A South Florida attorney has been disbarred and ordered to surrender on Nov. 7 to serve 366 days in a Florida prison, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. Broward County Circuit Judge Pedro Dijols convicted and sentenced Anthony …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s amended rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance rates that will become effective Jan. 1. The rate decrease marks the sixth consecutive drop in worker’s compensation rates since 2003, …
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation’s largest municipal utility, agreed to settle a lawsuit by paying $160 million in cash and credits for allegedly overcharging public agencies for more than a decade. The settlement with the …
A Seaford doctor is being sued by the federal government for alleged Medicare fraud. The suit claims family practice physician Hipolito Aguillon submitted more than 2,400 inflated Medicare reimbursement claims between March 2005 and December 2006. He’s also accused of …
Tennessee attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against BlueHippo, claiming the computer sales company unlawfully took $2.6 million from at least 4,500 Tennesseans. The lawsuit says the company Baltimore-based advertised on national TV to target households with poor credit …
Vermont and the secretary of state are seeking to have a federal lawsuit dismissed over the reporting of military absentee ballots. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice asks the court to declare that Vermont failed to meet …
Texas A&M University has settled a lawsuit over the collapse of a bonfire that killed 12 people and injured dozens of others nearly a decade ago. The settlement requires engineering supervision for any future campus bonfire. A&M officials said no …
Fire investigators are trying to determine how powdered milk exploded at a processing plant, sparking a two-alarm fire. Seven fire engines responded to California Dairies Inc., where an explosion Monday blew a hole in the side of a powdered milk …
Maine is one of 15 states that will share in $200 million allocated by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development agency. HUD Secretary Steve Preston on Tuesday announced the allocations for states affected by natural disasters. Maine will receive about …
The Cambridge Historic Preservation Commission is trying to help find a buyer for the J. Benjamin Brown house on High Street. The 18th century home on High Street was heavily damaged in a May 10 arson. City officials ordered in …