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When a car rental agency in Illinois books a car rental for you in Europe, it is supposed to tell you how much your Value Added Tax will be. The parties have reached a tentative $114,000 settlement in a class action against car rental booking agency Destination Europe Resources, Inc. on behalf of all persons who rented cars for use in Europe either directly from Destination Europe or through a travel agent, during the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2001.

A federal lawsuit against Rodale Inc. alleging that the company used illegal marketing tactics has been certified as a class action suit. The suit alleges that Rodale had a practice of sending unordered books to customers, then billing the customers, violating federal and state consumer protection laws. The case could benefit tens of thousands of consumers across the nation that Rodale supposedly targeted.

Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC ("KGS") announces that shareholders of Plexus Corp. ("Plexus" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:PLXS - News) who purchased shares or other securities of the Company between January 25, 2006 and July 27, 2006 (the "Class Period"), have until August 24, 2007 to move for appointment as Lead Plaintiff in a securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No class has yet been certified in this action.

WellPoint Inc., the nation's biggest publicly traded health insurer, said July 11, 2005 it will pay up to $198 million to settle two class-action lawsuits brought by representatives of more than 700,000 doctors over alleged unfair payment practices.

A class action has been filed against Internet search engines Altavista, Ask Jeeves, Business.com, CNet Networks, FindWhat.com, Google, Jupitermedia, Kanoodle.com, LookSmart.com, Overture Services, Sex.com, Terra Lycos, and Yahoo!, on behalf of all California residents who used one of the Internet search engines named, or an affiliate’s webpage, to facilitate a visit to an Internet gambling website, and who incurred losses between August 3, 2000, and August 3, 2004. The action alleges that the search engines facilitate illegal gambling in California, and to make hundreds of millions of dollars annually from the practice, which amounts to nothing less than conspiracy to violate California business and professional laws.

If you ever receive unsolicited business faxes, you should know that federal law may allow you to receive as much as $1500 per fax sent to you. Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against telemarketers who send unsolicited junk faxes in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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