JULY 2008

CIVIL RIGHTS

– New Jersey federal case (strip search) [JUL].

CONSUMER

– California state case (deceptive marketing of food product) [JUL].

– District of Columbia federal case (uninsured motorist benefits) [JUL].

– Hawaii state case (defective pet food product) [JUL].

– New Jersey state case (failure to provide paid-for real estate service) [JUL].

– Washington state case (deceptive marketing of telephone services) [JUL].

– Washington state case (unauthorized faxes) [JUL].

– Washington state case (unsolicited faxes) [JUL].

EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS

– California federal case (failure to reimburse for business expenses; illegal deductions; forfeiture of vacation benefits; denial of meal and rest breaks) [JUL].

– Florida federal case (failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, and travel time; missed meal and rest breaks) [JUL].

– Minnesota federal case (failure to pay minimum wage and overtime) [JUL].

– Pennsylvania federal case (failure to pay overtime through misclassification) [JUL].

– Pennsylvania federal case (failure to pay overtime) [JUL].

– Texas federal case (failure to pay overtime) [JUL].  

SECURITIES

– Massachusetts federal case (fraudulent scheme to inflate market price of securities through misrepresentations/omissions about drug’s prospects) [JUL].

– Minnesota state case (breach of fiduciary duties by approving a transaction to benefit certain investors over public shareholders; failure to disclose material information) [JUL].

– New York federal case (misstatements regarding valuation of subsidiary company which lead to restatement of financial data) [JUL].

– Texas federal case (failure to disclose practice of “backdating” stock options) [JUL].

– Texas federal case (false/misleading statements about fixed assets, internal controls, net income projections; violations of GAAP and other accounting irregularities) [JUL].

– Virginia federal case (failure to include information on impact of foreign exchange rates on revenue) [JUL].

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