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- LAX Janitors' Harassment World Service West pays three female employees $150,000 gender harassment settlement. (Oct-11-07)
- Dell Inc. Insider Trading Two Dell accountants pay SEC fine. (Oct-11-07)
- Sports Marketing Agency Reggie Bush pays marketing agency settlement for breach of contract. (Oct-11-07)
- School Property Tax Education Foundation Osceola County pays $250,000 settlement in property tax. (Oct-11-07)
- Wastewater Spills Dannon Co. pays $71,000 in penalties for environmental damages. (Oct-10-07)
- Police Bribe City of Las Cruces pays settlement after former police officer requests a kiss to tear up a traffic ticket. (Oct-10-07)
- Stabbed Eye Surgeon Pima County pays $2.29 million settlement for failing to warn doctor of death threats. (Oct-10-07)
- Hair and Wrinkle Patent Syneron Medical Ltd. to pay Shaldot Metal Works $100,000 patent infringement settlement. (Oct-10-07)
- Bus Race Accident Multi million dollar settlement awarded to the family of a sheriff killed at the Volusia racetrack. (Oct-10-07)
- Priest Abuse Archdiocese of Louisville pays $25.7 million settlement to over 200 victims. (Oct-10-07)
- Miller Brewing Contract Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. pays $70 million for breach of contract. (Oct-10-07)
- Recycling Price Fixing Visy Industries pays over $26.8 million antitrust settlement. (Oct-10-07)
- Collection Fraud United Pacific Collection Agency pays Guam Memorial Hospital Authority $225,000 for keeping money it collected for delinquent bills. (Oct-10-07)
- Grupo TMM Acquisition Kansas City Southern pays $54.1 million in settlement agreement. (Oct-10-07)
- Bank Loan Fraud Law firm partner ordered to pay $250,000 fine for fraud. (Oct-10-07)
- Boom Boom Cabaret Lubbock County pays $50,000 for taking away the dance hall's business license. (Oct-9-07)
- Chef Religious Discrimination Muslim chef awarded undisclosed settlement from Gordon Ramsay restaurant. (Oct-9-07)
- Guide Dog Housing Discrimination Apartment owners pay $55,000 for refusing to rent space to a visually impaired man. (Oct-9-07)
- Allianz Annuities Allianz Life Insurance Company pays $500,000 fine and refunds annuities sold to seniors. (Oct-9-07)
- Brokerage Forgery Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. pays $275,000 in fines to the state of Georgia. (Oct-9-07)
- Tribe Ancestors State of Washington pays $2.5 million settlement for reburying remains. (Oct-9-07)
- Defective Auto Parts Valeo pays Delphi $4 million settlement. (Oct-9-07)
- Steel Workers' Health Care AK Steel Corp. agrees to put $663 million into retired employees' benefit plans. (Oct-9-07)
- Power Generator Pollution American Electric Power agrees to spend over $4.6 billion on environmental improvements. (Oct-9-07)
- Voice Over Patent Vonage pays Sprint $80 million settlement for infringement. (Oct-9-07)
- Racial Discrimination American Eagle Wheel pays employee racial bias settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Wastewater Facility Venice, FL and Boyle Engineering Corp. pay $700,000 settlement for overrun costs. (Oct-8-07)
- Bridge Eminent Domain Tehama County pays residents to build new bridge through their property. (Oct-8-07)
- Inflated Drug Prices Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. pays $2 million settlement for false price reporting. (Oct-8-07)
- Law Firm Age Discrimination Sidley Austin LLP pays $27.5 million employee age bias settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Demolition Pollution Warren Fabricating Corp. pays EPA fine. (Oct-8-07)
- Orange Diocese Abuse Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange pays $6.685 million settlement to four abuse victims. (Oct-8-07)
- Student Molestation Woman drops abuse case for $260,000 settlement from Palo Alto Unified School District. (Oct-8-07)
- Celebrity Chef John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Disability Access Santa Cruz pays fines for inadequate access to election polls for disabled voters. (Oct-8-07)
- Shareholder Stock Options Research In Motion co-chief executives pay $5 million settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Fired Police Officer New Sewickley Township pays former employee $15,000 compensation for wrongful termination. (Oct-7-07)
- Illegal Music Downloading Woman pays $220,000 settlement for downloading and sharing 24 songs. (Oct-7-07)
- Texaco Oil Refinery Company pays $2.25 million settlement for pollution violations. (Oct-7-07)
- Fired District Attorney Otay Water District pays former company attorney settlement for wrongful termination. (Oct-7-07)
- Inmate Wrongful Death Family awarded $1.8 million settlement after inmate died of flesh eating bacteria. (Oct-6-07)
- Securities Contract Applied Digital pays shareholder $2.1 million settlement. (Oct-6-07)
- Gender Harassment Smithfield Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q employee awarded $1.15 million settlement. (Oct-6-07)
- Hiring Discrimination JBS Swift & Co. pays $200,000 settlement to female job applicants. (Oct-6-07)
- Motorcycle Crash Accident victim awarded $10 million jury verdict for lost arm and injuries. (Oct-5-07)
- City Building Access Calistoga pays $73,000 settlement for Americans with Disabilities Act violations. (Oct-5-07)
- Unlicensed Software J&B Importers and Media Lab Ventures pay $225,000 fine. (Oct-5-07)
- Restricted Substance Carrier Guam fined by EPA for importing an ozone-depleting substance. (Oct-5-07)
- Sewage Spill Escondido to pay $1.8 million fine for sewage spills and discharging improperly treated sewage. (Oct-4-07)
- Hiring Discrimination Alltel pays $275,000 settlement for gender bias in hiring employees. (Oct-4-07)