Phil Law Weblog

The lawsuit between the day laborers and the Orange County sheriff’s office has come to a settlement last week. However, the attorneys released the agreement on Wednesday. The settlement stems from the federal harrassement lawsuit regarding the workers’ right to call rights to stand on sidewalks and seek work without being harrassed.

The dispute regarding voting rights in the Bethlehem Area School District, is expected to come to an end. The U.S. District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis approved a lawsuit settlement that will allow voters to choose six at-large board seats and three regional positions.

The lawsuit between Bay County Library and its former director Frederick J. Paffhausen ended in a settlement beore nearly 12 weeks. Bur the detail of the settlement is not released yet, as the library has denied the Freedom of Information Act request from The Times regarding the terms of settlement.

In a settlement with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the retailer Target Corp. has revamp its Web site to make it more accessible for the blind and pay $6 million in damages to plaintiffs who joined a class action lawsuit against them.

Citibank has come to a settlement with the state of California. It has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the state, to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of stealing funds from some of its customers who had died, gone bankrupt or fallen behind in their payments.

The lawsuit between the Microsoft Corp and Immersion Corp. comes to an end as both of them have decided to come to a settlement. Under the proposed settlement, the Immersion Corp. will pay $20.75 million to Microsoft. Thus it will bring an end to the 2007 lawsuit that revealed maneuvering against video-game console Sony.

Paul Tierney, 47, filed a lawsuit against the education authority for reimbursing the cost of paying for a private tutor - £250 - for his daughter Denise. He charged that there was no dedicated English teacher at her school for a three-month period in the run-up to her Standard Grade exams. However, he have to [...]

Years earlier, Celotex and Carey Canada had filed for bankruptcy protection under the burden of class action lawsuit charges against them. Now the company seems to face the same experience once again. Under the asbestos lawsuit filed by the Erie County and other government and public entities the company have to pay $1.2 million to [...]

In a major settlement of its kind, the Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Meyers Squibb has settled a global lawsuit that will put close to $18,000 back into Greene County’s coffers.

Wal Mart has decided to go for a settlement with the former executive Tom Coughlin.This retail giant has decided for a settlement because the former executive has agreed for the remainder of a retirement package valued at $17 million.