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		<title>Nursing Home Pharmacy Settles Kickback Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13739</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug giant Johnson &#038; Johnson (J&#038;J) continues to make news with a Justice Department investigation into accusations of Medicaid Fraud, announced Business Week. The Justice Department recently settled with Omnicare over kickback allegations to the tune of $112 million.
The massive settlement concerned kickbacks involving the United States’ biggest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare and generic drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Class Action Lawsuit Claims Consumers Were Deceived Over MMS Capability</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13723</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An iPhone class action lawsuit has been filed in Alabama by a consumer who claims Apple Inc. and AT&#038;T Mobility LLC misrepresented the iPhone&#8217;s multimedia messaging service (MMS) capabilities. MMS capability is key for sending text messages accompanied by a photo, video or other form of media.
The complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Whistleblower Tips To IRS Skyrocket Thanks to Bigger Rewards</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/13350</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tax cheats beware!  It looks like a 2006 law that increased monetary rewards for Federal tax whistleblowers is working.  According to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) report detailed by The New York Times, tips about suspected tax cheats owing at least $2 million have jumped more than tenfold.
According to the IRS Web site, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beazer Settles Mortgage Fraud Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/7621</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atlanta-based Beazer Homes USA Inc. has agreed to pay up to $53 million to the government and homeowners to settle mortgage fraud allegations, reported Bloomberg.com, citing the Justice Department.
It seems Beazer’s mortgage unit inappropriately had buyers pay discount points and did not reduce interest rates when processing federally insured loans, said the Justice Department, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning on Fraudulent Swine Flu Cures</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/5904</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a warning to the public about bogus flu products that are targeting consumers via Websites and other promotional devices. The FDA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the alert to consumers to be wary of Internet sites and other promotions for products that claim to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA Sues Aetna, CIGNA Over Out-of-Network Care</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4798</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aetna and CIGNA have been named in a lawsuit filed by the American Medical Association (AMA) over health insurance reimbursement payments.  According to the AMA, the lawsuit charges that Aetna and CIGNA used a flawed database to pay physicians artificially low rates for out-of-network care.
The database in question is operated by Ingenix Corp., a wholly-owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigna, Wellpoint Settle with Cuomo Over Reimbursements</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4769</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellpoint and Cigna, two of the country&#8217;s largest insurers, have as agreed to stop using the much-maligned Ingenix database for determining reimbursements for customers who seek out-of-network care.  Wellpoint and Cigna are just the latest insurers to reach an agreement with New York Attorney General over Ingenix.
The Ingenix database, owned by UnitedHealth Group, is used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Health, HealthNow New York Latest Insurers to Swear Off Ingenix Database</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Buffalo, New York insurers have reached an agreement with the state&#8217;s Attorney General to stop using Ingenix, the reimbursement database owned by UnitedHealth Group.   Independent Health and HealthNow New York Inc. are just the latest insurers to agree to end their use of a database the Attorney General&#8217;s called “a defective system” to calculate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigna and Aetna Named in Ingenix Reimbursement Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4726</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cigna and Aetna  are the latest insurers to be hit with a lawsuit over the Ingenix database, which is used by many large health insurers to determine reimbursement rates.  The lawsuits, filed by the American Medical Association (AMA) and several state associations, claims that the Ingenix database was rigged to underpay doctors on out-of-network claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banco Santander Sued</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4629</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banco Santander is in the middle of a class action lawsuit over the growing Madoff scandal in which investors were swindled out of millions of dollars.  Bloomberg News is reporting that the lawsuit alleges that Banco Santander and others did not conduct sufficient due diligence to prevent losses in funds that invested money with Madoff.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealth Settles Class Action Lawsuit with Doctor Group</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4562</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UnitedHealth Group has settled a class action lawsuit over its Ingenix database.  The $400 million settlement with the American Medical Association (AMA) comes just days after UnitedHealth settled similar charges with the state of New York for $50 million.
United and the largest health insurers in the country rely on a database operated by  Ingenix  -a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealth Group to Pay $50 Million to Settle Claims it Over Charged Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4537</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UnitedHealth Group has agreed to pay $50 million to settle charges that it overcharged millions of customers.  As part of the settlement with the New York State Attorney General&#8217;s Office, UnitedHealth Group will also revise the process that health insurers across the country use to determine reimbursements when members receive services from out-of-network providers.
