Recent Updates
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Class action lawsuit filed against Virgin Mobile USA
Class Action News 01/17/2008Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased the common stock of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. ("Virgin Mobile" or the "Company") pursuant or traceable to the Company's ...
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Another Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Fernley Flood
Class Action News 01/15/2008Three law firms have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of victims of last weekend's Fernley flood - the second such complaint in two days.In their suit filed Friday in Lyon County District Court in Yerington, the Reno firms of Maddox & Assoc...
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Banks Targeted by Italy's First Class-Action Suit
Class Action News 01/10/2008Consumer group Adusbef plans to fight Italian banks' use of a certain type of compound interest on loans, in what could lead to Italy's first class-action lawsuit, a statement from the group said.A recently enacted law will allow class-action lawsuit...
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De Beers Diamonds Settles Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 01/10/2008If you bought diamonds over the last decade, you might be entitled to some money back.The mining company De Beers is settling a $295 million class action lawsuit.De Beers was accused of fixing diamond prices and monopolizing the market. The case invo...
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Drug-maker Faces Class Action Over Zimulti
Class Action News 01/09/2008A class action lawsuit has been filed against pharmaceutical powerhouse Sanofi-Aventis alleging that the company hid data concerning adverse events associated with their obesity medication Zimulti. The French company allegedly concealed data showing ...
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Darden settles 2 class-action lawsuits for $4 million
Class Action News 01/08/2008Darden Restaurants paid $4 million to settle two class-action lawsuits that had been brought by California employees of Red Lobster and Olive Garden, the Orlando-based company reported in a government regulatory filing late last week. Settlement of t...
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Sanofi says to fight class action bid
Class Action News 01/04/2008Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis, the target of a lawsuit seeking class-action status filed on behalf of shareholders, on Friday vowed to fight allegations it hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia. A Sanofi-Aventis spokesman told Reuters tha...
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Travelers Cos. class action suit settled
Class Action News 01/02/2008[##_1L|1356684586.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Florida, eight other states and the District of Columbia announced they have reached a settlement with the Travelers Cos. in what they said was a "pay-to-play" scheme orchestrated by insurance ...
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Search Giants Face Class-Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 01/02/2008Legal partnership Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro (HBSS) has announced that it has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against Google and Yahoo! along with several other popular websites for damages. The class-action lawsuit relates to the searc...
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Stuck Passengers Sue American Airlines
Class Action News 01/01/2008Two passengers who were kept aboard American Airlines jets on the ground for more than nine hours in 2006 have sued the airline, saying they deserve compensation for being imprisoned against their will. The plaintiffs, Kathleen Hanni of Napa, Calif.,...
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Travelers Cos. settles class action suit
Class Action News 12/31/2007Property-casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. said Monday it settled a class action lawsuit for an undisclosed amount, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The lawsuit, brought by certain shareholders of the company, alle...
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Basin Water in Rancho Cucamonga sued by shareholders
Class Action News 12/27/2007A San Diego law firm has launched a class-action suit against Rancho Cucamonga-based Basin Water Inc., alleging that it misled shareholders, causing the company's stock price to rise to inflated heights, leading to losses for investors when the stock...