Merck Agreement to Resolve U.S. VIOXX® Product Liability Lawsuits

Big news hit this morning as VIOXX manufacturer, Merck agreed to resolve 95% of the outstanding VIOXX claims with a $4.85 BILLION settlement fund ... billion into a settlement fund for qualifying claims that enter into the resolution process. This is not a class-action settlement. Claims will be evaluated on an individual basis. "This is a good [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 17:55:23
Blog: Angel Reyes : Texas Lit...

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Church Selling

A Curbed reader alerts us to the news that the Archdiocesan Catholic Center on Wilshire Blvd. is being put up for sale. Why? Money. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles settled 46 civil cases last year, with the total settlement ... . · Archdiocese Begins Process To Fund Future Settlements archdiocese.la [more...]

Date: 2007-05-15 20:29:39
Blog: Curbed LA : The Los Ang...

Silencing Criticism of Terrorist Support

Yesterday, I noted the use of libel lawsuits as a technique for suppressing criticism of terrorism funding ... from the settlement to the United Nations Children's Fund. Forbes magazine lists the sheikh's fortune ... for Democracy, one of the authors who has been subjected to attempted intimidation by libel litigation [more...]

Date: 2007-08-02 16:36:40
Blog: SCSUScholars...

Kentucky fen-phen lawyers are jailed

"The court finds that there is a serious risk that the funds will be moved offshore and that with these funds at their disposal, ... , to have misappropriated $62 million of settlement funds by overcharging on attorneys' fees and other diversions ... of his $20 million fee for helping to negotiate the settlement, with the scope of liability yet [more...]

Date: 2007-08-12 21:34:24
Blog: Overlawyered...

Merck to Pay $4.85 Billion To Settle Most Vioxx Cases

In a very significant announcement today, Merck has released that it will agree to pay about $4 ... the agreement are met, Merck will pay a fixed amount of $4.85 billion into a settlement fund ... plaintiff lawyers who helped negotiate the settlement, said Friday. It's a tremendous way to resolve [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 17:08:30
Blog: Angel Reyes : Texas Lit...

2007 a big year for dam removal in Oregon

Amy Kober Northwest Outreach & Communications Director  Oregonians will enjoy cleaner water, better fishing and boating, ... is one of the first projects funded under NOAA’s Open Rivers Initiative, providing funding ... in the settlement, is removed next year, the project will open more than 100 miles of high quality [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 15:23:22
Blog: American Rivers Blog...

CA Op-Ed: NRDC: San Joaquin River Restoration Bill Clears First Legislative Hurdle

Water is one step closer to flowing in dry stretches of California's second-longest river after the House Natural Resources Committee voted 25-15 today to pass The San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (H.R. 4074). The legislation would authorize and fund a landmark settlement to resurrect the once mighty river. [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 16:30:17
Blog: YubaNet | News and Info...

$43 Million Earmarked To Help New Workers Settle In B.C.

Ensuring that British Columbia remains the most popular destination for new immigrants... ... settlement and multiculturalism services under one umbrella, and promises to help newcomers find ... . The funds are part of $71.5 million in additional federal funding for settlement programs negotiated [more...]

Date: 2007-06-15 21:45:12
Blog: American Renaissance...

AnyLawSuits.com

Sometimes during lawsuits the other party is forced to accept low settlement offers because of the lack of funds ... , or get the desired settlement amount. You will only pay once the case is finished. What's great [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 07:24:14
Blog: Picture Clusters...

Rebate Sold Out For Regular Blogging on our disappearing democracy visit: IRONIES TOO Click Here Meantime also note this Press Release: ... to approve the unjustifiably large increase in funds paid to the audit-failing EU are facing cuts to local ... council tries to shave £25 million off its budget in the wake of a poor funding settlement [more...]

Date: 2007-11-20 17:39:48
Blog: UKIP Uncovered ...

Life Sciences Discovery Fund money draws 75 applications

Tobacco money has a lot of friends. The Life Sciences Discovery Fund -- an institution charged by the state to distribute the funds from the tobacco settlement -- said today that 75 Washington research programs are bidding for grants ... companies and non-profits. Proposals include vaccines, preventive medicine, surgical robotics [more...]

Date: 2007-11-03 02:42:07
Blog: The Seattle Times: Tech...

Rice's puppet government

WorldNetDaily reported late last night that US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice orchestrated the expulsion of Jews by the IDF from five new ... on hundreds of acres of land in Jerusalem owned by the Jewish National Fund, a Jewish nonprofit that uses donor funds to purchase property for Jewish settlement. Four of the five new makeshift West Bank [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 09:05:43
Blog: Israel Matzav...

