Vermont sues OneCare for hiding payroll - Seven Days
The organization charged with bringing cost reduction and transparency to Vermont’s health care insurance system has been sued by the State of Vermont because it won’t provide its own payroll records.
Read moreStamford to consult lawyer over State of Emergency termination - True North
The Town of Stamford is talking with a lawyer about how to proceed with its termination of Phil Scott’s State of Emergency within town limits.
Read moreVermont fertility doctor impregnated patient with his own sperm, suit alleges - VT Digger
A now-retired fertility doctor is being sued for impregnating a patient with his own sperm. The daughter of one of his patients is suing Dr. John Boyd Coates and is running newspaper ads looking for half-siblings.
Read moreTown of Stamford suing Scott over emergency measures - VPR
The tiny town of Stamford on the Massachusetts border says state law gives towns the right to overrule the governor’s emergency orders. The guv’s lawyer says that’s not so. Who’s right?
Read moreDespite Stamford defiance of emergency order, State “on very solid constitutional ground,” Scott insists - Vermont Daily
Gov. Phil Scott said today he and his legal team “feel we are on very solid ground constitutionally” after the Town of Stamford voted Tuesday night to defy the governor’s emergency pandemic orders.
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Surgical mask price-gouging case settled; company must provide 90,000 masks
Attorney General TJ Donovan today announced a settlement of the Consumer Protection Act enforcement action brought to stop a price-gouging scheme involving surgical masks by Big Brother Security Programs, Inc and its owner Shelley Palmer. The settlement required the defendants to provide nearly 80,000 units of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) and 10,000 units of PPE to the State of Vermont for distribution throughout the state.
Read morePawlet wants judge to rule in Slate Ridge alleged zoning violation - VT Digger
A judge is expected to rule in February if the Slate Ridge firearms training center in Pawlet lacks the necessary zoning permits.
Read moreAG Donovan joins Facebook lawsuit
Attorney General T.J. Donovan and a bipartisan coalition of 47 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging that the company illegally stifles competition to protect its monopoly power.
Read moreVT to receive $354,000 for Home Depot data breach - VT Business Magazine
A 2014 Home Depot customer data breach has resulted in a $354,000 payment to the State of Vermont.
Read moreKilburn family files wrongful death suit against Burlington cop, chief, mayor - Seven Days
After patiently asking a man to drive away from the UVM Medical Center ER, the cop blew his cool. He angrily used a four-letter word. The man then punched the cop. The cop punched back. Days later the man died. Now the man’s family is suing for wrongful death.
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