complaint that the drug maker deliberatel... - Pfizer Inc. Genotropin Off-Label Promotion Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-02-07) The Department of Justice began an investigation into the off-label marketing of Pfizer's human-growth hormone brand, Genotropin, alleging that a unit of the company made kickbacks to an outside vendor in order to increase its sales. Pfizer admitted that Pharmacia, one of its acquired companies improperly promoted Genotropin betwe... - Unum Group Faces Another Lawsuit
Apr-5-07 Martinsburg, WV: Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident) claiming that the insurance company breached its contract with a policyholder and violated the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act of West Virginia. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff waited almost a year between the time her husband died and the ti... - US Department of Agriculture National Recreation Reservation Service Contract Settlement
Beltsville, MD: (Apr-02-07) Spherix Inc., a technology and bioscience company in Beltsville, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture over the government's award of the National Recreation Reservation Service contract to ReserveAmerica, a Ticketmaster company. Since 2003, the USDA Forest Service had awarded the contract to ReserveAmerica. B... - Dandrea Ruhlmann Judge Aide Wrongful Termination Settlement
Rochester, NY: (Apr-02-07) Kimberly Ann Keskin brought a lawsuit against Monroe County Family Court Judge Dandrea Ruhlmann, alleging that the judge fired her after she balked at Ruhlmann's frequent requests to do personal chores. Keskin accused Ruhlmann of once adjourning multiple adoption proceedings for two weeks because she wanted Keskin to finish typin... - UMWA Combined Benefit Fund Retiree Benefits Overpayment Refund Settlement
Colorado Springs, CO: (Apr-02-07) Westmoreland Coal Company filed charges against UMWA Combined Benefit Fund over reimbursement of approximately $5.8 million in past overpayments to the fund for retiree medical benefits plus interest. In a settlement reached between the two parties, Westmoreland Coal Company will receive approximately $6.4 million in total... - Tenet Healthcare Corp. Medicare Payment Fraud Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Apr-02-07) Tenet Healthcare faced a lawsuit filed against it by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing it of fraudulently inflating Medicare payments. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Los Angeles and claimed Tenet Healthcare purposely inflated Medicare payments to hospitals to cover the sickest Medicare patients. The... - British Rail and Swindon Pressings Worker Asbestos Settlement
Wiltshire, UK: (Apr-03-07) Frederick Allen, an ex railway worker, filed suit against his former employers British Rail and Swindon Pressings, alleging that his work there exposed him to the hazards of working with asbestos dust causing his mesothelioma. Allen, 70, worked for British Rail from July 1954 until April 1961. Over the course of his employment he w... - Seattle, WA WTO Protesters Arrests Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Apr-02-07) A lawsuit stemming from a mass arrest of protesters at a downtown park, while they were singing patriotic songs during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999, was settled after the city's insurance company, National Union, agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people wrongly arrested. As part of th... - BNSF Railway Co. Employee Retirement Discrimination Settlement
Kansas City, MO: (Mar-31-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed charges against BNSF Railway Co., alleging that the railroad offered an incentive-laden buyout plan for certain groups of clerical workers except those already eligible for retirement. The EEOC also alleged discrimination occurred when clerical employees eligible to retire we... - Claremont, CA Grand Prix Wildfire Settlement
Claremont, CA: (Mar-29-07) The Padua Fire or the 2003 Grand Prix Fire ripped across foothill slopes after starting in Fontana and destroying upward of 135 homes. More than 60 Palmer Canyon residents filed suit against the city, alleging it did not properly clear brush on land it owns nearby, providing fuel for the wildfire. In a settlement reached, the cit... - Syntho Group Syntest Drug Distribution Settlement
Spring Lake, NJ: (Mar-29-07) Scivanta Medical Corporation brought charges against Syntho Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its principal owner, Muhammed Malik, known as the Syntho Group, regarding Scivanta Medical Corporation's exclusive right to distribute the hormone replacement therapy drug, Syntest. In a settlement reached between the parties, the Syntho Group... - Murtha, Cullina LLP Enron Deal Flaws Settlement
Hartford, CT: (Mar-30-07) A settlement was reached between the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) and Murtha, Cullina LLP, the law firm that advised CRRA in its failed deal with Enron. In 2000, Enron and CRRA entered into an agreement that required Enron to buy power produced at the Mid-Connecticut Project trash-to-energy facility and pay CRRA... - Van Can Company Waste Storage Violations Fine
Fontana, CA: (Mar-31-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Van Can Company of Fontana, CA, a can manufacturing company that coats cans with enamels or lacquers, for violations under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In February 2006, inspectors from the EPA found violations pertaining to the storage of hazar... - Warren County Landfill Odor Emissions Fine
Warren County, NJ: (Mar-30-07) The State Department of Environmental Protection filed a lawsuit against the Warren County landfill over noxious odors that plagued neighboring communities in recent years. The administrative consent order between the Pollution Control Financing Authority and DEP covers 18 violations related to flare malfunctions and odor emi... - Cabrini Medical Center Medicaid Insurance Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Mar-29-07) Federal prosecutors filed charges against Cabrini Medical Center, accusing it of Medicaid fraud, alleging that the hospital allegedly kicked back millions of dollars to Applied CaseManagement, an alcohol and drug treatment consulting firm. Charges were filed after whistleblower John Reilly, an employee at the firm, booked charges... - Assurant Inc. Health Care Insurance Claims Settlement
Hartford, CT: (Mar-29-07) The Connecticut Insurance Department filed suit against Assurant Inc. accusing it of wrongly denying claims based on patients' medical history. The suit alleged that Assurant improperly used people's pre-existing health conditions as the basis to deny or delay claim payments. The company paid some claims late and in some cases fai... - Society of Jesus, Oregon Province Priest Misconduct Settlement
Portland, OR: (Mar-29-07) Two civil suits were filed against retired 83-year-old Jesuit priest Rev. James E. Jacobson and Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, by four people from Western Alaska. Two men sued Jacobson for child support, and two women, one the mother of one of the men, accused him of rape. In a CNN news program featuring Jacobson, a video tape... - EP MedSystems Shipping Restrictions Fine
Norfolk, NJ: (Mar-28-07) The US Department of the Treasury filed suit on EP MedSystems, a medical device company in West Berlin, accusing it of shipping products to restricted countries. EP MedSystems, which develops and markets cardiac electrophysiology products used in visualizing, diagnosing, and treating certain cardiac-rhythm disorders, had been accus...