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Demonstrators scattered fake money and prescription bottles of OxyContin outside of The United States Bankruptcy Court in response to the overdose crisis.

The Purdue Pharma Deal Would Deliver Billions, But Individual Payouts Will Be Small

Sep 28, 2021

People who were addicted to OxyContin or lost loved ones who were addicted to the drug expect very little in compensation from the multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement.

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Renee Bach, who is 31, was sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in the U.S.

U.S. Missionary With No Medical Training Settles Suit Over Child Deaths At Her Center

Jul 31, 2020

Renee Bach ran a treatment center for severely malnourished children in Uganda. Over five years, 105 died. This week, a lawsuit by two mothers who each lost a son was settled with a cash payment.

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Vegas Sands Report Suggests Settlement Amount In Macau Case

Apr 18, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract dispute with a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

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Nevada Settles Patient-Dumping Lawsuit Claim With Insurer

Oct 12, 2016

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is agreeing to accept $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with an insurance provider that wouldn't pay a state claim to settle allegations of patient dumping with the city of San Francisco.

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Trump Hotels Settle With NY Attorney General Over Data Loss

Sep 26, 2016

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general has announced a settlement with Trump Hotel Collection, saying the company has agreed to pay $50,000 and shore up data security after breaches exposed more than 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal data.

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Las Vegas Sands, Jacobs Settle Wrongful Termination Suit

Jun 01, 2016

Las Vegas Sands has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a former China-based executive.

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Las Vegas Limo Company To Pay $239,555 In Back Wages

Jan 05, 2016

A Las Vegas limousine company will pay almost $240 thousand in back wages in a minimum wage and overtime settlement.

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The National Mortgage Settlement

Feb 17, 2012

The dust is beginning to settle after the federal government and 49 states agreed to settle with five banks over allegations of fraudulent foreclosure documents. The deal will pay homeowners who lost their homes some money and will allow people facing foreclosure the opportunity to have the interest or the principal lowered on their mortgages. But how much impact can that make? And will it only speed up the process of getting more homes onto the market, which will push prices even lower?

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The Mortgage Settlement

Feb 14, 2012

State and federal officials across the country have announced a $26 billion settlement to charges that major banks acted carelessly and fraudulently in foreclosing on millions of homeowners across the country. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto had been reluctant to join but did include Nevada at the very end of marathon negotiations.