JUNE 2009

ANTITRUST

– Delaware federal case (impeding competition with generic drug products).

CIVIL RIGHTS

– New Jersey federal case (blanket strip searches).

CONSUMER

– California state case (marketing materials for real estate purchases).

– California state case (charges for lender placed insurance).

– Illinois state case (discounts for eyeglasses).

– Oklahoma state case (charges for cell phone services).

EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS

- California federal case (misclassification of employees as exempt and thus failure to pay all overtime, and failure to provide meal and rest breaks).

- two New York federal cases (ERISA).

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

ENVIRONMENT

– Pennsylvania state case (removal of mercury regulators).

SECURITIES

– California federal case (false and misleading statements regarding purported financial condition, operations, accounting, etc.).

– Massachusetts state case (breached their fiduciary duties in approving a merger).

– Nevada federal case (falsified financial statements).

– New Jersey federal case (scheme to mislead and deceive investors as to financial condition by overstating net income due to improper accounting).

– New York federal case (false and misleading statements concerning a drug in development).

– Pennsylvania federal case (misrepresentations and omissions concerning alleged improper contingent commission arrangements with insurance brokers).

– Pennsylvania federal case (false and misleading statements about effectiveness of beauty product, the phase of regulatory approval, development of mass-production technologies, and effectiveness of the United Kingdom).

– Washington federal case (false and misleading statements about company’s initial public offering).

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