Financial speculators are investing money in “nuclear verdict” court cases in hopes of walking away with millions in settlement dollars — often in trucking. It’s ghoulish. It’s wrong. And it needs to be stopped.
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While Cummins did not admit to any wrongdoing, it agreed to pay a hefty penalty to settle the government's allegations that the engine maker violated the Clean Air Act by installing emissions defeat devices on hundreds of thousands of diesel engines in Ram trucks.
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Covenant Transport and a wholly owned subsidiary have agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice, which said the companies discriminated against non-U.S. citizens by demanding specific documents to prove their permission to work.
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The Department of Justice announced on April 25 that Celadon Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $42.2 million in restitution for filing materially false and misleading statements to investors and falsifying books, records, and accounts.
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Detroit Diesel Corp. will pay $28.5 million, in a combination of fines and funding for pollution-reduction projects, to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
Read More →Con-way Freight said it's "disappointed" that the U.S. Department of Justice filed a suit involving a Naval reservist who complained about his employment re-instatement, claiming it tried its best to accommodate the former serviceman, including creating a new position for him.
Read More →The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Monday against the trucking company Con-Way Freight alleging the company violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by failing to promptly reassign Naval Reservist Dale Brown to his former position as a driver
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