Monroe County has paid $30,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a man claiming he was unjustly assaulted by sheriff’s deputies. The Daily Record obtained a copy of the settlement agreement between the county and plaintiff Po K. Lin ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys ...

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PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Wednesday urged NFL retirees to register for a concussion settlement that could cost the league $1 billion over 65 years. About 22,000 retirees are encouraged to get baseline neurological testing. The league expects more ...

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NEW YORK – JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that it had agreed to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against minority borrowers for years by charging them about $1,000 more than white customers for a mortgage. The case ...

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ALBANY (AP) — Macy’s has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square. Under the agreement signed Tuesday with New York’s attorney general, the retailer will adopt new policies on ...

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ALBANY (AP) — Thirteen states have settled an investigation into improper lending with a court agreement that is expected to provide $92 million in debt relief for 17,800 U.S. military personnel. Deceptive practices by Rome Finance Co., more recently doing ...

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WASHINGTON — Citigroup agreed Monday to pay $7 billion to settle a federal investigation into its handling of risky subprime mortgages, admitting to a pattern of deception that Attorney General Eric Holder said “shattered lives” and contributed to the worst ...

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A settlement has been reached with Casella Waste Systems Inc., resolving concerns that its contracting practices were restrictive. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, who announced the settlement Monday, was also concerned about Cassella’s market dominance, pattern of acquisitions of smaller ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple reached a settlement on the damages owed in a case that concluded the company illegally conspired with publishers to drive up the prices of digital books. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed in a document ...

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A settlement has been reached with the State University of New York to recover $115,094 in excess Medicaid payments for dental services performed from Jan. 1, 2005, through Aug. 31, 2009, at the Daniel Squire Oral Diagnostic & Treatment Center ...

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A settlement has been reached with a Victor-based furniture company for deceiving consumers into falsely thinking they were holding a “going out of business” sale in violation of New York state law. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney ...

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ALBANY (AP) — New York’s attorney general has reached a settlement with a chain of tanning salons to stop making claims about the health benefits of tanning. The agreement is with HT Franchising Management LLC, doing business as Hollywood Tans, ...

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