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A statewide collective action has been filed in New York against the City of Newburgh. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees of the Newburgh Police Department who were not paid overtime compensation since December 31, 2000. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, statutory damages and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

A corporation's backbone is its workers--surprisingly, many companies don't seem to recognize that fact. The class has been certified in an action filed against defense contractor Raytheon Company and related companies on behalf of all former employees of Raytheon Engineers and Constructors, Inc. who were involuntarily terminated as a result of the sale of Raytheon Engineers to Morrison Knudsen Corporation, which was succeeded by Washington Group. The action alleges that Raytheon Engineers violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by failing to grant severance pay and other benefits to employees under the ERISA-governed severance policy in connection with the stock sale to Morrison Knudsen.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Running Billboard Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former hourly employees who were not paid overtime compensation by Running Billboard. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have asked the court to issue notice to all potential class members.

A class action has been filed against Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, LP by the company's California delivery drivers, who allege that Frito-Lay improperly calculated their overtime wages based on a "fluctuating work week method," which violates California law.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against JAL Chemical Company, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all hourly employees of JAL who were not paid proper overtime compensation. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

The class has been certified in several consolidated class actions against Internet consulting firm marchFIRST, Inc., (formerly AMEX:MQ) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between March 23, 2000, and November 20, 2000. 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. If you wish to remain a member of the class, you are not required to do anything at the present time.

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