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BANK OF AMERICA: Motion to Dismiss Mass. Racial Bias Suit Junked The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts cleared the way for the anti-discrimination class action to proceed in Massachusetts against defendants Bank of America, N.A. (BOA) and its subsidiary, Banc of America Investment Services,... Read More |
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MASTERCARD INT'L: Agrees to Settle Currency Conversion Fee Suit Berger & Montague, P.C. and Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins LLP, Co-Lead and Co-Class Counsel for the plaintiffs in the "In re Foreign Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1409)” class action, announced that parties to the suit... Read More |
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MEDQUIST INC: N.J. Court OKs $7.8M Securities Suit Settlement The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted final approval to a proposed settlement of the putative shareholder class action, “William Steiner v. MedQuist, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:04-cv-05487-JBS.”... Read More |
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MINNESOTA: FAA Approves $126M Settlement of Noise Pollution Suit The Federal Aviation Administration has signed off on the $126 million settlement in a noise mitigation lawsuit brought by the cities of Minneapolis, Richfield and Eagan together with the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, according to Steve Brandt... Read More |
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MISSISSIPPI MUTUAL: Mass. Lawsuit Accuses Insurer of Racial Bias Mississippi Mutual Farm Bureau Insurance Co., its affiliates and associates are facing a class-action complaint filed Nov. 28, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, accusing them of racially discriminating against black... Read More |
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OAKLEY INC: Dec. 13 Hearing Set for Shareholder Suit Over Merger A Dec. 13, 2007 hearing is set for a purported shareholder class action pending against Oakley, Inc. in the California state court in connection to an agreement and plan of merger, dated June 20, 2007, by and among Luxottica Group S.p.A., Norma Acquisition... Read More |
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TOBACCO LITIGATION: $1.2B Escrow Funds Released to Philip Morris Philip Morris USA, the U.S. tobacco subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc. confirmed that it received $1.2 billion in funds held in an escrow account under the bond stipulation in the Engle smoking and health class action in Florida.... Read More |
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VERIZON WIRELESS: Faces Fraud Suit Over GPS in BlackBerries Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless is facing a class- action complaint filed Nov. 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, alleging it defrauded customers by selling them BlackBerry 8830 Smartphones and misrepresenting... Read More |
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