Justice Department announces settlement with nation’s largest landlord over rent pricing algorithm
WASHINGTON, DC – The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has reached a proposed settlement with Greystar Management Services LLC, the largest residential landlord in the United States, to resolve claims that it participated…
United States Attorney’s Office and Washington State Office of Attorney General to Announce Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Settlement in Eastern Washington
Spokane, WA: At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Vanessa R. Waldref, and the Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, will hold…
New York City Lawyer Bilked Clients Out of $2 Million in Settlement Claims
NEW YORK, NY – A New York City attorney has been sentenced to prison for bilking clients out of more than $2 million. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Yohan Choi,…
Verizon unit TracFone reaches $13.4 million U.S. false claims settlement
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -TracFone Wireless agreed to a $13.4 million settlement to resolve false claims allegations in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) low-income subsidy program, the U.S. Justice Department…
Settlement Agreement Reached with Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families to Address Discrimination Against Parents with Disabilities
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that the Rhode Island…
Russia’s National Settlement Depository says Clearstream is blocking its account -Ifx
– Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) on Friday said Clearstream, one of the world’s biggest settlement systems, had informed it that it was blocking its account and waiting for a decision from…
U.S. should review drugmakers’ opioid settlement tax breaks – House panel
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments should review the tax deductions four drugmakers made related to their $26 billion opioid settlement, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee said in…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches ADA Settlement with Jefferson Partners L.P. dba Jefferson Lines
FARGO – Interim United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota entered into a settlement agreement with Jefferson Partners L.P. dba…
U.S. Attorney’s Office announces settlement agreement with Santa Fe Boys and Girls Club over special project grants
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici today announced a settlement agreement with the Santa Fe Boys and Girls Club to resolve issues involving two…
CIBC’s C$125 million settlement of financial crisis lawsuit gets court approval
– Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has received approval from an Ontario court of a C$125 million ($98 million) settlement to resolve claims in a class-action lawsuit alleging misrepresentations made by the…
Disbarred Lawyer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Stealing Injured Clients’ Settlement Money and Cheating on Federal Income Taxes
LOS ANGELES – A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for stealing settlement money from multiple clients, including a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been…
Noom diet app reaches $62 million settlement over automatic subscription renewals
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Noom Inc reached a $62 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the weight loss app provider of tricking customers into signing up for “risk-free” trial periods…
Purdue’s Sacklers consider adding another $1 billion to opioid settlement – Bloomberg News
– Members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma are weighing whether to add $1 billion to the OxyContin-maker’s faltering opioid settlement bid in an effort to win over holdouts,…
Drugmaker Teva may pay as much as $3.6 billion in U.S. opioid settlement
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM -Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Wednesday it was bracing to pay as much as $3.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging it and…
U.S. Attorney Announces $12.9 Million Settlement With The Door For Submitting Fraudulent Cost Reports
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of…
Justice Department Secures Settlement With Meijer, Inc. To Make Its Online Covid-19 Vaccine Portal Accessible To Individuals With Disabilities
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan and the Justice Department announced an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) settlement…
Blow to Gazprom critics as EU court upholds antitrust settlement
BRUSSELS -Gazprom’s critics suffered a blow on Wednesday when the European Union’s second highest court upheld a 2018 decision that let the Russian gas giant settle a long-running antitrust investigation without paying…
Ready Pharmacy agrees to $400,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Fred J. Federici, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, has announced that Ready Pharmacy has agreed to a $400,000 settlement relating to civil claims brought by the…
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc. to Enforce the Rights of United States Army National Guard Member
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement resolving allegations that the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc. (WREC) terminated U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant…
University Of Michigan To Pay $490 Million In Sex Abuse Settlement
The University of Michigan agreed to pay $490 million to 1,050 former students who alleged the school’s former sports doctor Robert Anderson sexually abused them, NBC News reported. The alleged abuse began…
Judge Rules That Epstein Settlement Won’t Protect Prince Andrew
A New York federal judge ruled against Prince Andrew’s motion to dismiss Wednesday in a lawsuit in which the prince is accused of having sexually abused a minor, multiple sources reported. Judge Lewis…
Republicans say Phil Murphy blocking access to public records over $53 million ‘death home’ settlement
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Steven Oroho and Senator Joe Pennacchio have filed requests for public records related to the Murphy administration’s $53 million settlement for veterans home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Ohio home healthcare provider agrees to pay $500,000 as part of False Claims Act settlement
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A local home healthcare provider has agreed to pay half a million dollars to the government and close its operations as part of a False Claims Act settlement. …
Jeffrey Epstein Paid High-Profile Prince Andrew Accuser $500,000 In 2009 Settlement
A woman who accused Prince Andrew of having sex with her at 17 received a half-million dollar payout from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to an unsealed settlement. Virginia Giuffre, who…
Clean Water Act Settlement Resolves Sewer Overflow Violations in Bucks County
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection filed a civil lawsuit against the Bucks County Water and…
Justice Department Obtains $4.5 Million Settlement from New Jersey Landlord to Resolve Claims of Sexual Harassment of Tenants
NEWARK – The Justice Department announced today that a landlord who has owned hundreds of rental units in and around Elizabeth, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $4.5 million in monetary damages…
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