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According to a press release dated March 24, 2008, the complaint charges Humana and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company provides various health and supplemental benefit plans for employer groups, government benefit programs, and individuals in the United States.

The market can offer many traps for even the most careful investor. Several class actions have been filed against investment giants UBS PaineWebber, Inc., and UBS Warburg, LLC, by investors who purchased GOALs(+) Equity Linked Notes, including WorldCom, Inc., Nokia Corporation, The Home Depot, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., and other GOALs(+) linked to other companies, and issued by UBS AG and offered for sale and sold by the defendants, under SEC File Number 333-46930 by means of prospectuses filed by UBS with the SEC on November 21, 2000; December 8, 2000; December 20, 2000; February 26, 2001; March 29, 2001; and May 17, 2001, supplemented in various GOALs(+) prospectus supplements. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations in their prospectuses so that investors bought what were, in effect, worthless or severely devalued stock.

A class action has been filed against AuthentiDate Holding Corp. (NasdaqNM:ADAT), certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between September 29, 2003 and May 27, 2005. The action claims 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. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock.

The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System filed a class action lawsuit against SFBC International, a drug testing company accused of violating regulatory procedures in administering clinical trials.

The class has been certified in several consolidated class actions filed against energy utility AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock, including those who engaged in option transactions concerning AES securities, between July 27, 2000, and November 8, 2002. The actions claim that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations regarding the California energy market to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities.

According to a law firm press release, plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Gildan Activewear Inc. on June 2, 2008.

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