MAY 2008
CIVIL RIGHTS
– California federal case (jail strip-search policy).
CONSUMER
– California state case (false advertising about housewares product).
– New Jersey federal case (digital camera defect).
– New Jersey federal case (FDCPA violations of medical bill collections).
– New York federal case (spyware/adware allegations).
– New York federal case (HDTV defect).
– Oregon state case (power company double-billing tax).
– Pennsylvania state case (health care program’s capitation program for pharmacies).
– Pennsylvania federal case (FACTA violations).
– Pennsylvania federal case (FACTA violations).
– Tennessee federal case (pet food contaminant).
EMPLOYMENT – WAGES & BENEFITS
– California state case (misclassifying employees, failure to pay overtime and provide meal and rest breaks).
SECURITIES
– Colorado federal case (falsified financial third quarter results for software license revenues).
– Florida federal case (false/misleading information about business plan, capital, expertise, or personnel).
– Florida federal case (false/misleading information about plant operations, profitability, loss of contract).
– New York federal case (false/misleading information by overstating revenues and earnings, failure to disclose embezzlement of funds, violation of GAAP).
– New York federal case (unusual end-of-quarter transactions; falsely inflated reported sales and earnings).
– North Carolina federal case (misstated financial projections).
– Oklahoma federal case (false/misleading information about existing condition and future prospects, new technology, customer turnover rates).
– Pennsylvania federal case (failure to disclose canceled contracts, lack of accounting controls, misleading statements to press claiming success and growth).
Octagon Publishing, Inc. 1929 18th St. NW, #1138, Washington, DC 20009-1710 (t) 202.213.0430 (f) 202.232.5808
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