According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal Bond Bid Rigging Investigation Underway</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4511</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal investigation into bid rigging and other illegalities in the municipal bond business is currently underway, The New York Times reported today.  The investigation has already claimed one political casualty &#8211; former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who withdrew as Commerce Secretary Nominee  amid a federal investigation into how a political donor from California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text Messaging Rates Questioned</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4438</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers may be getting scammed when it comes to cell phone text messaging rates, according to a new report in The New York Times.  As the Times article points out, cell phone carries incur virtually no costs when customers send text messages, yet text messaging rates have doubled over the past several years.
Since 2005, customers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regions Morgan Keegan Facing Slew of Arbitration Claims Over Bond Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4173</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regions Morgan Keegan is facing an avalanche of arbitration claims over  its failed bond funds.  The first wave of Morgan Keegan  arbitration hearings is scheduled to begin later this year, with more to follow early next year. Plaintiff&#8217;s lawyers say 1,000 to 1,500 arbitration cases ultimately could be filed against Morgan Keegan, with potential damages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ike Damage Estimates Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/4089</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A risk assessment group now says damage costs from Hurricane Ike could go as high as $21 billion.  That figure would make Hurricane Ike the third most expensive storm in U.S history, behind Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew.
The new estimate from Risk Management Solutions of $13 &#8211; $21 billion is higher than the $7 &#8211; $21 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Double Dose of Ike and Gustav, Louisiana Seeks to Limit &#8220;Named Storm&#8221; Deductibles</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3961</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As residents of the Gulf Coast work to rebuild after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, lawmakers in one state are working on a plan to protect hurricane victims from massive insurance deductibles.  The plan being considered in Louisiana would limit insurance companies from imposing more than one storm deductible on policyholders in a single season.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scam Artists Prey on Cancer Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3931</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer patients often look to the Internet for emerging trends in cancer treatment, but  many are duped by scams that promise so-called &#8220;cures&#8221; that are anything but, say experts.  Just last month, five companies were charged with making false and misleading claims; settlements were reached with six other companies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Filing Hurricane Ike Insurance Claims Need to Protect Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3901</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike victims in Texas are reportedly facing long waits for meetings with insurance adjusters.  Adjusters are apparently being hindered by the shear number of claims, areas that are still inaccessible and properties with damage so extensive that they require multiple inspections.  Many Hurricane Ike policy holders are understandably anxious to have their insurance claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Group Slams Insurer&#8217;s Stance on Hurricane Ike Storm Surge Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3892</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Texas consumer group is decrying the Texas Windstorm Association&#8217;s recent announcement that it won&#8217;t pay for storm  surge damage from Hurricane Ike. Because storm surge is caused by the winds that accompany a hurricane, the group Texas Watch says that such damage should be attributed to wind.
The total cost from Hurricane Ike is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Insurer Seeks More Money for Hurricane Ike, Says it Won&#8217;t Cover Storm Surge Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3846</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has voted to collect more money from insurance companies to bolster its reserves.  The vote comes on the heels of Hurricane Ike, which could cost the association $4 billion in claims.  There are also indications that a dispute between consumer groups in the state and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ike Claims Expected to Reach $11 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3837</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With refugees from Hurricane Ike returning to their homes to assess damage, insurance companies are bracing for an avalanche of claims.  Some experts estimate that Hurricane Ike could be the third most costly storm in U.S. history, behind Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew
When Hurricane Ike blasted ashore on September 13 as a Category 2 storm, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Gustav Claims Estimated to be as High as $10 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3751</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Gustav insurance claims could reach $10 billion, not as high as was first predicted when the then-Category 3 storm was churning in the Gulf of Mexico.  Fortunately fears that Gustav would be a repeat of  Hurricane Katrina &#8211; which cost insurers $41 billion &#8211; were not realized.
