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Credit card receipt rule leads to class-action suits
Class Action News 12/05/2007[##_1L|1063089983.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]A law to protect against identity theft has spawned more than 300 class-action lawsuits across the country. The lawsuits claim merchants failed to remove both the expiration date and sufficient...
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Fosamax Users Seek Class-Action Status
Class Action News 12/01/2007Lawyers for Fosamax users who believe their jaws were damaged by the osteoporosis drug on Friday asked a federal judge to order Merck & Co. to provide a dental monitoring program for the drug's users.The lawyers made the suggestion to U.S. Distri...
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75,000 Walmart Employees File Class Action
Class Action News 11/30/2007More than 75,000 current or former Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) employees in the State of Washington will receive letters over the next several days notifying them that they are part of a statewide class action lawsuit against the nation’s largest private emp...
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Ericsson LM Telephone Co. Class Action Filed
Class Action News 11/30/2007Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C., a law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, announces that a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise a...
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Virgin Mobile USA faces class-action lawsuit
Class Action News 11/29/2007[##_1L|1307033860.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Shareholders who lost money after investing in Virgin Mobile USA have filed a class-action lawsuit against the mobile phone company. Virgin Mobile USA began as a 50:50 joint venture between Spr...
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JDSU Wins Class Action Jury Verdict
Class Action News 11/27/2007JDSU today announced that a jury has ruled in favor of the Company on all claims in a securities class action lawsuit filed by Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern Distr...
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The Rosen Law Firm Files Securities Class Action
Class Action News 11/17/2007The Rosen Law Firm today announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all purchasers of Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc. ("IEAM" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IEAM) (formerly IEAM.OB) stock during the period from November 14, 2...
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Milberg Weiss Investigates 401(k) Savings Plan
Class Action News 11/14/2007The law firm of Milberg Weiss LLP is investigating possible illegal conduct relating to The First American Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan. Specifically, Milberg Weiss is investigating whether certain fiduciaries of the plan may have violated the Emp...
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Peterson & Associates Advises Defibrilator Users
Class Action News 11/14/2007Kansas City basedlaw firm, Peterson & Associates, P.C. (www.petersonlawfirm.com), is advising of recent news indicating the critical effects and possible death to those whom have a Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator with faulty leads. The FDA...
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Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 11/13/2007Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Office Depot, Inc. ("Office Depot" or the "Company") between April 26, 2007 and October 26, 2007 (the "Class...
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Warner Chilcott Settling Class-Action
Class Action News 11/13/2007Specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Ltd. said Friday it reached a tentative settlement in an antitrust lawsuit involving its contraceptive Ovcon 35.The settlement is part of a class-action lawsuit brought by direct purchasers, the compan...
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Office Depot Faces Purported Class Action Suit
Class Action News 11/06/2007Shareholders of Office Depot Inc. (ODP) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida against the company seeking class-action status and damages for alleged violations of federal securities laws.Saxena White P.A., representing shareholders that acquir...