You may retain Wolf Haldenstein, or other counsel of your choice, to serve as
your counsel in
this action. Hinton, Esq.ca.
compensate unregulated
iMergent, Inc., Christopher S. During the investigation, Pro-Tel
and
the insurance company refunded more than $1,200 to consumers.e.shams unregulated
-- Falsely representing
that consumers had to purchase a life insurance
policy from United American Insurance Company
in order to "qualify"
for preferred services.
CONTACT: Barbara Petito
Deputy Press Secretary
717-787-5211
petito@attorneygeneral
.troubleshooter newbuyer
All e-mail
correspondence should make reference to iMergent.
-- Pay more than $7,500 in civil
penalties and investigation costs
Corbett said consumers who wish to file a complaint to
obtain restitution
should contact the Health Care Section at 1-877-888-4877 or visit
http://www
.mcca thesqueakywheel
In order to be appointed lead plaintiff, the
Court must determine that the class member's claim
is typical of the claims of
other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent
the
class.com or visit our website at http://www.
Corbett said the ads allegedly deceived
consumers by:
-- Falsely claiming that it is "impossible" for physicians to offer their
patients help in obtaining free prescription medications because they
would be bogged
down in paperwork with no time to see patients. Their junk-lawsuit scheme, based on utterly discredited
legal
theories, has so far failed in its attempt to destroy and bankrupt a
responsible and law
-abiding industry by blaming us for the actions of
criminals.
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gov.PRESS RELEASE California Appellate
Court Upholds Dismissal of Los Angeles and San Francisco Suit Against Gun Makers
They did not control
the wrongful acts or
encourage others to engage in questionable acts.travelwatch infomercial
If you purchased iMergent
securities during the Class Period, you may
request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff
by May 9, 2005.
"Many of the consumers that Pro-Tel is accused of misleading were trusting
seniors who believed that this was the only way that they could get assistance
in obtaining free
prescriptions," Corbett said.
-- Dissolve Pro-Tel Planning, LLC, and stop engaging in the sale
of their
assistance services in the Commonwealth." San Diego County
superior court judge
Vincent P., straw
purchases, illegal sales by federally licensed dealers, gun show sales or
kitchen
table transactions, which can be causally attributed to these
manufacturers and distributors.redress articulating
-- Failing to make consumers aware that the same information and forms
are offered free
of charge, via the Internet or by calling toll-free
numbers.
-- Stop engaging in all
health care related business that is not directly
related to the sale of insurance.articulating thesqueakywheel
NEW
YORK, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman + Herz
LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States
District Court for the
District of Utah, on behalf of all persons who purchased the securities of
iMergent, Inc." Our class action
lawsuit is continuing and the last day to join is Monday, May
9, 2005.com., Red Lion, York County.
-- Falsely claiming that the company used "state of the
art" computer
software programs to track consumers' prescriptions and eligibility
information when the software used was standard and common in the
industry. The cities
had
claimed the defendants' lawful and highly regulated business practices were
"unfair, deceptive
and fraudulent" and caused the criminal misuse of
firearms in California, resulting in a "public
nuisance.shams infomercial
On April 28th,
the Company issued a press release stating, "iMergent Reports Record Fiscal
Third Quarter Revenue, Pre-Tax Earnings and Cash Flows." Your ability to share in any recovery is
not,
however, affected by the decision whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.
Pro-Tel
charged consumers a $60 fee, per prescription, per year to fill
out applications and other documents
."
Under the terms of the Assurance, Pro-Tel denies the Commonwealth's
allegations and agrees
to:
-- Refund a portion of the fees to consumers who file complaints by
March 21
, 2006 with the Attorney General's Office.
[To read the Court of Appeals opinion click on
http:
//www.dissatisfied fairer
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions, please contact
Wolf Haldenstein
Adler Freeman + Herz LLP at 270 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10016, by telephone at (800) 575
-0735 (Fred Taylor Isquith, Esq.
