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- Avanir Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare $2.2 million settlement for Abreva false advertising. (Mar-19-07)
- United States Government $20 million settlement for breach of launch contract. (Mar-19-07)
- ComEd $7 million worker electrocution wrongful death settlement. (Mar-19-07)
- Raritan Bay Medical Center $7.5 million to settle federal Medicare fraud allegations. (Mar-19-07)
- District of Willamina, OR $200,000 female firefighter gender harassment settlement. (Mar-19-07)
- Raytheon Co. $1.5 million payout to resolve SEC's improper accounting allegations. (Mar-19-07)
- Glendale, AZ $225,000 settlement after a student was killed at a pedestrian crosswalk. (Mar-19-07)
- Fiscal Dynamics Inc., Cumulative LLC, and Northwest Assets $290,000 paid in restitution in foreclosure rescue lawsuit. (Mar-19-07)
- Rich-Tex, Inc. $868,000 product liability settlement awarded for an asbestos related death. (Mar-19-07)
- Nueces County, TX $5.9 million fairgrounds breach of contract settlement. (Mar-16-07)
- Visalia, CA $195,000 personal injury settlement. (Mar-16-07)
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. $2 million to settle stock irregularities. (Mar-16-07)
- Muskogee County District Attorney $587,500 settlement in civil racketeering suit (Mar-16-07)
- Shell Chemical Co. $6.5 million settlement awarded to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for environmental violations. (Mar-16-07)
- TIG Insurance $12.5 million pay out from insurance company for WTC claims. (Mar-16-07)
- Tallahassee, FL $5 million settlement in wrongful death boot camp suit. (Mar-16-07)
- Rye Township, NY $190,000 paid for construction breach of contract. (Mar-16-07)
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.$66,234 paid to policyholder for hurricane damage. (Mar-15-07)
- Eureka County, NV $289,000 settlement for employee defamation, breach of contract, and wrongful termination. (Mar-15-07)
- Bank of America Corp. $26 million into fund to benefit customers after improper functioning and fraudulent information. (Mar-15-07)
- Williams Refining Co. $2.2 million in civil penalties for benzene emissions. (Mar-15-07)
- Smithfield Foods $50 million settlement over 25 years to improve hog waste pollution. (Mar-15-07)
- Carnevale Disposal $325,000 settlement for sidestepping a weighing station. (Mar-15-07)
- General Steel Corp. $4.5 million to settle claims for misleading sales and marketing. (Mar-15-07)
- Nob Hill Properties Inc. $35,000 settlement for discrimination and withholding a promotion. (Mar-15-07)
- National School Fitness Foundation $130,000 settlement for selling fraudulent exercise equipment to schools. (Mar-15-07)
- Merck & Co. $47.5 million settlement for not putting a warning about Vioxx's cardiovascular risks on the package insert. (Mar-15-07)
- Los Angeles County Man gets $600,000 from county following accident caused by lifeguard. (Mar-14-07)
- Joshua Rausch, Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp Illegal debt collection results in $1 billion payout to FTC. (Mar-13-07)
- Bixby Medical Center $495,000 to parents for negligent prenatal care. (Mar-13-07)
- Universal Sodexho Company to pay $788,877 in back wages and interest for hiring discrimination. (Mar-13-07)
- I.E.L. Manufacturing Ltd. $3 million class action settlement for defective roofs. (Mar-13-07)
- Andrew Scott Officer fined $5,000 and censured for ethics violation. (Mar-13-07)
- Dana Corp. $2.25 million settlement after terminating labor contracts and retirement benefits for employees. (Mar-12-07)
- Willdan Group, Inc. $6.3 million settlement for construction breach of contract. (Mar-12-07)
- Delphi Automotive Systems LLC Innovative technology developer sells general unsecured non-priority claim against Delphi Automotive Systems LLC for $7.5 million. (Mar-12-07)
- Portland General Electric Energy company refunds more than $65 million to plaintiffs over the state's 2000-2001 energy crisis. (Mar-12-07)
- University of California Santa Cruz City settle environment protection suit with $110,000 payout. (Mar-12-07)
- Baldwin Park Unified School District Woman receives $50,000 ending sexual harassment suit against board member. (Mar-12-07)
- The Village of Gowanda Village fined $1500, spends $38,000 for violating EPA federal Clean Water Act. (Mar-12-07)
- Time Warner University gets $246 million to recover losses incurred in securities fraud. (Mar-12-07)
- Clear Channel Outdoor, Steen and CBS Outdoor Billboard company pays $350,000 to remove the illegal signs. (Mar-12-07)
- Hertz Corp. Car rental company pays airport authority $518,000 resolving claims of under reporting revenue. (Mar-12-07)
- Aon Corp. $9.5 million settlement awarded to Benfield after 20 members joined the US brokerage firm. (Mar-12-07)
- Robert Eberhart, Jonathan Holzaepfel, and Thomas King Three local doctors and heath facility pay a $1 million settlement in whistleblower medical fraud lawsuit. (Mar-12-07)
- Oakland, FL $200,000 settlement after an off-duty police officer injures a man during arrest. (Mar-12-07)
- Platinum Diversified Mining, Inc. $3.6 million settlement for termination of a merger agreement. (Mar-12-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $320,000 settlement for police misconduct. (Mar-12-07)
- Carol Traina and Bari Wiggins $830 million in restitution to investors for securities fraud. (Mar-12-07)
- Tekelec $5 million in credits awarded to Bouygues Telecom for a service interruption. (Mar-12-07)