Recent Updates
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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action
Class Action News 09/26/2011Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of a proposed class of Allos Therapeutics, Inc. shareholders who held Allos common stock ...
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Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit
Class Action News 09/21/2011A spat involving Safeway and Hawaii coffee growers is still brewing, even after the supermarket giant agreed to change labeling on its Kona blend coffee. A $5 million class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Northern California claiming Saf...
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Court sets aside class-action suit by Costco women
Class Action News 09/21/2011Citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Walmart ruling, a federal appeals court set aside - but did not dismiss - a class-action suit by more than 700 women who accused discount retailer Costco of using an "old-boys' network" to bypass them for promot...
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Class Action Filed Against Former, Current A&P Execs
Class Action News 09/12/2011A class action has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of the securities of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. (A&P) for the period between July 23, 2009, and Dec. 10, 2010. The ...
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Iowa hiring lawsuit begins Monday
Class Action News 09/12/2011Trial in a class-action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against blacks is set to begin in a Polk County District courtroom. Earlier this month, a judge rejected the state's request to throw out the lawsuit against the state. Judge Robert Blink...
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Hundreds in Fla. want out of Chinese drywall deal
Class Action News 09/08/2011Hundreds of Floridians potentially want to opt out of a proposed $55 million federal settlement over faulty Chinese drywall in hopes of pursuing individual lawsuits in state courts, the attorney for two families said Wednesday. The lawyer, David Durk...
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Shareholder class action hits Leighton
Class Action News 09/01/2011Shareholders set to take legal action against Leighton over alleged failures to properly report a $907 million turnaround in financial performance. Law firm Maurice Blackburn on Thursday said it intended to launch a class action against the company, ...
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Shareholder Class Action Filed Against WebMD Health Corp.
Class Action News 08/30/2011The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of pu...
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Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuits
Class Action News 08/26/2011The law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is investigating potential securities law violations as alleged in class action lawsuits brought on behalf of all purchasers of American Depository Shares (“ADS”) of SinoTech Energy Limite...
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Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action
Class Action News 08/25/2011Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Penson Worldwide, Inc. (“Penson Worldwide” or the “Company”) between February 10, 2011 and August 4, 2011, inclus...
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Berman DeValerio Announces Securities Class Action
Class Action News 08/23/2011The law firm of Berman DeValerio filed a securities class action lawsuit today against Miller Energy Resources, Inc. The lawsuit alleges violations of United States securities laws on behalf of purchasers of common stock from December 16, 2009 throug...
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NY court rejects $18M class action writers deal
Class Action News 08/18/2011A federal appeals court in New York has rejected an $18 million class action settlement reached after freelance writers sued publishers. The writers had said their copyrights were infringed upon when their works were reprinted online without permissi...