The things they say

The Editor of the South Wales Evening Post has an interesting piece in his column today that is worth quoting in full: ... . "Faced with a disappointing settlement, pressure will be on councillors to raise the council tax ... by announcing a below-inflation increase in their annual funding. Criticism of the settlement seems [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 15:21:34
Blog: Peter Black AM...

HP to pay to settle pretexting lawsuit but shareholder suit alleges insider trading

HP agreed yesterday to pay $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General Bill Lockyer accusing the company of unfair ... . The vast majority of the settlement -- $13.5 million -- will fund state and local investigations into privacy rights and intellectual property violations, according to the lawsuit and settlement filed [more...]

Date: 2007-11-19 22:21:00
Blog: Voice of HP Workforce...

No Increase in Dues

ATTENTION: LANSDOWNE ON THE POTOMAC RESIDENTS The Board of Directors has approved an operating budget for the 2008 fiscal year beginning in January ... , funds received from the developer settlement and proceeds from a loan. The budget supports the debt ... will not increase; in fact the single detached homes will change to $264.65 a $.10 reduction [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 15:13:19
Blog: Lansdowne...and Out in ...

Trapped! I was trapped!

Had a scare this afternoon. I was in my bedroom, and as usual when I have the air conditioner on, I had the door closed ... gave an interview to the Daily News. The house was bought with a settlement given to her late ... funds that the house was crumbling, and she and the kids were living on foodstamps. There were [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 01:21:52
Blog: Does anyone really want...

Selling Annuity

A lot of you must be wondering why Selling annuity has grown to become this popular nowadays ... . Specializing in pre-settlement funding, SSQ is designed to help you obtain a lump-sum of money for your Structured Settlement, and Annuity Payments. Got any more questions? Feel free to contact SSQ [more...]

Date: 2007-08-15 12:32:12
Blog: ::Unknown::...

Gaza has gas and gas pains

A few years ago, British Gas, on licence from the PA discovered $4 billion worth of gas just off the Gaza coast ... to this question in Still waters. .. FOLLOWING THE discovery of the gas, the Palestinian Investment Fund, under ... and royalty settlement worth an additional 12.5% and also a guarantee that the 25% automatic corporation [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 14:49:01
Blog: Israpundit ...

Structured Settlement Company

A structured settlement company is an organization which assists individuals who have been seriously injured ... sum cash payments subject to taxation. Structured settlements are usually funded by an annuity ... , finance, casualty claims and commercial liability. Instead of paying lump sum cash payments, structured [more...]

Date: 2007-09-23 15:31:31
Blog: Note Promissory - Buyer...

They (kind of) have a budget deal

From Booth's Peter Luke: LANSING -- Schools and health care providers would be spared cuts this year as Gov ... anticipated tobacco lawsuit settlement funds. That move leaves untouched the $400 million in tobacco money that forms the foundation of the 21st Century Jobs Fund earmarked for high-tech research and business [more...]

Date: 2007-05-26 13:17:30
Blog: Michigan Liberal: Mich...

Linking a Trial Delay — and Jail

We did more calling around on this odd ruling in the Kentucky fen-phen case ... bilking their clients out of about $65 million from settlements obtained in litigation over the fen ... . The judge cited a risk that the defendants would move the allegedly ill-begotten settlement funds offshore [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 12:30:00
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

All cancer patients aren't smokers

Many get cancer as a result of second hand smoke. Second hand smoke contributes to many kinds of cancer, including breast cancer. The tobacco settlement fund was intended for more than multi-million dollar stop smoking campaigns (one of the biggest boondoggles ever), it was also intended to cover states costs of providing [more...]

Date: 2007-07-02 23:38:49
Blog: Buckeye State Blog | Pa...

Loans Cause Too Many Debts

Financial institutions are mostly there to help us. They provide us with different types of loans, which help us in achieving our dreams faster ... . These loans sometimes, turn us into debtors, who are unable to maintain our funds. The interest rates ... , mange debt settlement. High interest loans are always available, the minute you ask for them [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 09:57:14
Blog: Total Sports Nut...

