December 21, 2007  
CHEVRON CORP: Computer Data on Ecuadorian Pollution Suit Stolen
Amazon Watch said in a statement that the office of a court-
appointed expert tasked with calculating the damages against 
Chevron (formerly Texaco) for dumping 18 billion gallons of 
toxic wastewater into the Ecuadorian Amazon has been robbed of 
information...
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FORTUNE BRANDS: Nixed Underage Drinking Lawsuits Still on Appeal
Plaintiffs continue to appeal dismissals of several class 
actions filed against Fortune Brands, Inc., its Spirits and Wine 
business, and numerous other manufacturers and importers of 
beer, spirits and wine over alleged marketing of beverage 
alcohol...
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HEALTHMARKETS INC: Securities Suit Settlement Hearing Set 2008
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas set a 
Jan. 23, 2008 hearing for a proposed settlement of a 
consolidated securities fraud class action filed against 
HealthMarkets, Inc., formerly known as UICI...
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INTELLIGROUP INC: Securities Fraud Lawsuit in N.J. Dismissed
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 
dismissed all plaintiff's claims against Intelligroup Inc. and 
certain former officers in a consolidated shareholder class 
action filed in October 2004....
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MORTGAGE COS: Pa. Judge Refuses to Send Suit to Bankruptcy Court
A federal judge in Philadelphia denied a request by victims in 
the collapse of Wesley A. Snyder's mortgage businesses to move 
their class action against 27 mortgage companies from federal 
court to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Reading, Patrick Burns of...
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OHIO: Suit Alleges Group Premium Rating Plan Unconstitutional
Three businesses have filed a class-action complaint in the 
Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio claiming the Ohio 
Attorney General and the state Bureau of Workers Compensation 
illegally charge non-group rated businesses 20 percent more for...
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OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES: $14M Securities Suit Settlement Okayed
Judge Samuel Conti of the U.S. District Court for the Northern 
District of California finalized a $13.75 million class action 
settlement in the matter, "In re OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 
Securities Litigation, Case No. 04-CV-2297," Shannon Henson...
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UNICO INC: Faces Calif. Suit Over “Illegal” Reverse Stock Split
Unico Inc. is facing a class-action complaint filed Dec. 14 in 
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California,  
alleging it is planning an illegal reverse stock split that will 
dilute shareholders' ownership from 96 percent of common...
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