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At least 1,000 Washington homeowners paid higher mortgage rates than they had to without getting proper notification, according to a lawsuit that a federal judge certified for class-action status.

If you are looking for an electronic technology gadget, Best Buy probably has it. Several class actions have been filed against technology store operator Best Buy Company, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 9, 2002, and August 7, 2002. The actions claim 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.

A class-action lawsuit was filed against The Children's Place because the company violated the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, which states a retailer cannot request and record personal identification information from customers who use credit cards. Attorneys claim that The Children's Place then sent the collected phone numbers to a third party data provider and cross referenced the phone numbers to acquire their customers home addresses for marketing purposes. This process, also known as database mining “opens consumers up to identification theft,” said one of the lawyers handling the case.

A class action lawsuit filed in Madison County Circuit Court will now be arbitrated, as a result of an appellate court decision. The appeals court has voted to Verizon's motion to compel arbitration and stay judicial proceedings. The suit arises out of a dispute over cancellation fees between Verizon and named plaintiff Dawn Zobrist. When Zobrist became a Verizon customer in July 2001, she entered into a two-year service plan. Zobrist cancelled service in March 2002, and Verizon billed her $175 for a cancellation penalty which Zobrist claims she paid "under protest." The suit seeks financial and other damages.

The HomeTeam Pest Defense Company, a subsidiary of Centex Corporation, provides built-in home pest treatments through a tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system. However, some individuals who have the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system have found it to be an ineffective system. Independent tests of the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system have also questioned the effectiveness of the system. Our office is currently investigating the tubes-in-the-wall or tubes-in-the-floor pest defense system. If you have this system in your home and believe that it is not working, please call to speak with a lawyer about our investigation at 1-866-467-1400, ext. 100, or you can make a claim on this page.

A class action has been filed against International Paper Company (Int'l) by Presswire Printing Company alleging that Int'l and others conspired in restraint of trade to artificially raise, fix, maintain or stabilize the price of publication paper in the United States from 1990 to the present.