A U.S. judge on Friday approved a $25 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that claimed fraud against President Donald Trump and his Trump University real estate seminars.
She said she had to go to court to resolve a false claim that she owed back rent, but still regularly receives notices demanding back rent.
At the time, the United States announced a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, but it also announced separate agreements to release four Americans held in Iran, and a third agreement to resolve a longstanding claim by Iran over money held in United States banks.
Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay a record $335 million to resolve a government claim that its Countrywide Financial unit discriminated against minority home buyers during the frenzied days of the mortgage boom.
However, a financial institution may not limit its investigation solely to the payment instructions where additional information within its own records pertaining to the particular account in question could help to resolve a consumer's claim.
"The Paterson administration is working to reach an agreement with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Band of Mohican Indians; the secretary of the interior; and a number of local governments to resolve a longstanding land claim," Jessica Bassett, a spokeswoman for the governor, said in a statement on Tuesday.
New York City reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner on Monday, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve a wrongful-death claim over his killing by the police on Staten Island last July, the city comptroller and a lawyer for the family said.
NEW YORK TIMES Oracle to Settle Under False Claims Act | Oracle is to pay $199.5 million to resolve a lawsuit that claimed the company used false pretenses to entice the General Services Administration to buy its products from 1998 to 2006.
A federal judge declared yesterday that a last-ditch effort to resolve a long-simmering land claim dispute between the Oneida Indians and New York State had failed, setting the stage for years of additional litigation and percolating tensions in central New York.
The Tenet Healthcare Corporation, the hospital chain, agreed on a settlement with an insurer, Health Net, that includes a $28.5 million payment from Health Net to resolve a dispute over outstanding claims.
"We remain concerned about the threatened use of the False Claims Act to resolve a reimbursement dispute".