The Attorney General's Health Care Section entered into an "Assurance
of
Voluntary Compliance" agreement with Michael and Dora Markle and their
business Pro-Tel Planning
, LLC, 213 East Lancaster St.
The action resolves alleged violations of Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade
Practices and Consumer Protection Law.gov
S.smg revoked
, or Derek Behnke), via e-mail at
classmember@whafh
.whafh.
DiFiglia originally dismissed those claims
in March 2003. Plaintiffs have cited
no cases finding a manufacturer has
engaged in an unfair practice solely by legally selling a non
-defective
product based on actions taken by entities further along the chain of
distribution.
unregulated mcca
In his dismissal, Judge DiFiglia said, "Discovery has produced a mountain
of data [but] [s]ignificantly
, however, none of this data reflects evidence
of the type of transactions complained of by plaintiffs
, i. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the
National Shooting Sports Foundation
(NSSF), said, "Yesterday's decision was
a definitive victory for our industry and the latest in a
continuing string
of major setbacks for antigun groups led by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence
."
The "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," sponsored in the House of
Representatives
by Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and in the Senate by
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), is expected
to be introduced next week.appalling compensate
com. Chamber of Commerce, National Association
of Manufacturers, and National
Association of Wholesalers as well as
organized labor unions that supported Senator John Kerry's
failed
presidential bid.gov/opinions/documents/A103211.compensate articulating
travelwatch dissatisfied
The ads and solicitations that reached
thousands
of older Pennsylvanians also included false representations that
consumers were required to purchase
life insurance to qualify for the
services, according to the Assurance.
A San Francisco-based
California appellate
court yesterday unanimously upheld a superior court decision dismissing
lawsuits
filed by Los Angeles, San Francisco and twelve other California
municipalities against members of
the firearms industry."
In affirming Judge DiFiglia's decision, appellate court judge James
Marchiano
, writing for a unanimous Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate
District, found, "The only business practice
the defendants in this case
have engaged in is marketing their products in a lawful manner to federally
licensed dealers."
CA Ct App
Decision
Judge Marchiano continued, "No evidence in this case hints that any of the
manufacturer
defendants provided weapons to criminals or failed to properly
record sales or did any of the other
acts that plaintiffs characterize as
high-risk business practices.
The bill is supported by
the U.victimized fairer
The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder
and other class litigation has been
repeatedly recognized by the courts, which
have appointed it to major positions in complex securities
multi-district and
consolidated litigation."
Lawrence G.
Keane added, "While we are
thankful that yet another appellate court has
rejected this attempt to abuse our judicial system
, the need for Congress
to act swiftly to enact much needed reforms to our nation's legal system to
stop lawsuit abuse against legitimate businesses, including members of our
industry, has never
been more urgent.dissatisfied redress
, Gregory
M. Nespole, Esq. HARRISBURG, Pa.
According to investigators
, the company between 2004 and 2005 advertised
statewide the sale of its services that claimed to
help qualified senior
citizens apply for low or no cost prescription drugs from the pharmaceutical
manufacturers' Patient Assistance Programs.smg victimized
whafh. It is important to emphasize
that the evidence
presented did not show that any defendant had actual
knowledge that specific retailers were illegally
supplying guns to the
crime gun market or took any action to aid or encourage such activity. Our
industry has been forced to spend
over $200 million defending against these outrageous and demonstrably
false
allegations, with no end in sight," said Keane.wrench redress
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman + Herz LLP Continues
Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Investors in iMergent Inc.
Our case name is Enuganti v
.