The shame of Single Status - robbing Paula to pay Paula

Ten years ago the local government employers and the trade unions struck a deal called the Single Status agreement ... , and more on taking money off other workers (in many cases low paid themselves) to fund the agreement ... status settlement, but sadly, the membership as a whole were duped by their union bureaucracies [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 08:31:37
Blog: Bob Piper - Labour Coun...

grit hypocrisy

I watched the love song between Jane Taber and dion this weekend on Question Period ... , pseudochretien and dithers should all have forensic audits done to see where they get their funds. Indeed ... to a settlement and an abject apology. pseudochretien is one of the most spiteful men alive, look [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 03:22:25
Blog: Dr Roy's Thoughts...

Big Accredited Investor Isn’t Fan of Mac the Knife

Is Lone Star Funds trying to tinker with the wrong buyout deal? Lone Star in June agreed to buy Accredited Home Lenders Holding for $15 ... .) Roth and Stark shouldn’t be taken lightly. Monday, their hedge fund won a $52.5 million settlement – the third largest of its kind – after it led a class-action lawsuit against drug company Sepracor [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 12:26:00
Blog: Deal Journal - WSJ.com ...

If this works, I’m going to ask my co-workers and library patrons to pay my parking tickets

OH HELL NO. Priests in the Diocese of San Diego are being asked to donate a month’s salary as part of a campaign to help fund the recent $198.1 million settlement to childhood sexual abuse victims. “We cannot ask of others what we are unwilling to do ourselves,” wrote San Diego Catholic Bishop Robert Brom in a memo sent this week [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 04:56:11
Blog: A Bird’s Life...

Scots reply to England’s University Challenge

Scottish universities will be allowed to increase their foreign students, ... about the lower than expected funding settlement announced in Wednesday’s Scottish budget, and the decision to scrap entirely an election pledge to write off all student debts. Student leaders accused [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 08:47:55
Blog: The Nigerian Student ...

North Carolina behind Kentucky?

Building local food systems is not a race between states ... producer. Kentucky also kept track of what North Carolina was doing and thinking about tobacco settlement funds for instance. So North Carolina and Kentucky have a lot of things to learn from each other [more...]

Date: 2007-07-13 13:26:18
Blog: BlueNC | Progressive N....

As usual, it's the womenwho have to pay the cost

In Southern California, where the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay victims of pedophile priests $660 million, the archdiocese is ordering nuns out of convents so the buildings can be sold to fund the out-of-court settlement. In Santa Barbara, the sins of the fathers are being visited on the Sisters [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 08:07:19
Blog: Of course, I could be w...

Voters Trust Big Tobacco Over Politicians

Voters Trust Big Tobacco Over Politicians By 60.2% to 39.8%, the measure in Oregon was defeated to add 84 ... marketers in the world," said Carol Butler, the campaign manager for Yes on 50. "They sell a product ... of the tobacco settlement and falling far short of funding such programs at even minimum levels [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 23:05:17
Blog: Democracy Project...

Internet Promotion & Small Business Loans

You may be seeking small business financing for a number of reasons. This can include start up funding, settlement of debt, cash flow emergencies and business expansion needs. Obtaining a small business loan can handle all of these issues, but while [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 13:18:12
Blog: BuildYourOwnBusiness: ...

ChoicePoint Victims May Have Compensation Coming The Federal Trade Commission has established a special web site addressing the settlement ... a $5 million victims fund. While the FTC is mailing claim forms to consumers who may have been affected [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 20:11:04
Blog: Banking Blog...

litigation doesn't come cheap

Many people who have involved in an accident are pressured into accepting low auto accident settlement offers because taking up a lawsuit may not be ... out anylawsuits.com for car accident lawsuit settlement loan if you need funding to keep your cases [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 23:09:26
Blog: The Joy of Learning...

$220,000 Jammie Saga: fined P2P user may appeal

Filed under: Business, P2PWhen we first heard about the RIAA's recent filesharing suit victory and the 220k dollar judgment against the user in ... user, has apparently raised nearly a thousand bucks to fund her appeal of the case, courtesy ... settlement agreements. Declan McCullough of CNET wrote that the jury instructions given before [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 13:00:00
Blog: Download Squad...

San Diego bishop asks faithful to help pay for abuse costs

From the San Diego Union Tribune. The bishop's memo can be found here. Priests in the Diocese of San Diego are being asked to donate a month's salary as part of a campaign to help fund the recent $198.1 million settlement to childhood sexual abuse victims. “We cannot [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 16:00:42
Blog: The Cafeteria Is Closed...

Christianist mercenaries Blackwater gave Iraqi civilian "bloody Christmas,"paid $15,000, got away clean

We’ve really got to stop using the term “mercenaries” for Blackwater, and start using the term “Christianist mercenaries ... The Family Research Council with Gary Bauer and apparently provided the key early funding for the group ... negotiate a financial settlement and allowed the employee to depart Iraq. An incident report [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 16:43:25
Blog: Corrente | Boldly shril...

