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Valencia Company To Pay Over $12 Million For False Claims

Advanced Bionic LLC, a manufacturer of cochlear impact devices and based locally in Valencia, has agreed to pay more than $12 million to resolve allegations of false claims to federal healthcare programs. The $12 million settlement resolves allegations that Advanced Bionic made false claims regarding the results of its radio-frequency (RF) emissions test when applying for approval from the Food ...

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Santa Clarita To Move To District-Based Voting Following City Council Settlement

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On Tuesday, the Santa Clarita City Council announced that the city is to settle a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit and adopt a district-based voting system for future elections.  At the beginning of the regular meeting the council announced the decision to settle a lawsuit filed against the city. All the city council members made it clear that they disagreed ...

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$18.8 Million Lawsuit To Be Paid By Time Warner Cable For False Internet Speeds

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Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Thursday that Time Warner Cable, now known as Spectrum, has to pay $18.8 million in settlements to more than 170,000 consumers, including those in Santa Clarita, who paid for internet speeds they did not receive, officials said. The settlement follows a lawsuit filed by the District Attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego ...

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L.A. County To Settle $585,000 Lawsuit For Firefighter-Involved Crash

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a lawsuit settlement of over $580,000 after a firefighter-involved crash in Canyon Country. In September 2015, a firefighter was responding to an emergency call with lights and sirens activated on Sierra Highway near Whispering Hills Drive, according to a report from the Office of the County Counsel. “The (firefighter) ...

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Palmdale To Pay Record $4.6M Settlement In CVRA Lawsuit

After more than two years of fighting a claim its at-large elections denied minority voters a chance to elect their candidate of choice, Palmdale officials agreed to pay millions and withdraw their appeal.

After more than two years of fighting a claim at-large elections denied minority voters a chance to elect their candidate of choice, Palmdale officials agreed to pay millions and withdraw their appeal. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The city said it was urging state lawmakers to change the California Voting ...

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Santa Clarita, Voting Rights Plaintiffs Face Deadline In Settlement

A former Legacy Christian Academy teacher is suing the private K-8 school in Valencia, claiming harassment, discrimination, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress in a lawsuit that names her former employer, the school’s founder and two administrators.

Santa Clarita attorneys and two city residents who sued the city over an alleged California Voting Rights Act violation are set to meet next month to discuss lingering issues with a settlement agreement, city officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Attorneys from both sides met in court Wednesday, when a ...

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Court OKs Cumulative Voting For Santa Clarita Elections

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge upheld cumulative voting as a remedy for a lawsuit against Santa Clarita claiming the city violated the California Voting Rights Act, officials said Monday. The suit claimed the city was in violation of the CVRA with its at-large elections that disenfranchised minority voters. After a settlement conference, the city and Shenkman & Hughes, the firm representing the plaintiffs, eventually came to terms.

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County System Can’t Handle Cumulative Voting, Local November Elections

Despite Santa Clarita Valley governing boards’ approval of election changes in response to California Voting Rights Act concerns, an outdated county system won’t be able to handle the changes for at least another four years, officials said. “Our current voting system both the devices we use at the polls and, more importantly, the tabulations system we use... can not run a cumulative voting system,” said Efrain Escobedo, governmental and legislative affairs manager for the Los Angeles County’s Registrar-Recorder’s Office. “It’s just the limitations of the technology,” he said, referring to a voting system created in the late 1960s.

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Santa Clarita Questions Legality Of Voting Rights Lawsuit Settlement

Santa Clarita officials questioned the legality of their own settlement in a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit in a briefing filed this week. The filing is a result of Santa Clarita officials’ uncertainty over whether their agreed-upon settlement is legal and feasible, said Joe Montes, Santa Clarita city attorney. “If cumulative voting is not permitted and we’re not allowed to change the election date, then the parties will have to confer again as to how the matter will proceed,” Montes said. “It could mean that the litigation resumes, it could mean settlement talks could have to resume -- that’s just too far off to speculate at this point.”

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4 Santa Clarita Valley School Districts Sent Letters On Voting Rights Act

Four Santa Clarita Valley school districts, Newhall, Saugus Union, Castaic Union and Hart, were sent letters warning of California Voting Rights Act violation by a law firm Saturday. The letter was sent by the law firm Shenkman & Hughes, which represented two plaintiffs in three other similar Santa Clarita Valley lawsuits. The letters come days after the Santa Clarita Community College District disclosed the costliest Santa Clarita Valley settlement terms yet in three lawsuits over similar allegations.

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