Recent Updates
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Parmalat reaches settlement in US class-action case
Class Action News 05/02/2008Italy's dairy group Parmalat SpA said Friday it will issue new stock valued at more than $36 million to settle a class-action case against it in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York.Under the agreement, Parmalat will issue to class members 10...
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Coughlin Stoia Files Class Action Suit against Arbitron
Class Action News 05/01/2008Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of pur...
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People's may face class-action suit
Class Action News 04/21/2008A New Haven-based law firm dove into the fray over People's United Bank's alleged failure to protect customers' information from Dumpster divers. "We don't comment on pending litigation," said People's spokeswoman Valerie Carlson, of the new lawsuit ...
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Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Class Action
Class Action News 03/13/2008Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of MF Global, LTD. ("MF Global" or the "Company") (NYSE: MF) in its Initial Public Offering on July 1...
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Investor sues SC armored vehicle maker
Class Action News 03/12/2008An investor in an armored vehicle maker has filed a lawsuit claiming several former top executives made millions selling stock while failing to warn shareholders about accounting problems. The suit against South Carolina-based Force Protection on beh...
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Suit certified as class action
Class Action News 03/10/2008Christy Toler of Jeff Davis County was struck by a car March 7, 2005, and sought treatment at the Brown Arrowhead Chiropractic Clinic in Brunswick.Before she arrived at the clinic, she was met by a paralegal for attorney John E. King and signed a con...
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Network Solutions sued for price fixing
Class Action News 02/26/2008[##_1L|1230393116.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Network Solutions is being sued for front-running internet domains. In early January, the well-known domain registrar started self-registering domains that customers search for but don't immed...
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Blu ray Faces Class-Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 02/14/2008It was only a matter of time. Most have known for a while now that Bluray players were designed in different phases. The problem is that the same goes for the discs themselves. This leads to a situation where some players play some movies while some ...
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Sprint Nextel hit with class action
Class Action News 02/08/2008[##_1L|1408281251.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile phone carrier is defrauding wireless consumers. The lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court. “Defenda...
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Sallie Mae slapped with class-action suit
Class Action News 02/05/2008Sallie Mae, which a week ago obtained new financing and ended its court battle over a failed $25 billion buyout of the student lender, is now the subject of a class-action suit. Law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP said it filed a ...
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Class Action Filed Against American Dental Partners, Inc.
Class Action News 02/05/2008The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP:Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of al...
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Class-action settlement big victory for athletes
Class Action News 01/30/2008[##_1L|1103205775.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]As part of a settlement to a federal antitrust suit, the NCAA agreed Tuesday to make available $10 million that will provide supplemental money above the standard athletic grant-in-aid to athle...