San Diego Diocese asks Parishioners & Priests to help pay for sex abuse scandal

It strikes me as a little “funny” that the very same people whom the Bishops do not protect from bad liturgy and bad teaching are the same people ... as part of a campaign to help fund the recent $198.1 million settlement to childhood sexual abuse [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 21:42:25
Blog: Domus Dei...

Mortgage Industry Producing Lots of Unemployed

I’ve written quite a bit about the nations biggest and best banks sending tens of thousands of jobs overseas; Citigroup 26,500, Washington Mutual 10, ... . From The Truth About Mortgage.com: Aegis Funding – closed Accredited – rumors of a closure Acoustic ... settlement Argent – for sale Axix Mortgage – closed Bank of America – continued layoffs, mulling [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 14:44:17
Blog: thin gray line...

“Thanks” for a tax increase

This is where the nickname “Tax Hike Mike” comes from: Governor Mike Huckabee addressed the Arkansas General Assembly, ... was higher taxes. He never suggested using funds we had from the tobacco settlement. He never suggested [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 22:14:33
Blog: The Liberty Papers ...

The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement

Four of the comparatively few families who declined to participate in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund have settled ... me more than most settlements of this nature. The families who sued, who opted out of the VCF [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 13:16:14
Blog: The Moderate Voice » Do...

Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Coffee Break

Snow is fluttering over the nation’s medicine chest this morning ... Brain Cancer (CNNMoney.com) Boston Scientific Hikes Settlement Fund (Yahoo/AP) Sciele Signs Deal [more...]

Date: 2007-11-19 16:14:22
Blog: Pharmalot » News, Comm...

RIM settles stock-option suit with pension fund (Reuters)

[ BlackBerry devices are used in Los Angeles March 3, 2006. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has entered into a settlement with the Ironworkers Ontario Pension Fund, which had sued the company over how it granted stock options in the past. (Mario Anzuoni [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 21:46:10
Blog: loanflips.com...

Just another tax-and-spend liberal "Republican"

I was sent a link to a post on the blog Arkansas Journal this morning which contained this video clip of Mike Huckabee begging the Arkansas ... suggested using funds we had from the tobacco settlement. He never suggested cutting wasteful spending [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 16:10:09
Blog: Hillbilly White Trash...

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL DEFIES USA ON IRAN

Today, The Washington Post published a major news story reporting that: ... , such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the settlement of class action lawsuits from pension funds who were cheated in the fraud. Shell lost further reserves when the Putin regime seized [more...]

Date: 2007-08-15 19:35:05
Blog: Blogger News Network ...

"Thanks" for a tax increase

This is where the nickname "Tax Hike Mike" comes from:Governor Mike Huckabee addressed the Arkansas General Assembly, ... " was higher taxes. He never suggested using funds we had from the tobacco settlement. He never [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 21:18:13
Blog: JasonPye.com...

Priest sex-abuse scandal spawns misery for nuns

Pedophile priests have shattered countless lives -- poor souls who will suffer from perpetual chills and heart palpitations for eternity ... price to help fund that out-of-court settlement. The archdiocese is kicking nuns [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 17:56:35
Blog: Zeke Blog...

How Microsoft Inadvertently Helps To Fund FOSS

christian.einfeldt writes "The State of California sued Microsoft for anti-trust violations, ... the settlement to buy more Microsoft products, with a few Apple purchases sprinkled in here ... and now the proceeds of the settlement of that case are being used to fund the acquisition [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 15:16:00
Blog: Slashdot: News for nerd...

UC Plans For Enron Lawsuit Winnings

The UC system has created a proposed allocation plan that would distribute the funds from a landmark settlement among the plaintiffs in an Enron Corporation fraud case and is now seeking public input [more...]

Date: 2007-07-30 20:33:10
Blog: The Daily Californian...

Feds Step in to Prevent Writer’s Strike but No Deal Assured

Feds Step in to Prevent Writer’s Strike but No Deal Assured Saturday, October 27th, 2007 With the contract expiration looming, ... . Prospects for a quick settlement remain dim. By Alex Ben Block mediation-arbitration.jpg ... funds. They rejected our modified proposals and ignored our working group offer.” Read the rest [more...]

Date: 2007-10-27 14:35:10
Blog: Hollywood Today | Newsm...

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