Phil Law Weblog

Dell class action lawsuit settlement for $17 million has been granted final approval by a Federal Court in Tacoma, Washington.

Australia’s first-ever cartel class action lawsuit settlement has been approved by the Federal Court for $30.5 million.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Los Angeles federal court (Case No. 06-06329), on behalf of nationwide consumers of Webloyalty.com alleges that the way Webloyalty.com and its partners enroll consumers in Reservation Rewards violates California consumer protection laws and federal privacy and electronic funds transfer laws.

Freight railroad system operator Norfolk Southern Corp. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit settlement (related to a train derailment in 2005) by way of compensation for personal injury from $15,000 to upward of $500,000 for each person.

Microsoft has agreed to settle an Arkansas class action lawsuit, alleged of overcharging for software.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Legg Mason, Inc. common stock during the period between June 24, 2005 and July 24, 2006, alleges that on 6/24/05, Legg Mason announced that it would swap its brokerage unit [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of shareholders who purchased, exchanged or otherwise acquired the common stock of Xethanol Corp. between January 31, 2006 and August 8, 2006, alleged Xethanol and certain of its officers and directors for issuing [...]

The class action lawsuit, which alleged State Farm Insurance improperly, used credit scores of 1,681 Hawaii customers to set their insurance rates, has been settled by the company for more than $1.2 million.

A securities class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, against the BISYS Group, Inc. over certain financial disclosures and restatements has been reached to a settlement of $66.5 million.

A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Legg Mason, Inc. between June 24, 2005 and July 24, 2006.