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Gov. Don Siegelman's administration could file a lawsuit over drug pricing and follow the lead of two other states already in court over an alleged scheme that affects Medicare reimbursements.
MONTGOMERY Alabama is considering following the lead of Nevada and Montana in suing drug companies over what some trial lawyers contend is a bogus pricing scheme that costs the state and consumers tens of millions of dollars.
Washington- Former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay could testify at a Senate hearing Tuesday, a week after pulling out of two scheduled appearances when some in Congress suggested he has engaged in criminal activity.
Washington- Accustomed to toiling unseen, Comptroller General David M. Walker out the spotlight on his congressional watchdog agency with a threat to sue Vice President Dick Cheney for papers about meetings with Enron and other energy companies.
Preston C. Clayton Jr., a resident of Eufaula, has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Houston based Enron Corporation, as well as certain of its officers and directors, and the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson. The complaint alleges numerous violations of Federal Securities Laws, including t…
A former Eufaula insurance agent accused of stealing premiums, forging signatures and falsifying insurance documents now faces six lawsuits in Barbour County.
Preston C. Clayton Jr., a resident of Eufaula, has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Houston-based Enron Corporations, as well as some Enron officers and directors and the accounting firm Arthur Anderson. The complaint alleges numerous violations of federal securities laws, including the issu…
Four Alabama insurance clients are suing Minneapolis-based Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America for fraud for selling “vanishing premium” life-insurance policies that allegedly failed to act as promised.
Barbara Carlisle and her parents sued Whirlpool Financial National Banka and Gulf Coast Electronics, claiming that the companies tried to overcharge them $1,200 for two satellite dishes sold door-to-door in 1995.
Both sides predict that a $581 million jury verdict against a finance unit of Whirlpool Financial National Bank and Gulf Coast Electronics to pay $580 million in punitive damages and $975,000 in compensatory damages to three plaintiffs, who had charged the defendants with consumer fraud in the sale …