April 1, 2008  
AMERICAN TOWER: $14M Settlement Fairness Hearing is on June 11
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts will 
hold a fairness hearing on June 11, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. for the 
$14-million settlement of the matter "In re American Tower
Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 06 CV 10933 (MLW) (D.
Mass.)."...
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APOLLO GOLD: Settles WARN Act Violations Lawsuit in Montana
Apollo Gold Corp. settled a purported class action suit filed in 
May 2006 with U.S. District Court Missoula Division of Montana 
by 14 former employees at the company's Montana Tunnels mine...
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CANADA: Ontario Court Rules Against Students' $200-Million Suit
The Honourable Madam Justice Joan L. Lax of the Ontario Superior 
Court of Justice ruled against the consideration of the 
$200-million class action lawsuit to stop prohibited college 
ancillary fees...
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CHAMPION PARTS: Bankruptcy Court Allows Insurance Lawsuit
The Bankruptcy Court Judge James G. Mixon entered an order 
lifting the automatic stay to allow a class action lawsuit to 
proceed against debtor Champion Parts, Inc., Online Hope Star 
reports...
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QUANEX CORP: Special Exceptions to Block Gerdau Spin-off Denied
In orders dated March 13, 2008 and March 14, 2004, the 125th 
Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas denied in part 
the defendants' Special Exceptions and upheld the plaintiff's 
shareholder claims against Quanex Corporation's board of 
directors...
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RENT-A-CENTER INC: Settles Calif. Labor Litigation for $11 Mln.
Rent-A-Center, Inc., reached an $11-million settlement for two 
labor violations lawsuits that were granted class-action status 
and are coordinated on March 7, 2005, before the Los Angeles 
County Superior Court, according to the company's Feb. 28, 2008...
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RENT-A-CENTER INC: Tex. Court OKs $3.5M Securities Suit Deal
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas gave 
final approval to the $3.6-million settlement of a purported 
securities fraud class action suit filed against Rent-A-Center, 
Inc. and certain of its current and former officers and 
directors...
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VERIZON WIRELESS: Suit Says Text Service is Illegal Gambling
A class-action suit filed against Verizon Wireless and third-
party content providers in California federal court alleges that 
the mobile-phone operator enticed subscribers to engage in 
illegal gambling, Jeffrey Silva writes for RCRNews.com...
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