California Public Utilities Commission, August 10, 2023

"The Settling Parties estimate the total value of the Settlement Agreement to be approximately $600 million in penalties, rebates, and amounts that SoCalGas agrees it will not try to recover in this or future proceedings … The Settlement Agreement includes a net fine of $71 million.” (pp. 13, 44)." Read More

KCET, August 11, 2023

"According to the CPUC, the settlement agreement announced Thursday requires SoCalGas to pay $71 million in to the Aliso Canyon Recovery Account … [A]ny request by SoCalGas for rate increases over the next five years must include an attestation from the company that the hikes will not be used to offset the costs of any of the specified Aliso Canyon-related expenses listed in the settlement.

Those expenses include roughly $126 million in government agency settlements, $462 million in costs of housing displaced residents during the leak, $108 million for a study of the leak's causes and $376 million for attorneys, litigation and other regulatory costs." Read More

Silicon Valley Voice, April 14, 2023

“In 2019, Bloom Energy sued Santa Clara challenging the City’s authority to require use permits and CEQA reviews for fuel cell projects. Instead of going to court over the issue, the two sides have worked out a tentative agreement [mediated by Fairbank ADR]. While the exact details are not available to the public, the City says as part of the deal, Santa Clara would agree to introduce an ordinance removing conditional use permit requirements for fuel cells.“ Read More

Law 360, June 18, 2020

"MedMen said Wednesday that it reached a 24 million-share settlement with investors who alleged the founders of the onetime industry darling lined their pockets through 'brazen self-dealing.' Cofounder Andrew Modlin also stepped down as an observing member of the board, the company said." - Jack Queen Read More

Business Wire, June 17, 2020

“MedMen also announced today that a settlement has been reached to resolve the litigation between MMMG-MC Inc. (BVI), Brent Cox, Omar Mangalji, et al. (“Claimants”) and various parties, including MedMen.” Read More

Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 14, 2018

"A longstanding dispute stemming from the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant ended last month when plant owners and consumer attorneys agreed to a settlement that will save ratepayers $775 million in costs related to the 2012 shutdown." - Mark Armao Read More

Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2018

"Five months after owners of the failed San Onofre nuclear plant agreed to slice hundreds of millions of dollars from the cost to ratepayers of the 2012 breakdown, a California Public Utilities Commission judge has endorsed the proposed settlement." - Jeff McDonald Read More

Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2018

"Plant owners and consumer attorneys have struck a bargain in the long-running dispute over who pays for the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant. Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric agreed to shave $775 million from the multibillion-dollar pact that allowed them to charge millions of ratepayers for the plant in northern San Diego County, which shut down in January 2012 amid a radiation leak." - Jeff McDonald Read More

San Diego Tribune, January 10, 2018

"Three-plus years after state regulators permitted Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to start charging consumers billions of dollars for the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant, utility executives and consumer advocates appear to have settled a long-running dispute over premature closure costs." - Jeff McDonald Read Mor

San Diego Tribune, July 26, 2018

"Four years after approving a plan that charged ratepayers billions of dollars for the premature closing of the San Onofre nuclear plant, state utility regulators adopted a new deal Thursday that trims about $750 million from consumers’ electricity bills." - Jeff McDonald and Rob Nikolewski Read More

Commercial Carrier Journal, May 8, 2019

"C.R. England has entered into a $37.8 million class action settlement agreement with 17,519 drivers to end a 2011 lawsuit over its independent contractor and truck lease program." - Jill Dunn Read More

Transport Topics, April 29, 2019

"The settlement, which was achieved with help from a mediator, comes seven years after drivers Kenneth McKay and Charles Roberts filed a lawsuit in May 2011 on behalf of a class of independent contractors..." - Daniel P. Bearth Read More

The Hollywood Reporter, July 17, 2018

"The settlement comes in a lawsuit over customers who bought a box set advertising "all" Bond films who didn't get 'Casino Royale' and 'Never Say Never Again.'" - Eriq Gardner Read More

Law 360, May 8, 2017

"THQ Inc. and two executives have agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle class allegations that they misled investors before a failed plan to expand a Nintendo Wii accessory to other gaming platforms." - Cara Salvatore Read More

SB Wire, April 25, 2017

"A settlement was reached with the defendants in the lawsuit filed on behalf of certain investors of Quiksilver Inc over alleged securities laws violations and a deadline to submit the settlement claim is upcoming." Read More