Phil Law Weblog

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Bodisen Biotech, Inc., alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded securities of Jabil Circuit, Inc. between September 19, 2001 and June 21, 2006.

Two class action lawsuits that have been filed in federal court in San Diego in May 2005, represented claims from hourly employees and general managers of Boston Market Corp., by nearly 7,000 current and former employees, has been agreed to be settled for upto $14 million in cash and benefits.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, on behalf of shareholders who purchased, exchanged or otherwise acquired the common stock of Pegasus Wireless Corp. between December 22, 2005 and September 5, 2006, alleges Pegasus and certain of its officers and directors with violation [...]

The securities class action lawsuit in which plaintiff Genesee County Employees’ Retirement System alleged that Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and certain of its former executives has violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the Class Period, by prematurely recognizing millions of dollars of revenue from certain software licensing arrangements and issuing annual and quarterly [...]

The class action lawsuit which alleged that Nationwide Insurance Company and AMCO Insurance Company charged them more for insurance based on information in their credit reports, but failed to provide adequate “adverse action” notices as required by and defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, has been approved to be settled for $19.25 million by [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased the publicly traded common stock of Warner Chilcott Limited pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in connection with the initial public [...]

Intergraph Corporation is going to settle two previously consolidated class action lawsuit, which has been filed in connection with the proposed acquisition of Intergraph by an entity primarily owned by entities affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC and Texas Pacific Group.

A class action lawsuit which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Mamma.com Inc. and its individual officers, has been agreed to be settled for 3.15 million, million of which would be paid by the Company’s insurance carrier and $650,000 from the Company.

The medical malpractice class action lawsuit which was filed in January 2005 in King County Superior Court, against Virginia Mason Medical Center, for overbilling, was agreed to be settled.