Phil Law Weblog

A class action lawsuit has been announced in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada against the Turnberry/MGM Grand Towers, LLC for violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 1933. The lawsuit has claimed to recover on behalf of all persons who purchased one or more of the securities in [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to clear its way to the proposed multi billion-dollar class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 100,000 cattle farmers,. hurt by the 2003 mad cow scare. The court decided to hear an appeal by the federal government and Winnipeg-based feed company Ridley Canada, who sought to derail the [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed against IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,(ERISA). The complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Charles H. Johnson & Associates has filed the lawsuit on behalf of all the participants who are beneficiaries [...]

The global computer maker Dell Inc. faces the class action lawsuit for allegedly underpaying its 5,000 call center employees. The lawsuit charges that call center employees owed at least $5 million.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the FCStone Group, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The Brualdi Law Firm P.C. has filed the lawsuit on behalf of all the purchasers of the common stock during the period between April 10, 2008 and July 9, 2008.

The (HR 6331) has been passed through the Congress to act as the new law in the USA. The new medicare bill delays cuts in reimbursements to physicians treating Medicare beneficiaries and military personnel and phases out higher copayments for mental illness. The bill has been overridden by the President George W Bush who [...]

U.S. District judge has dismissed all the criminal charges against securities law firm Milberg Weiss hours after the last defendant in the long-running criminal case, a Palm Springs real estate attorney, pleaded guilty to a tax-related felony. U.S. District Judge John Walter has also vacated the law firm’s Aug. 12 trial date on Monday this [...]

CompuCredit Corporation faces a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP has filed the lawsuit on behalf of all the purchasers of the common stock during the period between November 6, 2006 and June 9, 2008.

Levi & Korsinsky, the leading law firm in New York has today announced to file a class action lawsuit against the CAM Commerce Solutions, Inc challenging its proposed acquisition deal. The company CAM Commerce Solutions, Inc has decided on a definite merger agreement with Great Hill Partners, a private equity investment firm.

New York City attorneys have decided to go for a settlement of the anti-WEF protests lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by the 215 demonstrator arrested at the World Economic Forum meeting in New York City back in 2002. The class action lawsuit charged that the NYPD (New York Police Department) had attempted to show [...]