A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay US$5 million to the state attorney general's office and thousands of Washington patients, according to a federal consent decree.
A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay US$5 million to the state attorney general's office and thousands of Washington patients, according to a federal consent decree.
"The cooperative settlement, while not admitting fault and resolving claims asserted by both sides, allows Allure Esthetic to continue to focus on its core mission of providing compassionate care to patients," O'Leary said. According to the lawsuit, the company also rigged "best doctor" competitions hosted by local media outlets, kept tens of thousands of dollars in rebates intended for patients and altered before-and-after photos of procedures on patients.Allure threatened to sue and did sue some patients if they did not take down negative reviews, according to the complaint. In some instances it offered patients cash and free services or products in exchange for taking down negative reviews.
An eastern Ontario doctor facing four charges of first-degree murder and negligence causing death in connection with the deaths of four seniors at a Hawkesbury hospital was acquitted on all charges at the Ottawa courthouse on Tuesday.Ontario police seize over $1M in cocaine, $300K in cash in major drug bust
They set off around the world on a motorcycle and 'fell off many times.' Now they’re in the record books Merih Demiral scored twice to send Turkey into the European Championship quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Austria on Tuesday.CDK Global said 'substantially all' of the nearly 15,000 car dealerships that use its software across North America are back online to its core management system, almost two weeks since a cyber incident caused a software blackout.
An eastern Ontario doctor facing four charges of first-degree murder and negligence causing death in connection with the deaths of four seniors at a Hawkesbury hospital was acquitted on all charges at the Ottawa courthouse on Tuesday.Ottawa Paramedics say one man was taken to hospital in critical condition and another suffered serious injuries after an overnight shooting in the ByWard Market.
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