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Eizenstat said he hoped the settlement would spawn “a new kind of foreign policy” in which a greater number of legal tools would be available to victims of political oppression and violence...
Originally charged with obtaining the return of religious artifacts confiscated by the Nazis during World War II, Stuart Eizenstat, the fourth winner of the annual award, ultimately constructed a settlement consisting of compensation for forced labor as well as assets seized by the Nazis and their collaborators...
Eizenstat recently wrote the book Imperfect Justice about his experiences negotiating the settlement...
...answer turned out to be simple: perseverance and heaps of cash. Within three weeks, he found a temporary stage for his band. A year later, he had rebuilt his theater for $2.5 million--$1 million more than the insurance settlement. Says saxophonist and bandmate Norman Carlson: "He's always striving to make things work...
...says the government is pleased the lawsuit can go forward. If it succeeds, it won't be the first time the feds have recovered funds to cover the cost of treating implant injuries. A year ago, several agenceis were awarded $10 million as part of the Dow Corning bankruptcy settlement- and also received $100,000 from Inamed, the same company that is the subject of the October FDA meeting. An FDA spokeswoman had no comment on the Medicare lawsuits...