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The parties have reached a tentative settlement in several consolidated class actions filed against electric power generation systems developer Plug Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLUG) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between February 14, 2000, and August 2, 2000. 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. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class for more information.

The parties have reached a tentative $110 million settlement in several class actions filed against communications networking and services company Avaya, Inc., on behalf of persons and businesses whose Avaya telecommunications products did not process date functions correctly when their internal clocks switched to January 1, 2000, because of Y2K incompatibilities. Persons who experienced such difficulties should contact the attorneys for the class for more information.

A class action has been filed in California against internet service giant, AOL Time Warner, Inc. and its customer service company, ICT Group, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all California residents who have had an unauthorized "spin-off" account opened in their name and as a result have been double billed without consent by AOL. The action is brought under California consumer protection, contract and collections law. The action seeks compensatory, statutory and punitive damages, disgorgement of profits and recovery of funds as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A new round of state antitrust lawsuits is warming up against Microsoft. A class action has been filed against Microsoft Corporation on behalf of Nevada residents who allege that the software giant used its monopoly power to overcharge them for its Windows operating system in violation of state antitrust laws.

Stockholders who are hurt by corporate misrepresentations have the right to have their day in court. A class action has been filed against communications company Alamosa Holdings Inc. (OTC:ALMO, formerly Nasdaq: APCS; NYSE: APS) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 9, 2001, and June 13, 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.

Several class actions have been filed against the officers and directors of biotechnology company Organogenesis, Inc. (formerly AMEX: ORG) by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between November 15, 1999, and January 30, 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.

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