Archive for February, 2010



Net Concerns: Federal lawsuit filed by Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (Topsail Voice)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 11:42 pm
TOPSAIL BEACH – A battle has been brewing over the use of gill nets in the waters off North Carolina – and now it’s heading to court.



Beaufort County EMS, fire district deny allegations in wrongful death lawsuit (The Beaufort Gazette)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 10:25 pm
Beaufort County EMS and the Bluffton Township Fire District have denied allegations in a lawsuit filed in December by a Bluffton woman who said an ambulance's delay at an unmanned security gate in her neighborhood led to her husband's death.



Toyota US head asked about accident cover-up (Asia News Network)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 9:38 pm
The head of a US congressional panel probing massive recalls of Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles has asked the chief of Toyota's US operations to provide information regarding allegations by a former Toyota lawyer that the automaker illegally withheld information from a lawsuit over an accident in which a Toyota sport-utility vehicle rolled over, it was learned Friday.



Women may also sue FDNY over bias (Queens Chronicle)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 9:10 pm
The New York City Fire Department, already facing the prospect of court-ordered quotas for hiring minorities, may soon face a discrimination lawsuit from women, who also allege they are unfairly represented in its ranks.



Stockpile Center to Clean Up Mess (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 8:58 pm
The Defense National Stockpile Center has reached an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to clean up a building on its former location in Point Pleasant.



Search warrant executed at EnviroTech in Bethel (Connecticut Post)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 8:35 pm
BETHEL -- Inspectors with the Chief State's Attorney's Office and the state Department of Environmental Protection have executed a search at an environmental company on Wooster Street.



Women may also sue FDNY over bias (Queens Chronicle)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 8:11 pm
The New York City Fire Department, already facing the prospect of court-ordered quotas for hiring minorities, may soon face a discrimination lawsuit from women, who also allege they are unfairly represented in its ranks.



Robbins Umeda LLP Announces Investigation of Smithtown Bancorp, Inc. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 8:00 pm
SAN DIEGO----Robbins Umeda LLP has commenced an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by certain officers and directors at Smithtown Bancorp, Inc. .



Tampa Bay doctors with disciplinary records speak for drug companies (St. Petersburg Times)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 7:58 pm
Drug companies say they only hire the best local physicians to promote their products to peers at informal dinners. But a handful of Florida doctors on drug company payrolls have been disciplined by the state medical board for everything from patient deaths to inappropriate prescribing. Blurb hed goes here here here here here here here here here here here here xyxyx.



Alger woman claims employer paid male co-workers more for same job and allowed harassment (The Saginaw News)

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 7:16 pm
An Arenac County woman has filed a sexual discrimination suit against an Ogemaw County auto parts dealer. Diane Fuller of Alger claims operators of West Branch Automotive paid male workers more money for performing the same duties with the same...



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