AUGUST 2009

ANTITRUST

– Vermont state case (price fixing of automotive refinishing paint products).

CONSUMER

- Arizona state case (medical expenses under auto insurance policies).

- California state case (computer accessory failure).

- Kentucky state case (concrete product defect).

- Ohio state case (term life insurance premiums).

EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS

- California federal case (wages for commission-only employees and improper deductions).

- California federal case (failure to pay overtime, minimum wages, and wages due upon termination, and failure to provide meal and rest breaks).

- California federal case (failure to pay all overtime, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and provide accurate time records).

- Michigan federal case (ERISA).

- New York federal case (FLSA & NYLL challenges on behalf of assistant store managers).

- New York federal case (FLSA & NYLL challenges on behalf of restaurant workers).

- Pennsylvania federal case (FLSA & Pa. law challenges on behalf of securities brokers).

SECURITIES

– California federal case (false and misleading statements regarding backlog that artificially inflated stock price).

– California federal case (failure to disclose controlling shareholder had been accumulating excessive inventory).

– California federal case (under-accruing millions of dollars of expenses).

– California federal case (pervasive and intentional accounting fraud overstating financial results in violations of GAAP).

– Massachusetts federal case (false and misleading statements regarding condition of business and risks of potential patent infringement lawsuit).

– Michigan federal case (scheme to make it appear company making more money than reality).

– New York federal case (violations of securities laws by publicizing favorable results of clinical study and concealing unfavorable results).

– Texas federal case (misrepresentations of large contracts and failure to disclose some contracts were not finalized).

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