FEBRUARY 2009

CIVIL RIGHTS

– New Jersey state case (blanket strip searches).

CONSUMER

– California federal case (health insurance software problem).

– California state case (car sales above MSRP).

– Illinois federal case (ATM fee notices).

– Illinois federal case (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act).

– New Hampshire state case (credit insurance on motor vehicle loans).

– New Hampshire state case (mortgage insurance discount).

– New York federal case (television product defect).

– Pennsylvania state case (personal property losses under homeowner policies).

EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS

– California state case (failure to pay minimum wage and overtime wages).

– Pennsylvania state case (failure to pay overtime wages).

MASS TORTS

– Kentucky federal case (damages from train derailment).

SECURITIES

– California federal case (false/misleading statements about significant customer’s slowing demand for product).

– Colorado federal case (misleading statements about prospects for new drug candidate).

– Connecticut federal case (false/misleading statements about core business and success of acquisition).

– Michigan federal case (false/misleading statements about business and financial condition).

– New York federal case (artificially inflated values for stamps).

– New York federal case (misstatements and bad accounting practices arising from accounting for deferred tax assets).

– New York federal case (sham company).

– Tennessee federal case (false/misleading statements about product defect).

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