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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.

Employee stock option plans can be an effective investment if they are managed correctly. A class action has been filed against manufacturer Amsted Industries, Inc. on behalf of retired employee stock ownership plan participants who allege that the plan's trustees and administrators violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act and their own fiduciary duties to participants by improperly reducing the benefits obtainable by participants through the company's stock plan.

Trucking has always been regarded as a predominantly male occupation, but women employed at trucking giant CH Robinson Worldwide claim that the company and it's male employees created an environment that crossed the legal boundary into active discrimination. A class action lawsuit filed against the company alleges that women were not paid as well or promoted to supervisory jobs as often as men, even though they were equally qualified. The suit also contends that the work environment at CH Robinson was extremely hostile to women as a result of lewd behavior on the part of male employees, including branch managers. A hearing on class certification in this gender discrimination suit was held in late November, 2004. At this time of this report a ruling had not yet been issued. If the class is certified as many as 2,000 current and former sales, operation and support workers would be able to sue the Minnesota based company.

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.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against SB Productions, 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 statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against ARPM, Inc. and H&R Concepts, LLC. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since March 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks 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. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

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