Recent Updates
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Class Action vs. Cutera, Inc. Handled by Schiffrin
Class Action News 05/08/2007Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all common stock purchasers of Cutera, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUTR) ("Cutera" or the "Company") from January ...
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Class Action hits Google and YouTube
Class Action News 05/07/2007England's Football Association Premier League Ltd. and independent music publisher Bourne Co., are hitting Google and YouTube with a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging massive copyright infringement and encouraging other content owners whose vide...
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Morgan's wealth group settles bias suit
Class Action News 04/26/2007[##_1L|1000087055.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group has announced it will pay at least $46 million to settle a class action filed by eight current and former female financial advisers and registere...
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Banks hit TJ Maxx owner with class-action lawsuit
Class Action News 04/26/2007The Massachusetts Bankers Association said Tuesday it is filing a class action lawsuit against TJX Companies Inc. after thieves stole data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards used at the retailer's stores over 17 months.The association ...
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Firms face class action suit over tainted pet food
Class Action News 04/25/2007A Boston law firm filed a class action lawsuit against Menu Foods Holdings Inc., Iams Co., Nutro Products Inc., and other firms for supplying contaminated pet food that spawned an outbreak of pet illnesses and deaths. The lawsuit alleges some deaths ...
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Microsoft to pay up to $180 million to settle Iowa suit
Class Action News 04/18/2007Microsoft Corp. agreed Wednesday to pay Iowans up to $180 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company had a monopoly that cost the state's citizens millions of dollars extra for software products.The $179.95 million settlement m...
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Pet Food Recall Results in Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/15/2007A Reno woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the manufacturer of recalled pet food. She claimsIams brand food killed her 20-year-old cat, "Patches." Marion Streczyn seeks unspecified damages from Ontario, Canada-based Menu Foods in the suit filed...
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Federal Court dismisses Vioxx lawsuit against Merck
Class Action News 04/13/2007[##_1L|1228023487.jpg|width="140" height="103" alt=""|_##]A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a class action brought by investors of Merck & Co. Thursday, ruling that the suit was filed after the statute of limitations had run. The investors had...
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Law firm to start $25m class action against AWB
Class Action News 04/13/2007A number of disgruntled current and former shareholders of AWB Ltd are suing the wheat exporter for $25 million over its role in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.Law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman said today that it would begin a shareholder class acti...
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Pet Food Recall Prompts Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/10/2007[##_1L|1392504003.jpg|width="130" height="67" alt=""|_##]Several pet owners have filed a product liability lawsuit against a pet food manufacturer following a nationwide recall of tainted pet food. Lauri Osborne, of Plymouth, Connecticut, and others,...
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Coast Financial Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action News 04/05/2007A class action lawsuit has been filed against Coast Financial Holdings Inc.[ticker: CFHI], the parent company of Coast Bank of Florida, on behalf of purchasers of the bank’s publicly traded securities. The complaint alleges that defendants violated t...
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Enron investors ask Supreme court to review ruling
Class Action News 04/05/2007[##_1L|1364069313.jpg|width="130" height="128" alt=""|_##]Plaintiffs in a $40 billion Enron shareholder lawsuit today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals ruling that sapped the litigation's strength. In a court filing, lawyers for the ...