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AIR PHILIPPINES: Minors in Plane Crash Settlement to Get Annuity
The minor survivors of passengers who died in an Air Philippine Flight 541 flight are set receive their benefits when they turn 21 years old, Joseph G. Lariosa writes for the Asian Journal...
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GLOBAL HORIZONS: Judge Clears Yakima Valley Growers in Farm Suit
U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley has cleared two Yakima Valley growers of liability in a racial discrimination case filed by local Latino workers who claimed they were displaced by laborers brought in from Thailand, the Associated Press reports...
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CALPINE CORP: Calif., N.Y. Courts Yet to OK ERISA Suit Agreement
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York have yet to approve the proposed settlement in the purported class action "In re Calpine Corp. ERISA Litigation, Master...
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INVESCO LTD: Reaches $9.8M Settlement in Consolidated M.D. Case
Invesco Ltd. settled for $9.8 million a putative shareholder class action complaint and a derivative complaint that were filed against it in a consolidated lawsuit pending with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, according to the...
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CIGNA CORP: Conn. Court Ruling in ERISA Case Favors Both Sides
The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued a decision finding in favor of CIGNA Corp. and the CIGNA Pension Plan on the age discrimination and wear away claims and finding in favor of the plaintiffs on many aspects of the disclosure...
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ARKANSAS: Appeal Panel Says Lawyers' Case Belongs in State Court
A three-judge panel of the 8th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis has affirmed a special judge's decision to remand to state court a case in which Little Rock lawyers R. S. McCullough and Darrell Brown Sr. are challenging their disciplinary...
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BELO: Circulation Overstatement Suit Denied Class-Action Status
Judge Sidney Fitzwater has denied class-action certification in a 2004 shareholder lawsuit against Belo Corp. over a circulation overstatement at The Dallas Morning News, Brendan Case writes for the newspaper....
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FERRO CORP: Pa. Court Approves $5.5M Antitrust Suit Settlement
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a proposed $5,500,000 settlement by Ferro Corp. in the matter, "In Re Plastic Additives Antitrust Litigation, Master Docket No. 03-CV2038 and MDL Docket No. 1684."...
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