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- ITT Corp. $100 million to resolve technology related fraud. (Mar-26-07)
- Tuolumne County, CA $1.27 million paid to end a civil contract lawsuit. (Mar-23-07)
- Sand Products $750,000 property zoning settlement. (Mar-23-07)
- Ocean Harbor House $7 million settlement for failure to meet construction requirements. (Mar-23-07)
- NJ Transit $53 million settlement for breach of contract. (Mar-22-07)
- Tappé Associates Architect pays $185,000 to rectify structural damage. (Mar-21-07)
- United States Government $20 million settlement for breach of launch contract. (Mar-19-07)
- Nueces County, TX $5.9 million fairgrounds breach of contract settlement. (Mar-16-07)
- Rye Township, NY $190,000 paid for construction breach of contract. (Mar-16-07)
- 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)
- 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)
- Hertz Corp. Car rental company pays airport authority $518,000 resolving claims of under reporting revenue. (Mar-12-07)
- US Department of Energy $56 million settlement awarded to Duke Energy for storing nuclear fuel. (Mar-9-07)
- IntraLase Corp. Medical instruments makers resolve disputes with a pay out of $9.6 million. (Mar-7-07)
- Adelphia Communications Corp. $530 million settlement for civil fraud. (Mar-7-07)
- Freedom Financial & Trust, Ltd. $1.14 million settlement for breach of contract and patent infringement. (Mar-7-07)
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Companies settle inter company claims and tax issues with an upward of $20 million pay out. (Mar-6-07)
- Swiss Re Insurer pays $279 million for breach of contract. (Feb-26-07)
- Summit Refrigeration Group Executives rip off documents from former employer and pay $1.4 million settlement. (Feb-25-07)
- Ryan A. Brant Ex CEO guilty in stock options scheme pays a fine of $6.3 million. (Feb-25-07)
- Verizon Communications Inc. $2 million settlement for negligent directory listings. (Feb-21-07)
- Toni Braxton $375,000 settlement for breach of contract with a recording company. (Feb-21-07)
- Turner Construction and Studios Architecture $4.5 million settlement for misrepresentation and breach of contract. (Feb-14-07)
- Warner Bros. $15.5 million commercial settlement for wrongful termination of contract. (Feb-14-07)
- Bio Performance $7 million settlement for false advertising of fuel pills. (Jan-26-07)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport $1 million settlement for terminal construction delays. (Jan-23-07)
- Chase Bank, Chase Home Finance, and Trilegiant Corp. $14.5 million settlement for offering membership programs and then automatically charging fees after the trial period. (Dec-12-06)
- Brown & Brown Inc. $5.8 million to settle an undisclosed contingent commissions probe. (Dec-11-06)
- Trailmobile Corporation $2.5 million settlement related to the construction of a trailer manufacturing plant. (Nov-30-06)
- Navigant Consulting Inc. $7.4 million settlement for electric distribution maintenance services. (Nov-30-06)
- Rent-A-Center, Inc. $7.75 million consumer protection settlement. (Nov-20-06)
- Atlantic-Conn Transit Inc. $1 million busing contract settlement. (Nov-16-06)
- APAC-Atlantic $2.25 million settlement for improper asphalt testing. (Nov-3-06)
- Kazaa Reported $10 million agreement for facilitating the illegal distribution of copyrighted material. (Nov-3-06)
- Centex Inc. $17 million to settle post closing adjustments from the sale of a lending operation. (Nov-2-06)
- Spherix Inc. $6 million settlement over a legal contract dispute. (Oct-30-06)
- Peoples Benefit Services Inc. $180,000 settlement for deceptively marketed prescription drug discount cards. (Oct-27-06)
- Compass Group Settlements for criminal scheming and conspiracy to rig bidding. (Oct-18-06)
- Steve Souphanthong $500,000 settlement for illegally pirating satellite TV services. (Oct-13-06)
- Bankrate Inc. $3 million cash settlement paid to American Interbanc for false advertising and antitrust violations. (Oct-12-06)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission $44 million settlement agreement for generated electricity. (Oct-6-06)
- Wollen Molzan and Partners Inc. $580,000 settlement for botching the expansion and renovation of the central library. (Oct-5-06)
- Micromet Inc. $2.6 million court proposed collaboration arrangement settlement. (Oct-4-06)
- South Jersey Transportation Authority $1.75 million settlement paid to Trump Entertainment for breaching a development agreement. (Sep-29-06)
- Circuit City Stores Inc. $800,000 settlement for item-pricing violations. (Sep-22-06)
- City of Seattle, WA $500,000 settlement for lost business after denying a strip club permit. (Sep-22-06)
- Canada Food Inspection Agency $9 million settlement awarded to the Canada Goose King for giving conflicting, incorrect and misleading information. (Sep-7-06)