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Flying the friendly skies is not always as pleasant as the airlines would have you believe. A class action has been filed against World Airways, Inc., Ritetime Aviation and Travel Services, Inc., and Peter Obafemi on behalf of all persons holding World Airways tickets for travel from the United States to Nigeria in the period between November 4, 2003, and January 31, 2004 and who were not transported to their destinations on schedule. The action alleges that World Airways completely ceased flight operations to Nigeria, abandoning passengers with round trip tickets and leaving the majority of them stranded in Lagos, Nigeria, for over three weeks, violating federal air transportation laws.

A group of 42 out-of-state students and their parents filed a class-action lawsuit against University of California, California State University and community college organizations because they are illegally charging more for out-of-state students than illegal immigrants.

Four years after the 2001 ruling in their favor by the Supreme Court in the Tasini case (New York Times Co., Inc., et al. v. Tasini et al.), freelance writers finally have some cash in sight. The finding by the Supreme Court established that publishers and the information industry had to get approval from authors to electronically publish reports. (For coverage of the 2001 victory, read Carol Ebbinghouse's NewsBreak "Tasini Case Final Decision: Authors Win" at http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb010628-1.htm

A class action lawsuit filed in Miami alleges that a number of major air carriers are engaging in cartel-like practices to limit air cargo competition by fixing prices in the industry. Specifically, the complaint claims that the air carriers violated provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act by conspiring to fix the prices of fuel, security, and insurance surcharges, some of which came into existence after the September 11th attacks.

A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who traded in gold commodities between January 1, 1998 and the present against gold mine operator Barrick Gold Corporation and investment brokerage giant JP Morgan Chase & Co. The suit alleges that JP Morgan Chase and Barrick manipulated the gold market and artificially affected gold prices, to the financial harm of investors.

Attorneys representing nearly 100 antique dealers who lost millions in an April fire at the old Yale & Towne site in Stamford, Connecticut filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the owners of failing to meet fire codes, according to a copy of the suit. The lawsuit faults Antares Investment Partners of Greenwich for failing to repair a sprinkler system officials knew to be broken, the complaint states.

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