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A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Cleaner’s Leader Inc. The case involves violations of federal labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

If money in a trust is not being used, it often reverts to the person who placed it in the trust. The parties have reached a final settlement apparently valued at $39 million in an action filed against The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. on behalf of retired McDonnell Douglas Corporation employees, their surviving spouses, and widows and widowers of deceased McDonnell Douglas Corporation employees, who made or on whose behalf was made one or more contributions to the MDC Health Care Trust (also referred to as the VEBA Trust) from its inception through December 31, 1996. The action alleged that those contributions made through December 1996 were being held and not properly used, and sought a return of those funds to the contributors. Persons eligible to participate in this settlement should contact class counsel for more information.

Some of the species in Prince William Sound have not fully recovered to this day. The court has ruled that Exxon Mobil Corporation must pay nearly $7 billion in damages to the fishermen and communities affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The ruling, which ends the lawsuit's third trip through the federal trial court, eventually could mean millions of dollars for Washington fishermen who worked in the waters of Prince William Sound and near Kodiak, Alaska. The money will not be distributed until all possible appeals have been exhausted.

A national collective action has been filed in Minnesota against financial giant, Bank of America. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former Bank of America loan officers who were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks compensatory, statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court against International Coffee and Tea, LLC. The case involves violations of federal labor law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

Client Service Managers employed by business publisher Thomson Corporation have filed a class action lawsuit claiming that the company routinely requires its client service managers to work hours in excess of 40 per week without receiving overtime. The complaint alleges that the client service managers are not in a job classification that is exempt from overtime and that failing to pay them overtime violates the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The client service managers seek an award of the unpaid overtime together with interest, costs and other damages.

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