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The age old reputation of the Auto Cool company has come under severe scrutiny when a class action lawsuit was filed against the company. The lawsuit charged the company of false promise it made under an advertising campaign. The advt. promises that the Auto Cool would keep the interior of your car nice and cool, [...]

In a rare incident of its kind the builders and developers of Stockton had raised their voices against the Stockton’s landmark General Plan. The environment body Sierra Club has filed a class action lawsuit that charges the plan of harming the environment and the economic standing of downtown. And California Attorney General Jerry Brown, similarly [...]

In a settlement with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the retailer Target Corp. has revamp its Web site to make it more accessible for the blind and pay $6 million in damages to plaintiffs who joined a class action lawsuit against them.

China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc is likely to face a class action lawsuit from all the purchasers of its common stock during the period from July 23, 2007 through and including August 20, 2008. However, no class has yet been certified in the above action.

The class action lawsuit is a popular legal approach in several countries. A young lawyer can virtually make his career with the help of a single class action lawsuit.

Airborne Inc., has decided to go for a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over older advertising and labeling of its dietary supplement products. Airborne has denied wrongdoing or illegal conduct in both the class action and before the Federal Trade Commission, but reached an agreement with the FTC and agreed to settle the class [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the US District Court in Central Islip against the Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman Llp and one of its partners, Martin Unger. The lawsuit alleges the company of misleading documents that helped conceal the role of the two felons who ran Cobalt Multifamily Investors out of Great [...]

It seems the trouble time for Merck is far from being over. After the billion dollar American settlements, the drug maker is facing yet another lawsuit. A Canadian court has certified another class-action lawsuit against Merck & Co. over its former painkiller Vioxx.

The city of Fresno, CA, has decided to go for a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought against it by homeless residents of the city. Fresno has decided to pay $ 2.3 million for the proposed settlement. It can be recalled that the lawsuit has charged the city of violating the fourteenth amendment rights [...]

Class action lawsuit is filed against the Bell Mobility and Telus for charging fee for incoming text messages. A Quebec man Eric Cormier has brought the allegation against the two companies. He also says that by introducing the new fees, the companies have changed the terms of their cellular contracts. A separate class action [...]