WorldCom settlements have finally been approved: NEW YORK – A federal judge Wednesday approved legal settlements that will return more than $6.1 billion to investors who lost money in the massive WorldCom accounting fraud. The deals, approved by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, will divide payments among approximately 830,000 people and institutions that held stocks…
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Google accused of copyright infringement
Google announced its library initiative late last year. The initiative involves scanning and indexing books from the New York public library and university libraries at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and Michigan. Sounds great, right? Well, not for the copyright-holding authors… NEW YORK – An organization of more than 8,000 authors accused Google Inc. Tuesday of “massive…
Wal-Mart Facing New Class Action Lawsuit
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against against Wal-Mart for sweatshop. The world’s largest retailer has been charged with overlooking labor abuse at factories run by its suppliers in several countries: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Workers in six countries filed a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday, claiming the world’s largest…
Huge toenail bill prompts class action lawsuit
From fungus to fiasco… SEATTLE – A lawsuit challenging a hospital’s $1,133 bill to clip a toenail and run tests has been certified as a class action that could include other patients charged similar fees by the hospital. Lori Mill is challenging a $418 fee included in the bill for “miscellaneous hospital charges” because she…
More trouble for Abercrombie & Fitch
Lawsuits accuse Abercrombie & Fitch of misleading shareholders: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Three lawsuits filed in recent days against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. accuse the casual clothing retailer of misleading stockholders about its profits. The suits in U.S. District Court allege the suburban Columbus company violated securities laws by announcing sales increases without also revealing that…
$75 million pollution settlement in Jacksonville, FL
The Austin Business Journal is reporting that an Austin attorney has helped people in Florida win a $75 million settlement in a toxic-ash case. Here’s the article: Austin attorney Tommy Jacks says he helped settle a toxic-ash lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville, Fla., for $75 million. Jacks — whose Jacks Law Firm and two…
Breakdown of Vioxx suits
Here’s a breakdown of the Vioxx-related suits filed so far: More than 5,000 product liability lawsuits, nearly all of them personal injury lawsuits, have been filed against Merck. They include: _1,811 federal lawsuits consolidated for pretrial coordination to streamline steps common to the cases, such as document gathering and witness depositions. _More than 290 federal…
Class action against Microsoft (again)
Anthony Lin of the New York Law Journal has written about the latest antitrust class action against Microsoft: A Manhattan judge has certified a class action suit against Microsoft Corp. on behalf of consumers who charge they were harmed by the software maker’s anti-competitive conduct. Supreme Court Justice Karla Moskowitz ruled the plaintiffs in Cox…
Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Against Buca, Inc.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — The law firm Seeger Weiss LLP, www.seegerweiss.com, announces that yesterday it filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on behalf of: a class consisting of all persons who purchased the common stock of Buca, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUCA) (“Buca” or the…
Boy sues after being cut from HS b-ball team
The Ark Valley News is reporting that the parents of a boy who was cut from his high school basketball team are suing the local school district: A Valley Center family has filed a lawsuit against U.S.D. 262, alleging discrimination based on race in the high school basketball program. Teresa Garvey, whose son Joe is…