December 29, 2011
A volunteer fire department in southeastern Kentucky says it will begin collecting fees from subscribers next week. Bell County Assistant Fire Chief David Miracle told the Middlesboro Daily News on Monday that the fee is voluntary and that no one …
December 6, 2011
Attorney Harrison Williams should have made $75,000 for work he did on behalf of a prisoner who filed a lawsuit. Instead, an appeals court ruled, he earned $1.50. The prisoner, who claimed he had his religious rights violated when his …
October 17, 2011
Independent ATM operators are accusing MasterCard and Visa of fixing prices and forcing them to charge consumers set fees. A lawsuit that the ATM operators filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C. claims MasterCard and Visa require them to …
August 8, 2011
While fee recovery by fire departments is nothing new, an increasing number of local municipalities have begun to charge for first responder, primarily fire department, services. Though the types of fees and rates vary considerably, one thing is clear – …