Hurricane Gustav came ashore the Louisiana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amerigroup Settles Medicaid Fraud Charges, Whistleblower Awarded $56.3 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3648</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amerigroup will pay $225 million to settle charges of Medicaid fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. A former Amerigroup employee, Cleveland Tyson, who filed the original lawsuit against the company, will receive $56.3 million of the settlement under federal whistleblower law.
The agreement reached with both the Justice Department and Illinois state officials settles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Alleges Lawnmower Horsepower Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3553</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A class action lawsuit was recently filed in New Jersey charging that manufacturers of lawnmowers have purposely misstated horsepower valuations on their products in order to justify higher prices.   The lawnmower horsepower fraud class action lawsuit alleges that the major retailers and manufacturers of lawnmowers have conspired for the past decade to mislead consumers.
Defendants in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allstate Loses Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit Appeal, $16 Million Verdict Still Stands</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3544</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An appeals court has upheld a bad faith insurance lawsuit verdict against the Allstate Insurance Co., leaving in place a $16 million verdict against the company.  Like the Missouri jury that originally found against Allstate, a three-judge appeals panel did not believe the insurance company&#8217;s assertion that its failure to settle the claims of two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Who Buy Health Insurance Vulnerable to Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3271</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans who buy their own health insurance have very little protection if companies want to deny coverage or raise their premiums when they get sick. A new report published by the consumer advocacy group Families USA says states should do more to protect consumers from insurance companies that will stop at nothing to avoid paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some NY HMOs Impose Consumer Drug Restrictions To Increase Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3136</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report just released this weekend by state Senator Jeffrey Klein (Democrat) reveals that some New York state HMOs restrict patient access to single source drugs or brand name medications for specific ailments that do not have lower cost generic versions.  The report includes a survey of the 15 HMOs with drug plans in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Convinces Some Weary Policyholders to Settle Hurricane Katrina Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3080</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Farm Insurance has settled with more than a dozen policyholders who were suing the nation&#8217;s largest insurer over Hurricane Katrina damage claims.  The settlements were reached with plaintiffs who only last month learned that their lawyers had been barred from representing them because of ethics violations.
State Farm was one of the largest insurers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anthem Blue Cross Faces Lawsuit Over Illegal Cancellations</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2927</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthem Blue Cross is the latest insurer named in a lawsuit over illegally canceled policies.  The Los Angeles City Attorney is charging Anthem Blue Cross with deceptive practices and is seeking $1billion in restitution and penalties from the company.
Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Anthem, formerly Blue Cross of California, canceled policies and illegally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Dismisses Lawyers from Mississippi State Farm Hurricane Katrina Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2857</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers representing State Farm Insurance policyholders in Mississippi suing the insurer over Hurricane Katrina damage claims have been dismissed from the case.  Citing ethical concerns, U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. in Gulfport dismissed a group of attorneys affiliated with Richard &#8220;Dickie&#8221; Scruggs, the well-known lawyer who pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to bribe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auction Rate Preferred Shares Leave Investors Short</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2649</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auction rate preferred shares are the  latest securities to be scrutinized by state regulators.  These investment vehicles were sold by closed-end mutual funds, and lately, many investors have complained they are unable to sell their holdings, which were billed as a short-term investments by the firms that sold them. Once considered safe, auction rate preferred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Net Ordered to Pay $9 Million for Illegally Canceling Breast Cancer Patient&#8217;s Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2628</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Net Inc. has been ordered to pay $9 million to a California woman for illegally canceling her health insurance coverage after it learned she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.   The Health Net fine, levied by an arbitration judge, came one day after the Los Angeles city attorney&#8217;s office announced it would be suing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>401(K) Lawsuits Get Supreme Court OK</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2619</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court gave workers a major victory by allowing them to sue over mismanagement of their 401(k) retirement accounts.  Wednesday’s ruling could affect over 50 million employees with nearly $3 trillion invested in such retirement plans.  The court’s unanimous holding reverses a lower court decision barring individuals from filing 401K lawsuits over losses related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Companies Defrauding Consumers Critics Charge</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2597</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics of the health insurance industry say the gap between what a physician charges and what is reimbursed may be too big.  In response, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing UnitedHealthGroup—the nation’s largest health insurer—and Ingenix, its subsidiary.  Cuomo also launched an industry-wide investigation into health care reimbursements saying that some companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnitedHealthGroup Cheated Customers, NY Attorney General Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2577</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he is suing UnitedHealthGroup—the nation’s largest health insurer and its subsidiary Ingenix.  The New York attorney general also launched an industry-wide investigation into health care reimbursements.  