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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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