February 8, 2008  
AWP LITIGATION: Court Rejects First DataBank Suit Settlements
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts 
entered a minute order denying final approval of the proposed 
settlements by First DataBank, Inc., and Medi-Span, Inc. in the 
class actions, "New England Carpenters Health Benefits Fund, et...
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COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL: CA Couples Sue Over Inflated Home Prices
Countrywide Financial Corp. and KB Home face a purported class 
action in California, which is claiming that the two schemed 
with real estate appraisers to inflate prices paid for homes as 
the housing market began to collapse in 2005, the Associated...
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME: Calif. Suit Protests Sale to Bank of America
Countrywide Home Loans shareholders have brought a class-action 
complaint with the Los Angeles Superior Court against 
Countrywide Home Loans CEO Angelo Mozilo and Bank of America, 
CourtHouse News Service reports...
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MICHIGAN: Court-Appointed Experts Cite Problems in Foster Care
The Michigan Department of Human Service is facing a class-
action lawsuit filed in August 2006 by New York-based Children's 
Rights, a national child advocacy group that alleges 19,000 
Michigan children are being harmed in foster care...
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SOMA FINANCIAL: Faces Calif. Suit Over PayOption Sale Omissions
Soma Financial, Inc., is facing a class-action complaint filed 
with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
California accusing it of using deception and omissions to sell 
PayOption adjustable-rate mortgages that produce negative 
amortization,...
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UNITED STATES: Says Vets Not Entitled to Specific Medical Care
The Bush administration filed its arguments in a lawsuit with 
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 
in San Francisco stating that veterans have no legal right to 
specific types of medical care, the San Francisco Chronicle...
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WACHOVIA CORP: Faces Penna. Lawsuit Alleging Telemarketing Fraud
Wachovia Corp. is facing a class-action complaint filed last 
month with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania accusing it of letting fraudulent telemarketers use 
its accounts to milk millions of dollars from consumers, 
Reuters'...
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YAHOO INC: Faces Calif. Suit Over Microsoft's $45BB Buyout Offer
A federal class-action derivative lawsuit -- with clashing 
intentions -- has been filed against Yahoo! and its directors 
with the Superior Court of the State of California for the 
County of Santa Clara, stemming from Microsoft's $45-billion 
buyout...
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