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JPMorgan’s role in burst housing bubble costs $13B
WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a record $13 billion settlement with federal and state authorities, resolving claims over the bank’s sales of low-quality, high-risk mortgage-backed securities that […]
Maryland to get $1M from Google settlement
Maryland is among 37 states and the District of Columbia that will share in a $17 million settlement with Google Inc. over the Internet services provider's practices in coding cookies on certain Safari web browsers during 2011 and 2012.
Pr. George’s jury awards $940K in collision case
A Prince George’s County jury has awarded nearly $940,000 to a Hyattsville woman whose career was derailed when a distracted driver entered an intersection against the light and into the path of her car.
Persuasion through lens helps end lawsuits by capturing pain and loss
Though the seldom-used legal tool of settlement videos comes with a high price tag, the niche market has created consistent success for clients and full-blown profit for local media production companies.
Claustrophobic worker to settle for $117K
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates is scheduled Wednesday to consider a $117,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by a former city employee who alleged he was repeatedly asked to work in manholes despite his claustrophobia.
Santoni’s settles lawsuit with produce vendor
Santoni’s Super Market has settled a federal lawsuit with a produce vendor that alleged the grocer owed more than $200,000 in unpaid bills.
City settlement with ACLU expands Inner Harbor protest areas
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved a nearly $100,000 settlement with the ACLU of Maryland to end a decade-old federal lawsuit over the rights of protesters at the Inner Harbor.
Octogenarian gets $1M verdict against his daughter
An 86-year-old man has been awarded more than $1 million in his lawsuit against his daughter, stemming from a dispute over the Dundalk property where he used to live.
Lawyers: 19 Sandusky victims settle with Penn St.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — At least 19 young men have settled with Penn State over assertions of abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to lawyers for the claimants. […]
Appeals court gives BP a win in settlement dispute
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived BP‘s claims that a judge’s interpretation of a settlement over its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could […]
Settlement unlikely in wrongful death lawsuit against Tshamba
A $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed outside a Baltimore nightclub by a former police officer Gahiji Tshamba appears headed to trial.
Actos maker not liable for $1.7M in damages
A Baltimore family lost its $10 million wrongful-death lawsuit against the makers of the diabetes drug Actos, despite the jury’s finding that the pharmaceutical company negligently failed to warn doctors that the drug could also cause bladder cancer.