Cuomo alleges that UnitedHealthGroup  manipulated data to cheat consumers, and he believes some insurance companies have been underpaying customers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Title Insurance Price Fixing, Other Fraud Costs Consumers Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2555</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title insurance fraud became a growing problem during the housing boom, and now that the housing bubble has burst, the business practices of title insurance companies have come under increased scrutiny.  Earlier this month, a title insurance fraud lawsuit was filed New York State, alleging that title insurers engaged in price fixing and kickback schemes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wachovia Lawsuit Alleges Bank Knew of Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2546</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wachovia Bank—the nation’s fourth largest—was accused of allowing fraudulent telemarketers to use the bank’s accounts to steal millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims in a 2007 lawsuit.  Bank executives maintained that they were unaware of the thefts, but in newly-released documents from that lawsuit, Wachovia had both long known about allegations of fraud and had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Court Says Insurer Acted in Bad Faith, Orders Company to Pay for Hurricane Katrina Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2063</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Orleans home owner whose home was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina has won an appeal against the home owner’s insurance company that denied his claim.   By ruling against Lafayette Insurance Company, the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has given fresh hope to the thousands of Katrina victims who say their insurance companies acted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Mutual Home Appraisal Probe Grows, as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Subpoenaed</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2004</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loan, is being targeted by the New York State Attorney General’s office for allegedly inflating the appraisals of houses for which it wrote mortgages. Fraudulent appraisals have left thousands of homeowners in that state with mortgages they can’t afford, and such schemes have been blamed for the turmoil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Provides Assistance to Victims of Griffin Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1917</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP is at the forefront of an investigation into identify theft and mortgage fraud that has victimized dozens of people in Queens and Long Island, New York.    The fraud, which has left its victims facing financial ruin, has resulted in two arrests and many more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allstate, State Farm, Other Bad Faith Insurance Companies Rack up Record Profits by Cheating Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1674</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad faith insurance companies like Allstate and State Farm systematically lowball claims, delay paying on them or arbitrarily change the terms of homeowners’ insurance policies in order to limit the amount of money they spend on claims.  According to an article on Bloomberg.com, these practices have left thousands of homeowners in dire financial straits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Issues New Warning About Internet Counterfeit Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1557</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newsinferno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a stern warning today, alerting consumers to the â€œdangers associated with buying prescription drugs over the Internet.â€ The impetus for this latest warning is the discovery that two dozen related websites may be involved in the distribution of counterfeit prescription drugs.
â€œOn three occasions during recent months,â€ says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Investigation of Imported Chinese Food Additives to Expand</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1550</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newsinferno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As fears about melamine contamination continue to grow, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that itâ€™s expanding its investigation of imported Chinese food additives. Initially thought to affect only pet food, there are now concerns that the tainted products have made it into livestock feed and perhaps even human food.
Last month, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dey Pharmaceuticals Settles with State of Massachusetts in Pricing Fraud Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1548</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newsinferno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California-based generic-drug manufacturer Dey LP has reached a $2.9 million settlement with the state of Massachusetts with regard to accusations of price inflation and defrauding of the Commonwealthâ€™s Medicaid program. The company has already reached similar settlements with a slew of other states, including Missouri, Ohio, Connecticut, Nevada, West Virginia, Hawaii, and Idaho, but has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet-Food Recall Expands Yet Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pet-Food Recall Expands Yet AgainA month ago, relatively few people in the United States had ever heard of the chemical known as melamine. Fewer still knew that melamine, a chemical used as fertilizer and in the production of plastics and resin, caused kidney failure in dogs and cats. Unfortunately, people are learning all too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Menu Foods Expands Pet-Food Recall; CFO Dumped Stock</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian pet-food manufacturer Menu Foods has once again expanded its recall of contaminated products after discovering that at least one shipment of tainted wheat gluten made it to its Canadian production facility. In addition, it appears that Menu Foodsâ€™ CFO dumped half of his holdings in the company a mere three weeks before they announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times: Doctors in Bed with Big Pharma</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1500</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New York Times investigative report in todayâ€™s editions has further exposed a dangerous and growing concern within the medical community: physicians with significant financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Research has shown that these financial connections can unduly influence a range of important medical decisions made by doctors, including the crafting of general clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC Issues Update About Salmonella Outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that the number of patients affected by the recent salmonella outbreak has risen to 370, and incidents have been reported in 42 states. The CDC and FDA are asking consumers to refrain from eating all jars of Peter Pan peanut butter, along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Rejects State Farm Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1407</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another apparent legal blow to State Farm Fire &#038; Causalty Co., U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter rejected a Mississippi class-action settlement related to Hurricane Katrina damage, claiming that the proposed settlement favored the needs of the insurance company over those of the policyholders.
