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A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who traded in gold commodities between January 1, 1998 and the present against gold mine operator Barrick Gold Corporation and investment brokerage giant JP Morgan Chase & Co. The suit alleges that JP Morgan Chase and Barrick manipulated the gold market and artificially affected gold prices, to the financial harm of investors.

Several class actions have been filed against insurance provider The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., and certain of its officers and directors on behalf of all Travelers Property Casualty Corporation Class A and Class B shareholders (formerly NYSE: TAP.A, TAP.B) whose shares of Travelers were automatically exchanged for shares of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., on or about April 1, 2004, and also on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of the St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: STA), between April 2, 2004, and August 5, 2004. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC ("KGS") has filed the first class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of shareholders who purchased, exchanged or otherwise acquired the common stock of TOP Tankers, Inc. ("TOP" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TOPT) between June 28, 2005 and November 28, 2006 (the "Class Period").

A class action has been filed in the Southern District Court of New York against Jakks Pacific, Inc. (NYSE: JAKK), a California based toy company and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between October 26, 1999 and October 19, 2004. The action claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock.

A class action has been filed against Janus Capital Group Inc. and certain related firms by investors who purchased shares in any of the Janus Group of mutual funds between October 1, 1998, and July 3, 2003. The action charges that, throughout this time period, the defendants failed to disclose that they improperly allowed certain hedge funds, such as Canary Capital Partners, to engage in "late trading" and "timing" of the funds' securities.

Several class actions have been filed against global telecommunications provider Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRTL), and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between November 11, 2003, and July 29, 2004, including all those who purchased securities in Primus' January 13, 2004, debt offering. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

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