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A national class action has been filed against prescription drug plan operator Express Scripts, Inc. on behalf of all U.S. citizens who were or are participants in or beneficiaries of any employer-provided prescription benefit plan (1) that required participants or beneficiaries to pay a percentage co-pay for prescription drugs and (2) for which Express Scripts, Inc. or one of its predecessors-in-interest or subsidiaries serves or has served as the plan's provider of prescription drugs at any time from October 1, 1997, through the present. The action is brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and claims that Express Scripts breached its fiduciary duty to plan participants and beneficiaries in several ways. The participants are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a court order requiring Express Scripts to make an accounting of and reimburse consumers and benefit plans all monies earned through allegedly unlawful activities.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District of Florida against Holcombe USA, Inc. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. 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.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Fisher Island Club, Inc. 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.

Just because you are classified as a managerial worker does not mean that you might not qualify for overtime pay. The parties have reached a tentative $3.5 million settlement in an action filed against Borders, Inc. (apparently the proper defendant should have been the Borders Group, Inc.) on behalf of assistant managers who worked in California Borders Bookstores between April 10, 1996, and March 18, 2001. Eligible persons should contact the class attorneys for more information.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Court against YE Olde Falcon Pub, Inc. and Barbara Augustyniak. The case involves violations of employment law pertaining to the fair labor standards act (FLSA). 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.

A national class action has been filed in Nebraska against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The action is brought on behalf of all female employees who have either used prescription contraceptives or who would have used them if they were covered by Union Pacific's employee health insurance policy. The employees allege that the exclusion of prescription contraceptives from the employee health insurance package is discriminatory and equals a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

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