Kentucky

Coal Company Agrees to $20M Fine for Water Pollution
A U.S. coal company will pay the largest civil fine ever levied under the Clean Water Act, after committing wastewater discharge violations for at least seven years. Massey Energy Company, Inc...

"Feds question court employees; Probe focuses on relationship between judge, Massey CEO"
"Feds question court employees; Probe focuses on relationship between judge, Massey CEO": Friday's edition of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette contained an article that begins, "Investigators from the FBI and the U...

"Court rules deal violated BP blast victims' rights; $50 million fine in plea bargain for refinery deaths yet to be approved"
"Court rules deal violated BP blast victims' rights; $50 million fine in plea bargain for refinery deaths yet to be approved": Today in The Houston Chronicle, Mary Flood has an article that begins, "A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the rights of victims of the 2005 BP explosion in Texas City were violated by Houston federal prosecutors and a judge, but the plea bargain they object to remains on the table...

"Massey case returns to Supreme Court today"
"Massey case returns to Supreme Court today": The Associated Press provides a report from West Virginia that begins, "Arguments over a $76 million judgment against Massey Energy Co...

"W.Va. court won't hear appeal in Massey case"
"W.Va. court won't hear appeal in Massey case": Yesterday's edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contained an article that begins, "The parent of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel won an important victory yesterday when the West Virginia Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the $220 million judgment the struggling steel company won last summer from Massey Energy...

Judge Imposes Record Fine in Spamming Case
A district court judge fined two notorious spammers $230 million for flooding MySpace email accounts with unwanted advertisements for porn and other activities. Judge Audrey Collins imposed the record fine under the terms of the CAN-SPAM Act against Sanford Wallace...

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Petroleum Storage
Hess Corp. to pay $1.1 million fine.

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million