Senter asked for more information before he would approve the deal. â€œIn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Agrees to Major Settlement of Mississippi Katrina Cases</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1398</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several weeks of negotiation, State Farm Fire &#038; Casualty Co. has reached an agreement to settle all of its Mississippi lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina. The settlement must now be approved by Judge L.T. Senter, the federal judge who ruled against the company in a damage-liability suit earlier this month. The settlement does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Farm Loses Benchmark Katrina Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1382</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a ruling that may have ramifications on hundreds of other lawsuits, a federal judge in Mississippi declared that State Farm Fire &#038; Casualty Co. is liable for damage to a coupleâ€™s Biloxi home following Hurricane Katrina. While the insurance company is responsible for paying $223,292 in damages to the home, the key part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times: State Farm Nears Settlement with Mississippi Katrina Victims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1377</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in todayâ€™s New York Times, State Farm Fire &#038; Casualty Co. is close to reaching a huge settlement of hundreds of lawsuits related to Hurricane Katrinaâ€™s destruction of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Times said that the $80 million settlement is expected to address 639 lawsuits. In addition, there is also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HP Settles Civil Lawsuit in â€œSpyingâ€ Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1338</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $14.5 million to settle a civil case brought against it by the California Attorney Generalâ€™s office related to the companyâ€™s internal investigations of its board members. The lionâ€™s share of the settlement will be used to establish a Privacy and Piracy Fund that will help state prosecutors fight consumer privacy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katrina Victims Win Latest Court Battles</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1325</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina finally have some good news to celebrate: A U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must resume making housing-relief payments to those displaced by the disaster. In handing down his decision, Judge Richard Leon delivered a sharp rebuke to FEMA and the Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Card Companies Slapped with $336 Million Settlement over Foreign-Currency Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1309</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If youâ€™ve used your credit card overseas at any time during the past eight years, you may have been hit with what credit card companies like to call â€œforeign-currency fees,â€ which can amount to 3 percent or more of the transaction total. However, thanks to a class-action lawsuit challenging that practice, some of that money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Card Controversy; Chargers Beware, Says GAO</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1264</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a time of record-setting consumer debt, the U.S. General Accounting Office has delivered a 109-page report arguing that credit-card issuers have not been clear enough in detailing their intricate penalty schedules to users. Theyâ€™ve recommended that the Federal Reserve take a greater role in ensuring that consumers are well-informed of their cardsâ€™ rates and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Files Federal Action to Stop Web-Based Companies from Selling Consumersâ€™ Confidential Telephone Records</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1141</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 14:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By a vote of 5-0, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it has filed federal court complaints â€œcharging five Web-based operations that have obtained and sold consumersâ€™ confidential telephone records to third parties with violating federal law.â€ http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/05/phonerecords.htm.
According to the FTC, the named defendants in these cases are: 77 Investigations, Inc., and Reginald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixteen Arrested and Charged with Medicaid Fraud that Cost Government Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1139</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 14:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a major cooperative investigation involving the federal Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the New York City Department of Investigations, sixteen people were arrested on Wednesday and charged with conspiring to defraud the government by buying, selling, or renewing Medicaid identification cards.
