Pa. Settles Trooper Misconduct Cases
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The state police have agreed to pay &#36;5 million to settle allegations that commanders failed to rein in a rogue trooper who was sexually assaulting women.
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One of Appalachia's coal-mining giants agreed yesterday to pay $20 million, the largest such fine imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, after an investigation found more than 4,500 instances in which mine runoff tainted nearby waters.
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NEW YORK (DowJonesAP) - Pfizer (PFE) said Friday it has agreed to pay $430 million to settle all lawsuits against it alleging injury from insulation products made by a subsidiary.
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Time Warner said that it will pay a total of $510 million to settle charges arising from Justice Department and S.E.C. investigations.
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A former Penn State women's basketball player on Monday settled a discrimination lawsuit against longtime coach Rene Portland, more than a year after claiming that Portland had a "no lesbian" policy on her team.
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A Virginia-based company has agreed to settle charges that it illegally sold confidential phone records, but federal law only allowed the government to collect $2,700, U.S. regulators said on Thursday.
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A California judge has approved the  settlement of a lawsuit that sought to stop R.J. Reynolds  Tobacco Co. from placing cigarette ads in magazines with large  teen readerships, a state attorney general's office spokesman  said on Thursday.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - Federal prosecutors in New Jersey said on Thursday they have reached a $311 million settlement with companies in the medical device implant industry.
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By Christian Berg, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 18--On Sept. 8, a Lehigh County jury found a North Whitehall landowner partly responsible for injuries to a woman who was hit by a stray bullet fired by a hunter on his property.
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In the last four years, Highway Patrol trooper Craig Beedy has taken part in two traffic stops that netted about $200,000 in seized cash. The agency wasn't allowed to keep any of it.
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UBS agreed to the payments to resolve accusations it steered inappropriate customers into fee-based accounts, the state Attorney Generalâs office said.
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Police agree compensation to the families of people who died in custody during Punjab's Sikh separatist troubles.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Hewlett-Packard agreed today to pay $14.5 million to settle civil claims brought by the California attorney general's office, also today, arising from the company's board-spying scandal.
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BP Plc and subsidiaries have agreed to pay $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations and fraud charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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The music industry group dangles fat settlement offers in front of 50 Ohio University students who face lawsuits for allegedly sharing music illegally. By the Associated Press.
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A court ruling allows former police officers to claim for compensation for trauma during NI Troubles.
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United Healthcare settled complaints about its past claims practices on Thursday, agreeing to pay $12 million in fines to 36 states and the District of Columbia.