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  • June 2008

    • Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 27, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

      The Justice Department will pay nearly $6 million to an ex-Army scientist for naming him in an anthrax probe 7 years ago, the AP reports. The feds settled out of court today for calling Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in the still-unsolved case, but continued to "deny all liability in connection with Dr. Hatfill's claims,” a DOJ spokesman said. Hatfill, who has never been charged, accused officials of trying to smear him. More »

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      September 11  • settlement  • reporter  • Justice Department  • invasion of privacy  • anthrax

    • MasterCard to Pay Amex $1.8B

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 25, 08 8:51 AM CDT

      MasterCard to Pay Amex $1.8B

      MasterCard will pay American Express $1.8 billion in 12 quarterly installments, settling a lawsuit that claimed it had blocked banks from offering American Express cards to customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. American Express said the antitrust settlement would "help to lessen the impact of this weakening economic cycle." Amex also sued Visa, which settled for $2.25 billion in November. More »

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      settlement  • American Express  • MasterCard  • Visa  • antitrust suit

    • Grand Theft Auto Sex Scenes Fail to Excite

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 8:34 AM CDT

      Grand Theft Auto Sex Scenes Fail to Excite

      Moral outrage that sparked a class action lawsuit over the hidden sex scenes in the wildly popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has failed to translate into complaints, the New York Times reports. Despite the millions of copies of the game sold to date, only 2,676 offended owners have stepped forward to file a claim under a settlement agreement reached with the game’s makers. More »

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      settlement  • class action  • video games  • Grand Theft Auto

    • Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 7:44 AM CDT

      Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

      A Virginia judge yesterday approved an $11 million settlement with 42 families of those killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports. The families sued after a panel concluded that lives might have been saved if the university contacted students immediately after the first shootings. Instead, 2.5 hours passed before an email warning was sent, just 10 minutes before the second rampage, which claimed 32 lives. More »

    • Law Firm Escapes Criminal Charges in $75M Deal

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 17, 08 7:41 AM CDT

      Law Firm Escapes Criminal Charges in $75M Deal

      Ducking criminal charges, law firm Milberg LLP will pay the government $75 million and admit wrongdoing in a settlement following a 2-year-old indictment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm, which deals with shareholders' class-action lawsuits, acknowledges it paid kickbacks to attract clients between 1979 and 2005, enabling the firm to reap $239 million in fees. The case names former partners, but no current ones. More »

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      settlement  • Milberg Weiss  • kickbacks

  • May 2008

    • Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology

      newser  |  New York Post  |  May 9, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology

      A plea deal to settle charges that rapper Foxy Brown hurled a BlackBerry at a neighbor means the notorious bad girl had to pen an apology letter instead of going back to jail, the New York Post reports. "It's over," the hip-hop diva said. "I made a really good decision in my plea. They knew this was a weak case." More »

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      New York  • settlement  • court cases  • Foxy Brown

    • Minn., Bridge Victims Strike $38M Compensation Deal

      newser  |  Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  May 2, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      Minn., Bridge Victims Strike $38M Compensation Deal

      Minnesota will establish two funds totaling $38 million to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people last summer, the Star Tribune reports. One pool allows victims up to $400,000 each; the other provides those "extraordinarily impacted" by the collapse with extra funds for medical bills and other needs. In exchange, victims will waive their right to sue the city or state. More »

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      disaster  • Minnesota  • settlement  • Minneapolis  • bridge collapse  • bridge  • compensation

  • April 2008

    • Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

      newser  |  Roanoke Times  |  Apr 10, 08 1:09 PM CDT

      Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

      Victims’ families in the Virginia Tech shootings have settled with the state for $11 million in a deal to prevent future lawsuits, lawyers said today. The lawyers, who represented 21 families, are mum on details pending finalization, reports the Roanoke Times . At least 20 families had earlier warned they might sue over the tragedy last April 16, when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 and wounded more at the school before killing himself. More »

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      lawsuit  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia  • Virginia Tech  • settlement  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Croc Hunter's Dad Quits Zoo For $1M

      newser  |  Australia's News Network  |  Apr 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      Croc Hunter's Dad Quits Zoo For $1M

      Bob Irwin will retire from the Australian Zoo made famous by his 'Crocodile Hunter' son Steve, taking with him a retirement package worth just shy of $1 million amid rumors of a feud with his son's widow. Irwin will also collect a $93,000 yearly pension from the zoo he founded 36 years ago, and later sold to his son, reports the AP. More »

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      Australia  • zoo  • retirement  • settlement  • Steve Irwin  • Bindi Irwin  • feud  • Terri Irwin

    • Facebook and Rival Settling Origins Lawsuit

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 7, 08 2:01 PM CDT

      Facebook and Rival Settling Origins Lawsuit

      Pending lawsuits between Facebook and rival social networking site ConnectU will be settled, a source tells the New York Times . The founders of ConnectU accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their ideas back when both sites were in their infancy, and the Facebook CEO filed a countersuit against his former Harvard classmates. Terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed. More »

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      lawsuit  • Facebook  • Harvard  • settlement  • Mark Zuckerberg  • ConnectU  • Cameron Winklevoss  • Tyler Winklevoss  • Divya Narendra

    • Citigroup Will Pay $33M to Settle Gender-Bias Suit

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 4, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      Citigroup Will Pay $33M to Settle Gender-Bias Suit

      Citigroup will pay $33 million to some 2,500 female brokers to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by women at its Smith Barney unit, Reuters reports. The bank will also make operational changes in response to the class-action move, adding diversity-watchdog positions, working to retain and promote female workers and adjusting its distribution of accounts and bonuses. More »

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      lawsuit  • Citigroup  • bank  • settlement  • women's rights  • gender discrimination  • gender bias

  • March 2008
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  • January 2008

    • Eli Lilly Could Pay $1B Settlement

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 5:40 PM CST

      Eli Lilly Could Pay $1B Settlement

      Drug-maker Eli Lilly could pay more than $1 billion to state and federal authorities to settle an investigation into how the company marketed an antipsychotic drug, the New York Times reports. In 2000-03, Lilly pushed doctors to prescribe Zyprexa as a treatment for age-related dementia—though the drug is approved to treat only schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. More »

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      settlement  • Eli Lilly  • Zyprexa

    • Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Refund

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 21, 08 10:13 AM CST

      Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Refund

      If you bought a diamond—any diamond—between 1994 and 2006, De Beers owes you money. The jewelry behemoth recently settled a class-action lawsuit that accused it of driving up diamond prices with monopolistic practices. To compensate, it will pay consumers up to 59% of their bling’s original price. But there are catches aplenty, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • settlement  • jewelry  • class action  • diamond  • De Beers  • monopolistic practices

    • Mideast Talks Tackle 'Core Issues'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 14, 08 10:45 AM CST

      Mideast Talks Tackle 'Core Issues'

      Talks opened today between high-level Israeli and Palestinian negotiators as leaders on both sides faced intensifying criticism from within their own camps. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was threatened with the withdrawal of two political parties from his governing coalition if sensitive subjects such as a divided Jerusalem are broached, and Hamas called on Mahmoud Abbas to "stop giving away Palestinian blood and rights for free." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza Strip  • Arab Israeli conflict  • settlement

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