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- UBS $115 million settles stock sale contract dispute. (Jun-7-07)
- Solano County, CA Proposed $258,636 settlement in property tax assessment suit. (Jun-5-07)
- Credit Suisse $61.5 million settlement for aiding Enron's financial fraud. (Jun-4-07)
- Suzanne LaBombard $150,000 paid out to end embezzlement case. (Jun-4-07)
- Misty Murphy Over $134,000 settlement in fiscal abuse lawsuit. (Jun-3-07)
- Therese Hart Woman to pay $150,000 in restitution and a $500 fine for forgery. (Jun-2-07)
- Columbia University $1.1 million settlement in student loan practice investigation. (Jun-1-07)
- Bethlehem Area School District Settlement to aid school through mold crisis. (May-30-07)
- Sidley Austin LLP $39.4 million civil penalty paid to the IRS over tax shelter opinions. (May-29-07)
- Tidewater Inc. $26.5 million settlement in SEC impairment charge. (May-28-07)
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Over $1.75 million to settle shareholders securities lawsuits. (May-26-07)
- Bisys Group Inc. $25 million in restitution for violating SEC norms. (May-24-07)
- Wood River Capital Management $425,000 settlement over rights registration in securities lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- Bonneville Power Administration Electricity rates to increase as $28 million dollar residential exchange credit suspended. (May-22-07)
- Mellon Bank $18 million payout in federal tax returns malpractice suit. (May-22-07)
- Harvard University Former professor gets over $2 million as severance settlement with varsity. (May-18-07)
- Sandra Morgan, Randy Walters Siblings to pay back over $70,000 for home reconditioning loan fraud. (May-18-07)
- Debt Relief of America, Fidelity Debt Consultants, Freedom Group and New Horizons Debt Relief $517,000 refunded to 366 WV consumers in debt relief settlement (May-18-07)
- UBS Ltd. 6.3 million Pound Sterling payout to resolve commercial contract claims. (May-18-07)
- Annette Ziegler $17,000 settlement in ethics violation charges. (May-18-07)
- Boy Scouts of America $6.5 million settlement for wildfire damage to the Uinta Mountains. (May-16-07)
- Calpine Corp. Bankruptcy claims of over $1.1 billion reach settlement. (May-16-07)
- William Morris Foundation $2 million settlement with AG's office over officers' endowments. (May-16-07)
- CIT Group Inc., CIT's Student Loan Xpress $3 million settlement in "preferred lender" loan practices suit. (May-14-07)
- First American Cash Advance $838,500 settlement in dubious lending practices lawsuit. (May-13-07)
- Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation $400,000 fine for distributing misleading literature in investment plans sale. (May-9-07)
- Chevron Possible multi million dollar fine over alleged kickbacks in oil purchase program. (May-9-07)
- Hartville, OH Developer receives $850,000 compensation for building delays. (May-7-07)
- Hollinger International $40 million payout settles tax dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency. (May-3-07)
- Just For Feet Inc. Corporate fraud lawsuit ends with $80 million settlement with shareholders. (Apr-27-07)
- Consumer Direct Enterprises et al. Sweepstake operations settle FTC charges with a $1.4 million payout. (Apr-26-07)
- Chaka Fattah $56,766 refunded in mayoral bid collection suit. (Apr-25-07)
- Computer Associates Former CEO to pay out nearly $800 million in software fraud lawsuit. (Apr-19-07)
- Education Finance Partners $2.5 million settlement in student loan steering lawsuit. (Apr-19-07)
- SLM Corp. $2 million settlement in student loan, preferred lender lists investigation. (Apr-18-07)
- Edward G. Mawhinney Loan fraud civil lawsuit settled with $700,000 in restitution. (Apr-18-07)
- Arkansas, USA $44 million to end federal lawsuit over states disputed billing practices. (Apr-17-07)
- Countrywide Home Loans Inc. $500,000 settlement in fraudulent loan processing practices lawsuit. (Apr-17-07)
- Royal Dutch Shell $352.6 million settlement in a financial restatement of reserves lawsuit. (Apr-13-07)
- Murtha, Cullina LLP $16.25 million for failure to recognize flaws in power company deal. (Apr-3-07)
- GE Healthcare Finland Oy Healthcare companies settle at $15 million in working capital adjustments and acquisition lawsuit. (Mar-30-07)
- North Carolina, USA $10.5 million for billing system breach of contract. (Mar-29-07)
- Robin Szeliga $577,000 in fines, restitution and repayment of bonuses received while in position. (Mar-28-07)
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty $17.5 million settlement for defective storm drain related lawsuit. (Mar-28-07)
- Ernst & Young LLP SEC orders $1.6 million in restitution and interest for violating auditor independence rules. (Mar-28-07)
- Frederick W. Keiser Jr. Commodities broker to forfeit $3.8 million in cash and assets for money laundering and wire fraud. (Mar-22-07)
- US Energy Corp. and Crested Corp. Inter company debt settlement reached by acquisition of common shares for $2 million. (Mar-21-07)
- Department of Revenue and Taxation $90 million for failure to pay the Earned Income Tax Credit. (Mar-21-07)
- Raytheon Co. $1.5 million payout to resolve SEC's improper accounting allegations. (Mar-19-07)
- Fiscal Dynamics Inc., Cumulative LLC, and Northwest Assets $290,000 paid in restitution in foreclosure rescue lawsuit. (Mar-19-07)