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Los Angeles Times: Chase’s failure to respond to his lawsuit in a timely manner may cost it a $2 million judgment.

New York Times investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich will be part of a special symposium on “Medical Radiation and Patient Safety” at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting in Philadelphia.

New York Law Journal: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will settle remaining gender bias claims by employees who had alleged they were discriminated against in pay, promotion and in pregnancy policies.

New Jersey Law Journal: STi Prepaid has agreed to pay $8.4 million to settle a class action suit after allegations their prepaid calling cards did not provide the number of minutes advertised.

Associated Press: The lawsuit says consumers agreed to two-year contracts with AT&T when they purchased their iPhones, but were in effect locked into a five-year relationship with AT&T because of a secret agreement the company had with Apple.

Riverside Press-Enterprise: The recount will start in Riverside County, with precincts in Indio, Cathedral City and Blythe.

Los Angeles Times: A Humboldt County jury ordered national nursing home chain Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. to pay $670 million in damages after finding the chain’s 22 assisted-living facilities in California were understaffed in violation of the state health code.