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A landmark verdict was delivered in February 2008, when a state court jury awarded Alabama $215 million in its Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation / Medicaid Fraud litigation, against...

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There's an unwelcome guest heading to the Gulf Coast this Labor Day holiday weekend, as Hurricane Gustav makes tracks past Jamaica and into the Gulf of Mexico. He's just a tropical storm right now,...

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This morning, Jere Beasley, founding shareholder of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., announced Alabama Attorney General Troy King has put 69 pharmaceutical companies accused of defrauding Alabama’s Medicaid system on notice they have 30 days to settle or be brought to trial.

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A report released this week by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says nearly 10,000 Americans were treated for fireworks-related injuries in 2007. Of that number more than half occurred within one month of the July 4 Independence Day holiday. Play it safe this holiday to avoid serious injury or even death.

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Jere L. Beasley, founding shareholder of Montgomery, Ala.-based Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has once again been recognized as one of the most outstanding lawyers in the United States. He was selected as one of 10 attorneys featured in The National Law Journal’s 2008 special report, titled Winning: Successful strategies from some of the nation’s top litigators.

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A class action notice known as Skelton v. Central United Life Insurance Company was mailed to policyholders who possessed a cancer policy during the time frame of February 2003 through April 2008. Policyholders must opt out of this class action by June 3, 2008, if they wish to pursue an individual claim.

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There have been than 24 personal injury lawsuits filed against Laidlaw Transit Inc. over the November 2006 bus accident that left 4 Lee High School students dead. Twelve of the cases now have court dates starting in November of this year. Depositions have been scheduled as well for the driver of the bus and executives at Laidlaw. The collision of the Laidlaw Transit bus and a car driven by a...

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In the McDonald's Strip Search Case, after hearing Louise Ogborn's plaintive testimony in the witness box of how she endured two long hours of sexual torment as a prank caller posing as a cop subjected her to a virtual strip search while hapless McDonald's managers went along, a jury awarded her $6.1 million, far short of the $200 million she was seeking from the fast food giant.Ogborn was a...

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When video of a group of police Tasering University of Florida senior Andrew Meyer became an instant internet sensation on Tuesday, the debate on free speech on college campuses began to circulate in earnest. University of Florida President Bernie Machen responded in kind by placing two of the officers on leave because of their actions.In the video, UF senior Andrew Meyer is seen asking Sen....

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According to an article published on Reuters today, the cholesterol-lowering drug category of statins, the most popular of which is Lipitor by Pfizer, was responsible for the Lion's share of prescription drug sales in 2004. While cholesterol-lowering drug tended to be the most profitable for drug companies, according to federal estimates, patients spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $9...

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A federal class action lawsuit was filed by the NAACP on July 11, in the United States District Court of Central California. The lawsuit names Ameriquest Mortgage Co. along with several other mortgage giants.Recent reports across several agencies cite the prevalence of sub-prime mortgages and predatory lending practices as the root of foreclosures rising. According to the NAACP foreclosures are...

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Stemming back as far as 2005 and earlier, Ameriquest Mortgage has been facing lawsuits from over 29 states nationwide over allegations of deceptive sales practices.In August 2005, Ameriquest announced they had reached a tentative $325 million settlement for customers who alleged the subprime lender charged them excessive fees and changed the agreed terms on their loans when they went to sign the...

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Over 6,900 Wisconsin homeowners are entitled to $3.2 million in restitution from Ameriquest Mortgage Co. for alleged overcharging, according to the state attorney general. The settlement is part of Ameriquest's $325 million refund to over 481,000 customers in 49 different states.Last year state officials estimated 1,170 Wisconsin families were scammed by the company. Ameriquest has admitted no...

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15,000 Pennsylvania consumers whom obtained loans from Ameriquest Mortgage Co. are eligible to a portion of a $10 million lawsuit settlement.The sum includes an undetermined number of customers in West Pennsylvania who have had dealings with the company, one of the nation's largest providers of home loans who cater to people who have credit problems, according to the state Attorney General.The...

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Ameriquest Mortgage Co. along with AMC Mortgage Services Inc. (formerly Bedford Home Loans) and Town and County Credit Corporation agreed to pay $325 million to homeowners that were affected by home mortgage sales schemes.The settlement is a resolution to allegations that Ameriquest and affiliates failed to properly disclose home loan terms, failure to disclose whether loans were adjustable or...

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