by MBJ Staff Published: April 10,2013
Tags: acquisition, attorney, bank, banker, banking, bench, class action, court, finance, financial institution, judge, justice, law, law firm, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, merger, purchase, sale, sell
KOSCIUSKO and TUPELO — Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP of San Diego has started a class action, through an amended complaint filed on April 8 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of all holders of First M&F Corporation (FMFC) common stock as of Feb. 7, 2013, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a fairness hearing for a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims spawned by BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During today’s hearing, the London-based oil giant and a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys will urge U.S. District [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: class action, federal government, finance, financial, ijnvest, investment, investor, lawsuit, settlement, state government
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state securities regulators from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee are notifying investors entitled to reimbursement from the recent Morgan Keegan settlement that their states’ fund distribution checks will be mailed Nov. 5. A.B. Data, Ltd., as the fund administrator, will be mailing checks to all investors who filed an [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: attorney, bribe, class action, intellectual property, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, shareholder, stockholder, trade secret
JACKSON — Bernstein Liebhard, LLP, of New York, has commenced a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of a class of purchasers of Eaton Corporation common stock between August 2, 2009, and June 4, 2012. The complaint alleges that Eaton issued false and misleading statements [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: class action, courts, disaster, disastewr recovery, energy, environment, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, spill, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a hearing on a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC and a team of plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
NEW YORK — A group of 22 law firms in 16 states wants to bring a national class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp., alleging Toyota vehicles have lost billions of dollars in value in the wake of massive recalls. P. Tim Howard, a Northeastern University law professor leading Attorneys Toyota Action Consortium, says the [...] [...]