The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has granted preliminary approval of a Settlement in a class action lawsuit involving the prescription drugs Zetia® and Vytorin®. The lawsuit is called In re Vytorin/Zetia Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, No. 08-285-(DMC).

Today there was a lawsuit settlement reached between Pfizer and the U.S. Department of Justice in regard to marketing practices that the company used in promoting Bextra. Phizer settlement also includes and agreement with attorneys general in 42 states and the District of Columbia to settle another lawsuit Geodon.

Dell, the number one seller of computers in the United States, has agreed to $1.5 million in restitution related to their finance promotions, rebate offers, repair, and technical support policies.

Increased regulatory action at the end of 2008 has not added to the overall number of mortgage litigation cases winding their way through the American judicial system, according to a report just released by MortgageDaily.com in conjunction with the law firm of Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC.

An information website dedicated to the latest cosmetic settlement (www.cosmeticssettlement.com) writes that a deal is reached worth $175 million dollars according to which retailers will giveaway cosmetics reach lawsuit settlement.

Folks in Marshall, North Carolina know the cost of good clean dancing. It is $275,000. Just ask the dancer Rebecca Willis.

United States hard rock band Great White has filed a settlement offer of US$1 million to families of victims of the Station nightclub fire. 100 people died including band guitarist Ty Longley and over 200 were injured in the February 2003 disaster in Rhode Island.

California Atty. General Brown forces settlement with Citibank as investigation reveals bank was stealing from its customers.

As I said when I first wrote about this lawsuit, it was obviously something that T-Mobile would be willing to settle out of court for. And on Wednesday, AT&T and Starbucks reached a settlement with T-Mobile, which had claimed that the other companies had secretly colluded with each other to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access despite the exclusive contract Starbucks had with T-Mobile.

Federal regulators settled with former Fannie Mae executives accepting far less in fines than they had originally requested. Former CEO Franklin Raines agreed to donate $2 million to charities and give up stock options that are currently worthless.

Governor's Virginia Tech settlement legislation includes bills to reform and fund mental health services, adjust legal commitment criteria, and improve campus security.

First let's look at the current status of Airborne settlement. Settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit that alleges that Airborne Health, Inc. (and other defendants) (“Airborne”) falsely advertised certain therapeutic properties, including the ability to cure or prevent the common cold, when marketing products under the Airborne brand name, as listed below.