The Justice Department has finalized a settlement exceeding $100 million with the owner and operator of a containership involved in a devastating collision with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Seven years of litigation may finally be over after a San Diego federal judge tentatively approved a $1 million settlement to the children of a Mexican man who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser at a California port of entry.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A controversial tactic by federal investigators from the DEA to create a bogus Facebook page using real information from a suspect has turned into a $134,000 settlement for the woman targeted on the social media page, the Associated Press reports. In the settlement with Sondra Arquiett, the DEA still did not…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was appointed by federal judges to investigate a court-supervised administrator of BP’s multibillion-dollar settlement, the Associated Press reports. Freeh, a private consultant, was named a “special master” by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. Freeh is to investigate whether an attorney on the staff of claims administrator, Patrick…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eight New Jersey residents will share $295,000 as part of a settlement in a lawsuit that alleges their homes were raided without warrants, the Associated Press reports U.S. citizen Ana Galindo said officers pointed a gun at her 9-year-old son during the pre-dawn raids. The residents filed a lawsuit in 2008 against…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to criminal and civil charges in connection with off-label marketing of several drugs under an agreement announced Monday by the Justice Department, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The London-based company is accused of illegally marketing prescriptions, including diabetes drug Avandia and the antidepressant…
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
