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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — When Richard Burdge describes the court funding crisis in California, he says even the state’s legislators realize they’ve pushed too far in the past few years. “They’re cutting into the bone, not just the fat,” … Read More »
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Texas company to be fined more than $1 million by OSHA
Solis
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Dec. 28 that it has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. of Houston for 13 willful and 17 serious violations of worker safety regulations at the company’s Houston facility. The amount of fines sought total $1,013,000.
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GE Healthcare Inc. pays feds $30 million
DETROIT (Legal Newsline) – GE Healthcare Inc. has paid $30 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Amersham Health Inc., a 2004 company acquisition, violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical. Nuclear pharmacies … Read More
Hot Topics, NewsRulings go against Calif. redevelopment agencies
Werdegar
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Assembly Bill 1X 26 and struck down Assembly Bill 1X 27 on Thursday, resolving challenges filed by multiple organizations and cities.
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Ky. SC may reinstate $42M award to fen-phen plaintiffs
Chesley
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – The Kentucky Supreme Court will decide if former plaintiffs in fen-phen litigation that was tainted by the actions of attorneys will receive $42 million.
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Mass. SC sides with offshore wind farm project
Coakley
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the state public utilities department was right to deny a motion filed against a 2009 power purchase agreement involving a wind farm.
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