NEW YORK — Google will pay $17 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia to settle claims it violated consumer privacy by placing unauthorized cookies on computers using certain Apple Safari Web browsers in 2011 and 2012. The ...

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LONDON — The Royal Bank of Scotland says it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over an American investigation into its mortgage-backed securities offerings. The bank said in a statement Thursday that it had agreed ...

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NEW YORK — A judge who has talked tough about insider trading stepped out of the way Wednesday of a $1.8 billion settlement of civil and criminal charges against hedge fund giant SAC Capital, saying what he thinks of the ...

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky home loans and mortgage securities it sold them before the housing market collapsed. The Federal Housing Finance ...

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BUFFALO — Five companies that have been collecting on illegal “payday” loans will pay more than $300,000 in restitution and penalties to the state and consumers under a settlement announced by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday. The four debt ...

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Sears, Roebuck and Co. has agreed to pay $150,000 in fines over a deceptive refund policy applied to consumers who participated in its “Come Back Cash” promotion. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said the retailer has also agreed to reform ...

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Consumer attorney Rebecca Case Caico knows of a foreclosure complaint that was filed in 2009, and the homeowner’s first settlement conference wasn’t  held until 2013 — four years later. That’s one example of the thousands of inactive foreclosure cases across ...

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Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader’s interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several years ago over unprotected wireless networks throughout the world. The agreement announced Tuesday ...

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ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says a company that leases credit card processing equipment mostly to small businesses nationwide has agreed to settle a lawsuit. Schneiderman says Northern Leasing Systems Inc. will refund $3.6 million to customers ...

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ALBANY — Thousands of New York homeowners have gotten an estimated $1.8 billion in loan relief from five U.S. banks as part of the national mortgage settlement over foreclosure abuses. So far, 21,535 New York homeowners have received assistance, including ...

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WASHINGTON — Five of the biggest U.S. banks have cut struggling homeowners’ mortgage balances by $19 billion, part of a total $45.8 billion in relief provided under a landmark settlement over foreclosure abuses. More than 550,000 borrowers received some form ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Settlement Payment to Third Party — Client’s Request Ethics Opinion 946 Background: The inquiring attorney recently settled a personal injury action on behalf of his client and after paying all fees, disbursements, liens and expenses, ...

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