The complaint alleges that defendants were aware of but concealed from the
investing public
during the Class Period, were as follows: (i) the Company's
storefront software was defective; (ii
) iMergent was extorting from its
customers thousands of dollars in additional fees for technical
support,
characterized as "executive mentoring," above and beyond what customers
contracted to
pay as part of their service packages when they purchased the
storefront software; (iii) since at
least 2000, numerous customers had lodged
complaints with various state agencies concerning defects
with the storefront
software and the exorbitant "executive mentoring" fees charged; (iv) the
Company
's storefront software and service packages were being illegally
marketed as "franchises" or "business
opportunities" because iMergent was not
registered to engage in this type of business in the states
in which it was
operating and was not following the statutes applicable to companies that
market
franchises and business opportunities in those states; (v) the Company
was extending credit to customers
with subprime credit without disclosing that
the Company did not require these customers to meet
the Company's credit
criteria; (vi) the Company was entering into installment sale contracts for
defective storefront software packages, with the knowledge that the defects in
the software, the
difficulty of its use, and the refusal of some customers to
purchase so-called "executive mentoring
" (needed to operate the software)
would lead to higher customer dissatisfaction, product rejections
, refusals to
pay for product packages being financed by the Company, and complaints to and
legal
action by federal and state authorities; and (vii) defendants had
concealed that iMergent had been
subjected to a lawsuit and a cease and desist
order by the State of Washington in early 2004 concerning
misconduct similar
to that alleged by the State of Texas in its February 2005 lawsuit.
--
Failing to inform consumers that they had the right to cancel their
contract within three
full business days without penalty. Even plaintiffs' experts could not present an evidentiary
link
between the manufacturer of a firearm and a retail gun dealer who sold
guns that ended up in criminal
circumstances.adjuster appalling
("iMergent" or the "Company") (Amex: IIG) between October 26,
2004 and February 25
, 2005, inclusive, (the "Class Period") against defendants
iMergent and certain officers and directors
of the Company. A copy of the
complaint filed in this action is available from the Court, or can
be viewed
on the Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman + Herz LLP website at
http://www.
The complaint
alleges that defendants violated the federal securities laws
by issuing materially false and misleading
statements throughout the Class
Period that had the effect of artificially inflating the market price
of the
Company's securities. Under certain circumstances, one or more class members may together
serve as "lead plaintiff.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of
securities
class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and
appellate courts
across the country. The firm has approximately 60 attorneys
in various practice areas; and offices
in Chicago, New York City, San Diego,
and West Palm Beach., Attorney General Tom Corbett
today
announced that a Pennsylvania business will refund consumers, pay fines
and get out of the health
care business following claims that it used
deceptive marketing tactics to lure senior citizens into
purchasing
prescription drug assistance programs that are available for free. "We contend that older
Pennsylvanians were deceived into believing that the 'assistance programs'
they purchased were
unavailable anywhere else, when in fact similar programs
exist on the Internet at no cost to the
consumer.attorneygeneral. There is no competent evidence before the
Court that any criminal acquisition
can be attributed to conduct by the
[gun industry defendants].complaint mcca
DOC]
Founded in 1961, the NSSF
is the shooting sports industry's trade
organization with 2,500 members representing firearm and
ammunition
manufacturers, distributors and retailers.thesqueakywheel adjuster
, et al. A lead
plaintiff is a representative
party that acts on behalf of other class members
in directing the litigation. Consumers
have
until March 21, 2006 to file a complaint to obtain restitution.
The Assurance was filed in Commonwealth
Court. Defendants
manufacture guns according to federal law and guidelines. The record in this case
shows that the only
business practice that these defendants engage in is the manufacture and
sale
of firearms to dealers that are licensed as such by the federal
government. "We look forward to the
imminent introduction of the 'Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,'
which will help put
an end to lawsuit abuse.travelwatch articulating
"
NSSF is the firearm industry's trade association and was a defendant
in the
suits.adjuster newbuyer
Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett Takes Action Against PA Company Accused of Deceptively
Advertising Prescription Drug Plan; Consumers Have Until March 21
" Echoing the superior court's finding
, the appellate
court said, "In this case, there is no causal connection between any
conduct of
the defendants and any incident of illegal acquisition of
firearms or criminal acts or accidental
injury by a firearm. Neither did they change
their business practices to avoid proposed regulations
or advise retailers
on ways to circumvent the law.courtinfo.The Complaints and Protection category
has sites that are intended to help consumers identify and protect themselves from unethical or illegal
practices in the marketplace, and to guide consumers in complaining and getting redress when they have
been victimized.
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