By selling the cards for up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Indictment Charges Three Men with Fraud in Bogus Stem-Cell Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1130</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 18:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has returned an indictment against three men who allegedly swindled over 600 â€œinvestorsâ€ out of some $6.6 million in connection with the sale of stock in a company that was supposed to be engaged in stem cell research.
According to the nine-count indictment for wire fraud, the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convictions in $45 Million Medicaid-Medicare Fraud Scheme Announced by FDAâ€™s Office of Criminal Investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1106</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has announced that itâ€™s Office of Criminal Investigation (OCI) has been successful in obtaining a sweeping conviction in a massive medical products diversion scheme that defrauded Medicaid and Medicare programs of some $45 million. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01360.html
The convictions were obtained through the efforts of the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Attorney General and FTC Terminate Illegal Spam Operation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1062</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General Bill Lockyer have jointly announced that they have brought â€œa permanent halt to an operation that sent millions of spam messages that violated federal and state laws.â€
According to the FTC release, the settlement â€œwill bar future violations of the spam laws, will require the operators to monitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postbank AG Turns to Electronic Signatures to Combat Phishing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1036</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[â€œPhishing,â€ also called â€œcardingâ€ or â€œspoofing,â€ is a high-tech scam that uses e-mail spam to trick consumers into giving out personal information such as credit card numbers, bank account information, or Social Security numbers.
Phishers typically send deceptive emails that pose as online shopping sites, credit card companies, charities, and even banks, in efforts to trick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Claims Public Being Mislead By Sunscreen Manufacturers Concerning Effectiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1035</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people are now aware that prolonged exposure to the sun is a dangerous proposition. While some sun â€œworshippersâ€ choose to tempt fate (and skin cancer) by toasting themselves for hours without any type of protection in order to attain a â€œgoldenâ€ tan, many millions of others (including parents) use massive amounts of â€œsunscreensâ€ to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSK Agrees to Pay $14 Million to Settle Claim by 49 States that It Fraudulently Delayed the Marketing of Generic Paxil</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1031</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit brought by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on behalf of 49 states has been settled by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
GSK, the worldâ€™s second largest drug company, has agreed to pay 14 million to dispose of charges it fraudulently tried to delay competitors from marketing a generic version of its anti-depressant drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Jury Returns $10.8 Million Verdict against Prominent Seattle Law Firm for Allegedly Placing Its Financial Interests Ahead of Those of Its Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1016</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Class-actions have evolved into a type of litigation that is pursued (and defended) by aÂ limited number of specialized law firms. The targets of this brand of litigation are usually major corporations that are alleged to have caused widespread damage to some identifiable â€œclassâ€ of individuals.
The damages involved in class-actions range from serious personal injuries to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Board Admits Hundreds of Grading Errors on SAT Exam â€“ Damage May Be Beyond Repair, However</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1015</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steven DiJosephÂ 
The college admission process is an extremely stressful experience for high school students and their parents. After grades, complicated applications, and personal interviews are considered by the various colleges and universities, the final decision often comes down to a studentâ€™s SAT scores.
The original SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) began in 1926, when about 8,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stolen Corporate Laptops Continue to Expose Employees and Customers to Financial Loss and Possible Identity Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1012</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laptop computers are convenient and permit businesses of all types to transport enormous amounts of information to conferences, presentations, and other remote locations. Unfortunately, laptop computers are easily stolen or lost and, when one does â€œdisappear,â€ unencrypted data is particularly vulnerable to misuse.
