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Anticompetitive action by powerful companies hurts other businesses as well as individual consumers. A class action has been certified against 15 major U.S. and foreign airlines on behalf of all travel agents in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, who issued tickets, miscellaneous charge orders, or prepaid ticket advances between October 1, 1997, and the eventual date of any judgment in the action.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court against Subway restaurant franchisee Farfan. 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.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Hollywood Restaurant Group, LLC. 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 Middle District Court of Florida against Lowe's Companies, Inc., a North Carolina based home improvement store with 1,000 stores in 45 states, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek an order enjoining the Company from continuing their current pay policies, compensatory damages, attorney's fees, interest and costs.

A national collective action was filed in Florida on 2/2/2004 against lending giant, Oak Street Mortgage, LLC. The action was brought on behalf of all current and former loan officers, who since February 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action was brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, 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. On 5/18/2004, the Magistrate Judge recommended conditionally certifying a class of all loan officers employed by Oak Street at one of its branch offices located in Greenville, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, St. Petersburg, Florida or Ocala, Florida.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Quality Consulting, LLC (DBA Cross Pointe Care Center. 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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