JANUARY - JUNE 2008
IN PROGRESS...
ANTITRUST
– New York state case (overcharge for computer product) [MAY].
CONSUMER
– Arkansas state case (defective home furnishings product) [JUN].
– Arkansas state case (uninsured/under-insured motorist provisions) [JUN].
– Arkansas state case (hazardous and unreasonably dangerous product used in residential, commercial, and industrial structures) [MAY].
– California federal case (computer defect) [MAY].
– California state case (car lease fees) [JUN].
– California state case (false advertising on DVDs) [MAY].
– California state case (reduced playment for claims for emergency services under automobile insurance policies) [MAY].
– California state case (unfair and deceptive business practices for lack of notice about resort fees) [MAY].
– California state case (gift subscriptions to TiVo services) [MAY].
– California state case (backdating of retail installment sales contracts) [MAY].
– Florida state case (medical services payments under automobile insurance policies) [MAY].
– Georgia state case (car purchase fees) [JUN].
– Illinois federal case (text messages) [MAY].
– Louisiana federal case (gasoline additives) [MAY].
– New Jersey state case (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) [JUN].
– Ohio state case (overcharged customers on residential mortgage service) [MAY].
– Oregon state case (claims for payments to medical providers for injuries covered under automobile insurance policies) [MAY].
– Pennsylvania state case (health care program’s capitation program for pharmacies) [MAY].
EMPLOYMENT – DISCRIMINATION
– Illinois state case (African American retail and pharmacy employees) [JUN].
– New York federal case (African American employees subjected to hostile work environment and denied equal opportunities) [MAY].
EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS
– California state case (failure to provide meal and rest breaks, failure to provide split shift pay, failure to reimburse for cost of uniforms) [MAY].)
– Michigan federal case (ERISA case about investing in company stock) [JUN].
– New York federal case (ERISA case about investing in company stock) [JUN].
– North Carolina federal case (ERISA case about investing in company stock) [MAY].
– Ohio federal case (ERISA case about lump sum distributions) [MAY].
– Tennessee federal case (ERISA case about investing in company stock) [JUN].
SECURITIES
– California federal case (backdating stock options) [JUN].
– California federal case (failure to disclose potential lawsuit, potential loss of largest retail customer, and cost of new “dealer-direct” system) [JUN].
– Colorado federal case (falsified financial third quarter results for software license revenues) [MAY].
– Florida federal case (false/misleading information about business plan, capital, expertise, or personnel) [MAY].
– Florida federal case (false/misleading information about existing/future revenues, profitability, valuation of inventory, internal controls) [JUN].
– Florida federal case (false/misleading information about plant operations, profitability, loss of contract) [MAY].
– Illinois state case (breach of fiduciary duty in connection with acquisition of affiliate company) [JUN].
– Massachusetts federal case (backdating stock options) [JUN].
– Massachusetts federal case (false and materially overstated sales, revenues, accounts receivable, and earnings through fraudulent billing and shipping practices) [JUN].
– New Jersey federal case (false/misleading statements related to development of new drug) [JUN].
– New York federal case (concealment of “related-party” transactions for personal benefit) [JUN].
– New York federal case (false/misleading information by overstating revenues and earnings, failure to disclose embezzlement of funds, violation of GAAP) [MAY].
– New York federal case (unusual end-of-quarter transactions; falsely inflated reported sales and earnings) [MAY].
– North Carolina federal case (misstated financial projections) [MAY].
– Oklahoma federal case (false/misleading information about existing condition and future prospects, new technology, customer turnover rates) [MAY].
– Oregon federal case (improper recognizing revenues and reporting gross margins and sales that inflated stock price) [JUN].
– Pennsylvania federal case (failure to disclose canceled contracts, lack of accounting controls, misleading statements to press claiming success and growth) [MAY].
– Tennessee federal case (manipulation of financial results through improper denial or termination of disability claims to meet earnings projections) [JUN].
– Texas federal case (misleading reports about income to inflate stock price) [JUN].
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