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A 2004 lawsuit that claimed three south Louisiana school systems failed to pay overtime to hundreds of employees may get a second chance at being granted class action status. Attorneys that filed the case originally missed the deadline for certifying the case as a class action and ignored demands to explain why.

We still don't know who sent those two letters filled with anthrax that killed two U.S. Postal workers in Washington, D.C. A $100 million class action has been filed against the U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter and several other administrative personnel at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center on Brentwood Road in Northeast Washington on behalf of Brentwood postal workers who allege that their Fifth Amendment right to due process of law under the U.S. Constitution was violated when they were exposed to anthrax but not treated in the same efficient manner as victims on Capitol Hill who were exposed when a letter containing the deadly virus was opened in the office of Senator Tom Daschle on October 14, 2001.

A collective action has been filed in South Carolina against the Marion School District One. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by the school district. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as damages.

A collective action has been filed in Louisiana against the Plaquemines Parish School Board. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by Plaquemines Parish. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay, statutory and liquidated damages. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered eligible claimants. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

Corporate mismanagement often hurts company retirees as much as shareholders. A class action has been filed against fiber optic component provider JDS Uniphase Corporation and certain of its corporate officers by current and former employees of the company who participated in the JDS Uniphase Corporation Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan. The action alleges that the company violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when officers breached their fiduciary duties by (1) making false statements that had the effect of inflating the price of the company's stock and (2) failing to sufficiently diversify the retirement plans stock holdings.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against La Estancia Aventura, LLC. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 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.

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