| Archive for March, 2009March 31st, 2009 by admin NEW YORK—-Kohn, Swift, & Graf, P.C. and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Northern District of California on March 27, 2009 on behalf of all persons who purchased the WFMBS Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR18, 2006-17, 2006-15, 2006-16, 2006-AR19, 2006-18, 2006-20, 2006-19, 2007-1, 2007-PA1, 2007-2, 2007-AR3, … Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 31st, 2009 by admin REGINA – The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has overturned a decision that certified a class-action lawsuit over the drug Vioxx. Read More at The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News… March 31st, 2009 by admin NEW YORK—-Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and Kohn, Swift, & Graf, P.C. today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on behalf of all persons who acquired the 8.5% ING Perpetual Hybrid Capital Securities of ING Groep N.V. [NYSE:IGK ] pursuant to a registration statement and June 2008 Prospectus issued in connection with the … Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 31st, 2009 by admin ATLANTA – A class-action lawsuit on behalf of 16,000 registered sex offenders challenging Georgia’s restrictions on them can proceed under a federal court ruling. Read More at AccessNorthGA… March 31st, 2009 by admin NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – March 31, 2009) – The law firm of Milberg LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of all persons who purchased Class A and/or Class B and/or Class C and/or Class Y shares of the Rochester Fund Municipals (the “Fund”) ( NASDAQ : RMUNX ) ( NASDAQ : RMUBX ) ( NASDAQ : RMUCX ) ( NASDAQ : RMUYX ) … Read More at Marketwire… March 30th, 2009 by admin BALTIMORE, MD–(Marketwire – March 30, 2009) – Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that on February 24, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado consolidated the related securities fraud class action lawsuits filed on behalf of purchasers of Level 3 Communications, Inc. ( NASDAQ : LVLT ) securities during the period between October 24, 2006 and October … Read More at Marketwire… March 30th, 2009 by admin BALTIMORE, MD–(Marketwire – March 30, 2009) – Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Century Aluminum Company (“Century Aluminum” or the “Company”) ( NASDAQ : CENX ) … Read More at Marketwire… March 30th, 2009 by admin SAN DIEGO—-On March 24, 2009, Dostart Clapp Gordon & Coveney, LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, on behalf of all persons who participated in the Voluntary FA Capital Accumulation Program of Citigroup, Inc. and its subsidiary, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. d/b/a Smith Barney against Citigroup, certain directors of Citigroup, … Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 30th, 2009 by admin A federal judge on Monday allowed a class-action case seeking to overturn Georgia’s tough sex offender law to go forward. The judge also barred enforcement of a provision that bans offenders from volunteering at churches. Read More at Atlanta Journal-Constitution… March 30th, 2009 by admin Three law firms, including one in Springfield, are quietly coordinating a possible class action lawsuit against Greenleaf–that’s the local real estate group at the center of a controversial home investment plan. Read More at KSPR Springfield… March 30th, 2009 by admin For the first time, Miami-based Lennar Corp. has been targeted with a class action lawsuit in the growing product liability issue over Chinese drywall. Read More at BizJournals… March 30th, 2009 by admin Bank of America effectively set up a branch in a Long Island office that helped Nicholas Cosmo carry out a $380 million Ponzi scheme, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court, The New York Times?s Leslie Wayne reported. Read More at New York Times… March 29th, 2009 by admin The California Medical Association and the American Medical Association have joined individual physicians and other state medical groups to file a class action lawsuit against health insurance company WellPoint, Inc. Read More at Medical News Today… March 28th, 2009 by admin A class-action lawsuit has been launched on behalf of hundreds of Toronto residents who were forced out of an east-end condominium building after a startling incident earlier this month. Read More at CTV Toronto… March 28th, 2009 by admin (AP:BOULDER, Colo., March 28, 2009) (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) _ The Shuman Law Firm today announced that it has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Insight Enterprises, Inc. (“Insight Enterprises” or the “Company”) … Read More at INO News… March 27th, 2009 by admin WASHINGTON—-The law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC announced today that it has filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of shares of Rochester Fund Municipals from February 26, 2006 through October 21, 2008, inclusive . Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 27th, 2009 by admin PHOENIX—-Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., the largest provider of photo enforcement systems for roads and highways in the U.S., announced that a Texas Federal Court has dismissed in its entirety a class action lawsuit against the company seeking damages for Redflex’s alleged failure to maintain a private investigator’s license. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 27th, 2009 by admin ST. LOUIS—-The law firm of Carey & Danis LLC has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of persons who purchased auction rate securities from H&R Block, Inc. , and H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc., between Aug. 26, 2003 and Feb. 13, 2008 and who continued to hold the securities as of Feb. 13, 2008. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 27th, 2009 by admin PITTSBURGH—-Notice is hereby given by the Law Office of Alfred G. Yates Jr., PC that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of American Express Company , between March 1, 2007 and November 12, 2008, inclusive . Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 27th, 2009 by admin NEW YORK—-Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey , on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. during the period between August 5, 2008 and February 23, 2009, inclusive . Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 27th, 2009 by admin Discount retail giant Wal-Mart earned a spot on the “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women” list this week, despite being embroiled in a record-breaking sex discrimination class action lawsuit. … Read More at About.com… March 27th, 2009 by admin Emageon Inc. , a leading provider of technology solutions for hospitals and healthcare networks, today announced that it and the other named defendants in the putative class action lawsuit that was filed on March 13, 2009 in connection with the proposed acquisition of Emageon by AMICAS, Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding with counsel for the plaintiff. Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance… March 26th, 2009 by admin A lawsuit accusing Microsoft of misleading over its Vista Capable logo program may have renewed life based on the results of a hearing held yesterday. Having previously denied class action status for the original lawsuit because its scope was too broad, US District Judge Marsha Pechman now says she will issue a ruling next week on whether the case can go forward using a narrower class of … Read More at MacNN… March 26th, 2009 by admin BENSALEM, Penn.—-Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Insight Enterprises, Inc. between January 30, 2007 and February 6, 2009, inclusive . Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 26th, 2009 by admin RYE BROOK, NY–(Marketwire – March 25, 2009) – Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP, which has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors and consumers, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Insight Enterprises, Inc. (“Insight” or the “Company”) ( NASDAQ : NSIT ) and certain of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on … Read More at Marketwire… March 26th, 2009 by admin West Publishing has settled a class action suit brought by two former legal-research employees who sued the company for allegedly not paying overtime wages. Read More at Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune… March 25th, 2009 by admin NEW YORK—-Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP has filed a class action complaint, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York , against ING Groep N.V. , certain of its affiliates, officers and directors, and underwriters, on behalf of a class of purchasers or acquirers of 6.375% ING Perpetual Hybrid Capital Securities issued pursuant to or traceable to the Company’s June … Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance… March 25th, 2009 by admin WEST HARTFORD, CT–(Marketwire – March 25, 2009) – The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of those who purchased the securities of Insight Enterprises, Inc. … Read More at Marketwire… March 25th, 2009 by admin COLUMBIA ? The lawsuit a Columbia woman filed against Warren Funeral Chapel in August has been certified as a class-action lawsuit, which means any funeral home client from the past five years might be invited to join the case. Kathy Johnson filed a lawsuit against Harold Warren Sr., Harold Warren Jr. and John Doe Turner, the owner of Rock Bridge Cemetery, for allegedly mishandling her mother?s … Read More at Columbia Missourian… March 25th, 2009 by admin MARKHAM, Ont. – Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:EXE.UN) said Tuesday that a class action suit in Washington state against three of its U.S. subsidiaries has been dismissed. Read More at The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News… | |
