Recent Updates
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Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Opteum Inc.
Class Action News 10/10/2007The 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 Southern District of Florida on behalf of...
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Judge allows class action over Target Web site
Class Action News 10/05/2007[##_1L|1012708504.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging that Target Corp. is breaking California and federal law by failing to make its Web site usable for the blind. The plaintiffs ...
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Target Lawsuit Given Class-Action Status
Class Action News 10/03/2007[##_1L|1174327420.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging that Target Corp. is breaking California and federal law by failing to make its Web site usable for the blind. The plaintiffs f...
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Class action suit against CPR over TCE leak
Class Action News 10/03/2007[##_1L|1237521364.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]The Alberta Court of Appeal has approved a class action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) by residents of the Ogden area of Calgary, who are suing CPR for contaminating groundwater...
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Refco Shareholders Sue Law Firm Over IPO
Class Action News 10/02/2007[##_1L|1249220135.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Refco Inc. shareholders on Monday sued the Chicago law firm that advised the company in its $583 million initial public offering in 2005, saying it knowingly participated in a fraud that "cost...
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Apple Facing Class-Action Suits over iPhone Locking
Class Action News 10/01/2007[##_1L|1332181999.jpg|width="200" height="150" alt=""|_##]Apple has released a new update for the iPhone that turns it into a brick if the user runs the hack software on it that allows it to be used on any network. This of course has not pleased many...
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Class Action Lawsuit Against LCA-Vision Inc.
Class Action News 09/26/2007[##_1L|1058189669.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of shareholders who purchased the common stock of LCA-Vision Inc. ("LCA" or th...
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IMergent Agrees to Settle Class Action
Class Action News 09/21/2007[##_1L|1301042472.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]E-commerce software provider iMergent Inc. said Friday it has entered into a memorandum of understanding to settle a class action lawsuit against the company for $2.8 million. IMergent expects ...
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Market volatility spurs class action
Class Action News 09/14/2007[##_1L|1031923057.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Employees participating in Countrywide Financial Corporation's 401(k) plan have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the firm lost millions of dollars of their pension money during the recent ...
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EMC Faces Class-Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 09/13/2007[##_1L|1292332092.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]EMC Corp. could face a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit, if a judge opens an existing case up to other female EMC workers, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Two women filed...
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Tarragon faces class action suit
Class Action News 09/12/2007[##_1L|1165540786.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]A San Diego law firm said it filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against Tarragon Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Tarragon's ...
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Judge OKs final settlement in Sprint class action
Class Action News 09/10/2007[##_1L|1034064117.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]A federal judge in Kansas approved a final settlement in a class-action lawsuit between Sprint Corp. and nearly 1,700 former employees who claimed they were laid off because of their age. The ...