JANUARY 2009

CONSUMER

– California state case (false claim about computer product).

– California state case (personal data breach).

– California state case (unreasonable/unconscionable uninsured patient prices).

– Florida state case (cruise ship itinerary).

– Georgia state case (car loan insurance).

– Illinois federal case (unauthorized text messages).

– Minnesota state case (predatory mortgage lending).

EMPLOYMENT – DISCRIMINATION

– New York federal case (African-American sales agents).

EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS

– California federal case (failure to pay minimum wage).

– California state case (failure to provide meal and rest breaks by misclassifying employees).

– California state case (failure to provide meal and rest breaks).

– New Jersey federal case (ERISA challenge for limitations to health coverage).

– New York federal case (failure to pay overtime/fluctuating work week).

– Pennsylvania federal case (ERISA challenge over pension vesting).

SECURITIES

– California federal case (alleged scheme to defraud shareholders by misclassifying normal operating expenses as restructuring costs, improper revenue recognition practices, inflated company’s cash levels, etc.).

– California federal case (misstatements relating to company’s financial condition and acquisition of competitor).

– Colorado federal case (false/misleading statements or omissions about wireless company contract, capacity utilization and demand, sales pipeline, specific customers, and management transition).

– Georgia federal case (false/misleading statements about customer churn rates).

– Idaho federal case (misstatements and omissions about halloysite clay business).

– New Jersey federal case (misstatements and omissions about acquisition of assets and concealment of significant risks underlying business model).

– New Jersey federal case (misrepresentations about potential liability).

– New York federal case (false/misleading statements about publicly reported financial results).

– New York federal case (false/misleading statements about contingent commissions).

– New York federal case (failure to disclose declining sales of company’s products, in particular its sales to largest customer).

Octagon Publishing, Inc.  1929 18th St. NW, #1138, Washington, DC 20009-1710 (t) 202.213.0430 (f) 202.232.5808

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