Class Action Podcast

Class Action Suit Over Aetna’s Security Breach Is Dismissed (Law.com)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:27 +0000

Finding there was no more than speculative injury, a federal judge has dismissed a class action suit against Aetna filed in the wake of news that the insurer’s computer database may have been hacked and that personal data of up to 450,000 job applicants were potentially at risk. The judge added his voice to a growing chorus of judges who have held that such a claim of “increased risk of identity …

Toyota class-action lawsuits mount (Honolulu Advertiser)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:26 +0000

Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts.

Class action suit brings port unexpected bounty (The Palm Beach Post)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:25 +0000

Class action suit brings port unexpected bounty

Summary Box: Class-action suits against Toyota (AP via Yahoo! News)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:20 +0000

WHAT’S HAPPENING: Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more.

South Dakota tribes re-evaluating their class action settlement (Rapid City Journal)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:20 +0000

Tribes in western South Dakota are re-evaluating a $3.4 billion settlement proposed in a class action just days after Elouise Cobell toured the state to explain it.

Firefighters class action suit to be filed (New Hampshire Union Leader)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:20 +0000

The Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire tomorrow will file a class action lawsuit against the Local Government Center and its Health Trust alleging that the LGC “has been amassing a large amount of New Hampshire taxpayer dollars that must be returned to the cities and towns,” union president David Lang said this afternoon.

Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Marketwire)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:19 +0000

WEST HARTFORD, CT–(Marketwire – March 10, 2010) – The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Ormat Technologies (”Ormat” or the …

Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Ormat Technologies, Inc … (Marketwire)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:19 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–(Marketwire – March 10, 2010) – On March 9, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada against Ormat Technologies, Inc. ( NYSE : ORA ). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series …

Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:19 +0000

WEST HARTFORD, CT–(Marketwire – 03/10/10) – The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Ormat Technologies (”Ormat” or the “Company …

Spate of class-action lawsuits casts light on system (The Springfield News-Leader)

sebrenner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:17 +0000

Class-action lawsuits have been in the news lately, but while commercials seeking mesothelioma patients or birth defects are all over TV, such lawsuits are relatively rare locally.