LawCash Links

Recommended

Teaching people news skills is big business these days. Several class actions have been filed against postsecondary education provider Career Education Corporation (Nasdaq: CECO) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 28, 2003, and December 2, 2003. 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.

Red light photo enforcement systems have been the focus for nationwide controversy--Big Brother really is watching you. The classes have been certified in two related class actions filed against Lockheed Martin, IMS; ACS State and Local Solutions, Inc.; Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.; and Del Mar Ventures, LLC (formerly known as U.S. Public Technologies LLC) on behalf of persons who have received traffic citations in 14 California cities and the county of Los Angeles.

The parties have reached a $16 million settlement in a class action filed against energy provider Cleco Corporation on behalf of 264,000 electricity customers across Louisiana. The action alleged that the utility improperly engaged in "round-trip trades" involving power sales from Cleco affiliates to an unnamed trading partner, who then sold the power back to another Cleco affiliate. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement may contact the Louisiana Public Service Commission for more information.

Hundreds of passengers are suing Miami-based cruise line Norwegian after they say the ship's crew intentionally put them in danger because the ship was in a rush to get to a taping of Donald Trump's reality television show "The Apprentice." The suit was filed in Miami, Florida and seeks $100 million in damages.

An anti-trust class-action lawsuit has been filed against Visa, Mastercard and several major U.S. banks on behalf of merchants, alleging the fixing of credit card fees.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the Assil Sinskey Eye Institute for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Class members seek statutory and exemplary damages, restitution and disgorgement of profits derived from "junk fax" solicitation, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and interest.

IT'S FREE