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Your cellular phone is supposed to be your friend in a crisis, right? Numerous class actions have been filed against cellular phone manufacturers and cell-phone service providers on behalf of cell-phone users who allege that the companies sold them phones that would not connect to 911 services as required by regulations passed by the Federal Communications Commission.

The parties have reached a settlement valued at $31.5 million in a class action filed against Microsoft Corporation on behalf of New Mexicans who, between December 1995 and December 2002, indirectly purchased Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet, or word processing software for use in New Mexico. The action alleged that Microsoft violated Mexico’s antitrust laws by illegitimately using its monopoly power. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement may contact attorneys for the class for more information.

Craigslist.com, a fast-growing online network of classified ads and forums, faces a lawsuit filed by a Chicago fair housing group in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit contends that Craigslist's Chicago site published more than 100 ads that violated the federal Fair Housing Act by excluding prospective buyers or tenants on the basis of race, gender or religion.

Several class actions have been filed against online pharmacy drugstore.com, Inc., (Nasdaq:DSCM) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between January 20, 2004, and June 10, 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.

Several class actions have been filed against telecommunications provider Global Crossing, Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLBC) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between December 24, 2003, and April 26, 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 the Southern District Court of New York against the Open Joint Stock Company (NYSE: VIP) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between March 24, 2004 and December 8, 2004. The Company, also known as Vimpel Communications or Vympel Communicatii, operates under the 'Bee Line GSM' brand in Russia and 'K-mobile' and 'EXCESS' brands in Kazakhstan. VimpelCom is recognized for introducing two digital cellular communications standards in Russia. The action claims 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. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock.