Those were the top named service requests reported by Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE: PPD) based on input from their participating law firms.  Pre-paid legal services provides specified legal services to their members.

“The Pre-Paid Legal Services Top Five List is intended to be a ’snap-shot’ of the issues that legal service plan members are facing today, and given the economic hardships that so many Americans are experiencing, it’s not a pretty picture,” said Pre-Paid Legal Services Founder and CEO Harland C. Stonecipher.

Debt collection activities by the lender, or service provider owed the money, don’t have the same restrictions as activities by debt collection agencies. Debt collection agencies must stop harassment when requested by the debtor.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) protects consumers from abusive actions by debt collectors.  Debt collectors are defined more broadly than just agencies.  It also includes attorneys who attempt to collect debts on a regular basis, as

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EMC, EMC Corporation

PWRM, Power 3 Medical Products Inc, PWRM.OB

HRAL, HearAtLast Holdings Inc, HRAL.PK

 

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EMC, EMC Corporation

EMC is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.

**Recently, EMC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kazeon Systems, Inc. (a leading eDiscovery software provider for corporations, legal service providers, government entities and law firms). EMC will be able to offer end-to-end,

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Law Firms Threatening Action Against Leveraged ETF Providers

At least two law firms say they're talking to clients who use leveraged exchange-traded funds about potential lawsuits against the funds' providers.

The list is large and includes ETFs sponsored by ProShares, PowerShares, Direxion and ETF Securities, which recently entered the U.S. (see story here.)

How do we know this? The law firms, of course, put out a press release. You can read it here.

 

Two Deutsche Bank Funds Hit By CTFC Ruling

A pair of PowerShares-DB commodity ETFs will be curtailed in how much they can buy in soybeans, wheat and corn due to a decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

You can read this Bloomberg News report for more details. Also, check Matt Hougan's blog here.

 

SSgA's Hoguet: Sovereign Wealth Funds To Buy SDRs

Special drawing rights, or SDRs, are what the International Monetary Fund uses internally as currency markers to traverse

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Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), today announced that Hanif Jamal, the company’s chief financial officer, is scheduled to present at the 2009 Southern California Investor Conference on August 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The conference is being held at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Calif.

American Spectrum Realty, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: AQQ), a real estate investment, management and leasing company, headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced today its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Rental revenue decreased $287,000, or 3.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2009 in comparison to the three months ended

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Class Action Suits Against Conseco

A number of law firms have filed a class action lawsuit against Conseco Inc. (CNO) on behalf of purchasers of its common stock between August 4, 2005 and March 17, 2008.

Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Izard Nobel LLP and Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP charged Conseco and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the federal securities laws.  

The lawsuits are a consequence of a disclosure by Conseco on March 17, 2008 that it did not maintain effective controls over the accounting and disclosure of insurance policy benefits and the liabilities for insurance products, and that it would therefore restate its financial results for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2006, along with affected Selected Consolidated Financial Data for 2003 and 2004, and quarterly financial information for 2006 as well as the first three quarters of 2007.

The complaint

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Cisco Systems [CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)] Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. The Company provides a line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. Its products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco Systems, Inc.’s products, which include primarily routers, switches, and products that the

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Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq GM:ADLR), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of products related to pain management, today appointed John M. Limongelli, Esq., as general counsel, managing all legal affairs for the company. Mr. Limongelli will also be a senior vice president, reporting directly to Adolor president and CEO Michael Dougherty.

Mr. Limongelli comes from a much larger corporate environment, Cephalon, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company with annual sales approaching $2 billion, where he was associate general counsel and vice president. Prior to that he was with one of the world’s largest law firms, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius out of Philadelphia, and is a graduate of Temple University.

“As Adolor continues its transition to a commercial stage pharmaceutical company, John’s industry and private practice experience will prove to be an invaluable asset to the company” said Dougherty.

Adolor (www.Adalor.com) was founded in 1993. Located just outside of Philadelphia, it has

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