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Verizon To Pay $20 Million To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Posted on 8 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BALTIMORE - (AP) Verizon will pay $20 million to resolve a lawsuit over its treatment of disabled employees who missed work as a result of their disabilities. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Wednesday. In the... Read More

Verizon Pays $93.5 Million To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
Posted on 6 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Verizon Communications Inc. has paid $93.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the federal government, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by Stephen Shea, a "whistleblower" in 2007... Read More

Court Dismisses Challenges To FCC Internet Rules
Posted on 5 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) A federal appeals court has dismissed two legal challenges to new Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit phone and cable companies from interfering with Internet traffic on their broadband networks. The U.S... Read More

Dish, EchoStar To Pay $500 Million TiVo Settlement
Posted on 3 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp. and set-top box supplier EchoStar Corp. will pay TiVo Inc. $500 million to settle a patent lawsuit over digital video recorder technology, the companies said Monday. The settlement is one of the... Read More