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A federal judge has ordered Canadian telemarketers World Media Brokers, Express Marketing Services, First TeleGroup Marketing, 637736 Ontario Limited, Cash & Prizes, Inc., and Intermarketing Services, Inc., to pay $19 million in consumer redress to US senior citizens whose money was taken in an illegal Canadian lottery scam perpetrated by these defendants. Persons who lost money to any of these organizations may contact the attorneys who prosecuted the case for more information.

The popular Miami Hotel, The Biltmore, has decided to repay patrons who resided there between May 1999 and the present day, after a class action lawsuit was brought against it. The suit alleges a $7.00 service charge billed to hotel patrons was unfair and deceptive, as many never knew about the fee, meant to cover the use of The Biltmore Hotel's fitness center, delivery of a daily newspaper, and the cost of local calls placed from in-room phones.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in US District Court against Brookstone Company, Inc. The complaint is not yet readily available and 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 federal court against Fedex Home Delivery, Inc. The case was originally filed in the New York state court system but has been removed to the United States District Court at the request of the defendants. The case involves violations of contract 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.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged Canadian defendants Pinacle Publishing and M.D.S.C. Publishing with scamming small businesses and charities in the United States out of millions of dollars by billing them for business directory services they did not order or authorize, in violation of federal law. The FTC charges that the defendants refuse consumers’ requests to cancel the services, and use an in-house collection service to harass consumers whose accounts allegedly are past-due.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Sonic Automotive, Inc. for unlawful, deceptive, and misleading business practices and tortuous acts in the State of Florida. Class members seek compensatory and statutory damages as well as attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

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