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Class-action complaint filed over proposed bank merger

MBJ Staff — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:28:01 +0000

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, [...]

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Judge holding fairness hearing on oil spill class-action claims

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:56:40 +0000

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 [...]

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Settlement checks coming, but Hosemann ‘disappointed’ in SEC

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:17:11 +0000

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 [...]

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Class-action lawsuit brought over Eaton-Frisby litigation

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:42:10 +0000

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 [...]

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Judge set to preside over oil spill settlement; Halliburton objects

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:48:21 +0000

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 [...]

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Law firms want Toyota lawsuit

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:16:41 +0000

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 [...]

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