WILMINGTON, Del. — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington told a federal bankruptcy judge Friday that the diocese’s reorganization plan is fair and just for all creditors, including victims of priest sex abuse, and that he doesn’t expect ...

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An Ocean City man accepted a $462,000 offer of judgment after an auto accident with a trucker left him with neck injuries that he said resulted in bankruptcy and the loss of his job and home. James A. Gelfo and ...

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made at least 93 secret ...

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South Baltimore bar owner Jason Zink has agreed to pay $115,000 to settle litigation brought by five of his former employees, according to settlement papers filed Tuesday in federal court. The fact of a pretrial resolution was known a month ...

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A former high-ranking employee of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has won a $1.65 million verdict for his wrongful termination in 2005. A Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury found on Tuesday that Allen W. Cartwright Jr., a black man, had ...

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Denny’s has agreed to pay $1.3 million to dozens of former employees as part of a consent decree that requires the restaurant chain to overhaul its corporate policies regarding people with disabilities. The settlement, signed by U.S. District Court Judge ...

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WASHINGTON — It has been two years since a pair of Metro trains collided in Washington, killing nine people, but a lawsuit resulting from the crash could take until 2012 to resolve. Wednesday marks two years since a malfunctioning electronic ...

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The biggest online hotel-room booking company in the Baltimore market has agreed to pay the city $1,675,000 to cover its tax liability dating from 2007 through June 2014. Expedia Inc. and its sibling travel websites deny they owe the city ...

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NEW ORLEANS — A BP PLC contractor has agreed to pay the British oil giant $75 million to settle all potential claims between the companies over last year’s deadly rig explosion and the massive oil spill it spawned in the ...

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The mother and children of an unarmed man who was killed while evading arrest in 2008 have settled their $10 million lawsuit against the Baltimore patrolman who shot him for $375,000. The agreement came on the third day of trial ...

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