Intergovernmental air and water quality committee members and the general public were presented with more information Thursday about a proposed consent order between the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Lafarge North America Alpena Plant and two proposed DEQ permits to install.

LITTLE ROCK - The city of Stamps is to receive $1.4 million in a settlement of a federal lawsuit it filed last year over contamination at the site of a defunct aluminum recycling plant still polluting groundwater there, a lawyer for the city said Thursday.

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday in Denver denied an injunction to be issued on a 2005 Oklahoma parental notification law that requires physicians to notify in writing a parent or guardian of any minor seeking an abortion at least 48 hours before performing the procedure, the AP/KTEN reports (AP/KTEN, 8/25). [click link for full article]

Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of all securities purchasers of Parlux Fragrances, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. ("Parlux" or the "Company") from February 8, 2006 through August 10, 2006, inclusive (the "Class Period").

The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP:

As the numbers of companies caught up in the U.S. options-backdating scandal continues to grow, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold - and a payday for shareholders and themselves.

Attorneys for Merck & Co. want to see bank and cell phone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the pharmaceutical gian in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.

Jose Manuel Rios, a $22,000-a-year school janitor who served on the panel that found Merck liable for Leonel Garza\'s fatal heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx, testified in a post-trial deposition to borrowing up to $10,000 interest free from Garza\'s widow, Felicia, the plaintiff in the lawsuit against Merck.

Attorneys for Merck & Co. attorneys want to see bank and cell phone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the drug company in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.

The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the owners and managers of several rental properties in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota to settle the federal government's allegations of systemic discrimination against female tenants. Under the settlement, which be approved by the U.S. District Court in Minn., the defendants must pay $352,500 to affected households and pay a civil