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A class action lawsuit was filed against The Children’s Place by Gene Stonebarger of Lindsay & Stonebarger Law Firm, on behalf of their client for violating the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 that states a retailer cannot request and record personal identification information from customers who use credit cards.

Queen’s Bench Justice Catherine Dawson recently declared the lawsuit of a group of retired Saskatchewan government employees who say they were shortchanged millions of dollars on their pensions, as a class action.

$13.25 million settlement was approved for University of California in a securities fraud lawsuit stemming from the 2002 collapse of WorldCom Inc. against Citigroup Inc., the world’s largest financial services company, which had been an underwriter of the bankrupt long-distance company

$13.25 million settlement was approved for University of California in a securities fraud lawsuit stemming from the 2002 collapse of WorldCom Inc. against Citigroup Inc., the world’s largest financial services company, which had been an underwriter of the bankrupt long-distance company

United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, approved the $6 million settlement of a shareholder class action lawsuit against Sipex Corporation and a former director/officer.

US District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram has approved a $2.65 billion class-action settlement which resulted from lawsuits brought by shareholders who complained that AOL improperly accounted for dozens of advertising transactions, inflating revenue for 15 quarters between 1998 and 2002, against AOL and Time Warner.

Settlement of class action and derivative shareholder lawsuits has been announced by Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX). The settlement will be of $10.6 million, of which $7 million will be paid by the Company’s insurance carriers and $3.6 million will be paid by the Company.

State judge approved a $10 million class action settlement that would reimburse unions, employers and health plans for money spent on the recalled cholesterol drug Baycol, against German drugmaker Bayer AG

Federal Court jury awarded $2.65 million in a malpractice lawsuit which found Dr. William Steven Auriemma responsible for the death of Nancy F. Wilson.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida by the law firm of Faruqi & Faruqi on behalf of all purchasers of PainCare Holdings, Inc. (”PainCare” or the “Company”) (AMEX:PRZ) securities between August 27, 2002 through March 15, 2006, inclusive (the “Class Period”) for [...]