While continuing to defend itself against litigation that it falsified diamond certificates, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) announced today that four employees of its New York gemological laboratory have been terminated as the result of a four-month independent review.

The review was conducted by a special committee of the Board of Governors, which surveyed policies and practices currently in place at the lab. The action was prompted by a lawsuit filed by diamond dealer Max Pincione, which named GIA and Vivid Collection among four defendants.

Find out more about the lawsuit in which GIA is acused of issuing false diamond certificates at http://www.nationaljeweler.com/nationaljeweler/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001307753.