Press Releases
Girard Gibbs Announces Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against NVIDIA Corp.
The law firm of Girard Gibbs LLP announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of NVIDIA Corp. between November 8, 2007 and July 2, 2008, inclusive. " [...]
Girard Gibbs Announces Auction Rate Class Action Lawsuits Filed
Girard Gibbs LLP announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of persons who purchased Auction Rate Securities from Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE Financial Corporation, Raymond James Financial Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Oppenheimer & Co., and Bank of America Corp.”[...]
Girard Gibbs Announces Nationwide Settlement in General Motors/Dex-Cool Class Action Lawsuit
Girard Gibbs LLP (http://www.girardgibbs.com) announces a nationwide class action settlement involving General Motors' Dex-Cool engine coolant was granted preliminary approval last week by Judge Robert Freedman of the Alameda County California Superior Court." [...]
Court Approves $100 million Settlement in Class Action Against American Express Financial Advisors
On July 19, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts, Southern District of New York, entered an order granting final approval of a $100 million settlement of the class action lawsuit brought by customers of American Express Financial Advisors (“AEFA,” now known as Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.) NYSE: AMP. As part of the settlement, AEFA also agreed to adopt and implement specific remedial measures." [...]
Sony BMG Ordered to Begin Claims Process
Effective immediately, www.sonybmgcdtechsettlement.com is active to fulfill claims in the class action settlement concerning certain music CDs sold by SONY BMG Music Entertainment. In announcing the rapid deployment of the settlement website, representatives of SONY BMG and the law firms of Girard Gibbs LLP and Kamber & Associates, LLC declared that they “were pleased to work together to provide class members a website through which they can receive the full benefits of the class action settlement quickly and efficiently." [...]
Girard Gibbs Files Class Action against MCI
San Francisco - The law firm Girard Gibbs & De Bartolomeo LLP (http://www.girardgibbs.com) has filed a class action complaint on behalf of telephone customers nationwide who were unlawfully billed by MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) for monthly service charges despite the fact they were not MCI customers. The complaint alleges that MCI assesses the monthly fees directly or through consumers' local phone bills. [...]
Medtronic: Defibrillator Batteries May Short Devices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Minneapolis, MN, February 11, 2005 -- Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT) today said it is voluntarily advising physicians about a potential battery shorting mechanism that may occur in a subset of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) models. In a letter to physicians, Medtronic reported that nine batteries (0.01 percent or approximately 1 in 10,000) have experienced rapid battery depletion due to this shorting action. [...]
Eli Lilly Agrees to Settle Claims Surrounding Zyprexa Litigation
06/09/05 - INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company announced today that it has entered into an agreement in principle with plaintiffs' attorneys involved in Zyprexa liability litigation to settle a majority of the claims against Lilly relating to the medication. [...]
Qwest Sued by CalSTRS
Sacramento, CA - Qwest Communications and several of the nation's top banking and financial service companies were named as defendants Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by the California State Teachers' Retirement System in the financial collapse of Qwest. The complaint alleges Qwest and the companies engaged in fraudulent schemes that cost the California teachers fund millions of dollars when the truth about Qwest's faltering financial condition was first disclosed. [...]
