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A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court against United Restoration. 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.

Royal Dutch/Shell Group agreed to pay about $90 million to settle a lawsuit brought by its U.S. employees after the company overstated its oil and gas reserves by 41 percent. The accord brings to about $240 million costs related to the overstatement, which led to lawsuits, criminal investigations and the ouster of Chief Executive Philip Watts. Insurance will cover $25 million of the settlement, Shell said in a statement July 12, 2005.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against David Brown (DBA Royal Palm Property Maintenance). 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 United States District Court against American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation. 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.

Texas law dictates that police officers get the same amount of vacation time as other public employees. The court has approved the parties' $90,000 settlement in a class action filed against the city of Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf of current and former police officers employed by the city between November 10, 1996, and November 10, 2000. Eligible officers should contact class counsel for information on how to take part in the settlement.

The parties have reached a $4.8+ million settlement in a class action against baking companies Interstate Brands Corporation and Continental Baking Company on behalf of all current and former employees of either company who were employed in route sales positions and were not eligible to receive overtime pay regardless of hours worked, at any time between November 21, 1993, and April 30, 2003. Persons eligible to take part in this settlement should contact the attorneys for the class as soon as possible.