ALTRIA GROUP: Schwarz’s Bid for Review of Health Case Pending

Altria Group, Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the petition for review submitted by the plaintiff in Schwarz’s individual smoking and health case against the Company’s wholly…

ALTRIA GROUP: SC Dismisses Certiorari Bid in Williams’ Suit

Altria Group, Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on March 31, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the writ of certiorari filed in Williams’ individual smoking and…

MICRON TECH: Still Facing Antitrust Suits by Attorneys-General

Micron Technology Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the Company and other Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) manufacturers continue to face antitrust law violations suits filed through…

GREENBRIER COS: BC Rail Suit on Derailment Incident Pending

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. disclosed in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that BC Rail Partnership’s suit alleging breach of contract and negligent manufacture and design of railcars which were involved…

GREENBRIER COS: Repairing SEB Railcars as Part of Settlement

The Greenbrier Co., Inc. is proceeding with repairs of the railcars in accordance with terms of the settlement agreement with SEB Finans AB, the Company disclosed in its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and…

SCHNITZER STEEL: Sees No Further Liability on Export Sales Issue

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. says that it does not expect to pay any future material amounts associated with an Oct. 16, 2006 settlement under which it has agreed to cooperate fully with investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and…

MICRON TECHNOLOGY: Calif. AG Files Suit on Cartwright Law Breach

Micron Technology Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that on Oct. 3, 2008, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court, purportedly on behalf of local…

MERIX CORP: Arbitration of Clark Sales’ Claim to Start on Dec. 4

The arbitration of Clark Sales, LLC’s breach-of-contract claim against Merix Caymans Trading Company Ltd. is scheduled to begin on Dec. 4, 2008.

Merix Caymans is a subsidiary of Merix Corp.

In June 2008, Clark Sales filed a complaint against Merix Caymans,…

EDUCATION MGMT: To Continue Cooperating with AGs’ Investigations

Education Management LLC will continue to cooperate with the Attorneys General of Oregon and Illinois in their investigations into the relationships between schools and student loan providers should the investigations proceed, according to its Form 10-K dated Sept. 19, 2007.

The…