Whether as a result of theft or carelessness, the loss of laptops belonging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Announces Jumpstart Technologies Will Pay $900,000 for Numerous Violations of the CAN-SPAM Act</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1010</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that an Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 civil penalty for violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty yet for illegal spam. The company is also permanently prohibited from its unlawful practices, according to a consent decree signed by the company. (http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/freeflixtix.htm),
According to the FTC, â€œsince July 2002, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Issues Press Release Concerning &#8216;Debt Elimination Program&#8217; that Fails to Deliver Guaranteed Lower Interest Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/1001</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Washington State Attorney General have asked a federal judge to order Debt Solutions Inc. and three other telemarketers in Washington and Florida to stop charging consumers hundreds of dollars for a â€œdebt elimination programâ€ that offers a false promise of substantially reduced interest rates and thousands of dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Spitzerâ€™s War of Words with H&amp;R Block Heats Up, Chances of a Settlement Dim</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/993</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steven DiJosephÂ 
Â 
To be sure there are a number of crusading attorneys general around the U.S. who have battled powerful industries, giant corporations, and financial institutions. Some of the more prominent ones are Bill Lockyer (California), Greg Abbott (Texas), Bill Sorrell (Vermont), Steve Carter (Indiana), Charlie Crist (Florida), and Tom Corbett (Pennsylvania).New York, however, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spitzer Sues H&amp;R Block for Fraud that Bilked Clients in Connection with Sale of Worthless IRAs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/989</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a massive lawsuit brought by New Yorkâ€™s crusading Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, tax preparation giant, H&#038;R Block, has been sued for a number of fraud-related practices in connection with the sale of IRA accounts that were â€œvirtually guaranteed to lose money.â€
The once folksy, consumer-friendly tax service that made its name in storefront outlets across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity Thieves Targeting Younger Victims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/986</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the number of identity theft complaints involving Americans 18 or younger has nearly doubled over the past three years.
The FTC says identity thieves are now targeting kids because itâ€™s easy.
Since children have no credit history, they have â€œcleanâ€ records. In addition, the crime can be hidden for years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Tax Giant HR Block for Fraudulently Marketing IRAs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/980</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer continued his efforts to hold large corporations responsible for unfair business practices by filing suit againt the tax giant HR Block. Spitzer alledges that HR Block aggressively marketed IRA products but failed to tell customers about the fees they received for selling the products. The press release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Software Aimed at Helping Christian Families Block Online Pornography</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/953</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small software company believes many Christian families do not use the Internet because they may inadvertantly encounter pornography. The software uses advanced  screening technology to analyze all images before they are serverd up onto the computer. The company, Family Shield, issued the following press release today that details the software.

Family Shield Launches Pornography [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loss of Corporate Laptops (now Verizon) Continues to Expose Employees and Customers to Possible Identity Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/949</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether as a result of theft or carelessness, the loss of laptops belonging to corporations, financial institutions, data aggregators, schools or colleges, or other large organizations continues to be a subject of great concern in terms of potential identity theft or other illegal use of stored personal information belonging to clients, employees, customers, and students.
Hardly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Loses Unencrypted Personal Data on Over 93,000 Students Contained on Stolen Laptop</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/913</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Metropolitan State College in Denver has apparently lost sensitive personal data on more than 93,000 students as a result of the theft of one of the school&#8217;s laptop computers.
An employee had been using the information, including student names and Social Security numbers, to write a grant proposal at home, where the computer was stolen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Snipermail Owner Scott Levine Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Massive Data Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/883</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summing up the significance of the conviction and sentencing of Scott Levine, the former principal owner of the e-mail marketing company, Snipermail, U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins (Eastern District of Arkansas) said: â€œAt first blush, downloading computer files in the privacy of your office may not seem so terribly serious,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins, of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Legislature Considering Measure to Make Online Dating Services Safer</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/834</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the advent of the Internet, dating services have evolved from a few relatively local businesses with limited membership to a worldwide industry with thousands of subscribers.
Unfortunately, during that time the world has become a more perilous place as predators of all kinds have also embraced the Internet as a means by which to locate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Texas Hits Bogus Immigration &#8216;Expert&#8217; with $10 Million Fine</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/810</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crusading Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbot, has secured a judgment for civil penalties of almost $10 million against Yolanda Perez, a bogus immigration &#8220;consultant&#8221; who misrepresented her credentials and authority to render legal advice and provide services to scores of unsuspecting clients in immigration matters.
The state court judgment was the result of a lawsuit Abbott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Public Integrity Releases Data Showing â€˜Deep Connectionsâ€™ between Bush White House and â€˜Lobbying Industryâ€™</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/769</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Public Integrity, â€œan award winning, investigative journalism non-profit organizationâ€ has done extensive investigative work involving various aspects of the lobbying industry, political action committees, special interest groups, and political contributions.
Though the years, the Center has doggedly pursued the intricacies of the relationship between private sources of money and how it is able [...]]]></description>
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