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Federal law prohibits the use of fax machines for sending unsolicited advertisements. The class has been certified in a class action filed against car wash company Carnett’s, Inc. on behalf of up to 73,500 persons who received advertisements over their fax machines in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The action seeks between $500 and $1500 damages per fax sent as allowed by the Act. All persons who received such an ad should contact attorneys for the class.

Web hosting provider AIT announced that it is involved in leading a potential class-action against world famous search engine provider Google. According to a press release circulated by the company, AIT has substituted the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as the representative plaintiff in a lawsuit against Google, Inc. that accuses the search engine giant of breach of contract and unfair business practices.

Several class actions have been filed against airport safety equipment designer Flight Safety Technologies, Inc., (Amex:FLT) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 14, 2003, and July 16, 2004. 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 has been filed in Delaware state chancery court against UnitedGlobalCom (Nasdaq:UCOMA) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders. The action claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws in its handling of the merger with Liberty Media International, Inc. The stockholder seeks to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock.

Several class actions have been filed against Chinese e-commerce company World Information Technology, Inc. (OTC BB:WRLT.PK), and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 3, 2003, and March 16, 2004. 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.

Owners of Apple Computer's new 13-inch MacBook notebooks, whose systems are plagued by intermittent shutdown issues, have become fed up with extended repair times and inadequate resolutions to the problem, and are contemplating filing a class action lawsuit against the Mac maker.

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