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Invitation to a Press Conference: Workers at Major Computer Corporation File Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit in Federal Court.


Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol :
When:       Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 10:00 AM

Where:      San Francisco Marriott Hotel
            Room: Pacific C
            55 Fourth Street/San Francisco (between Mission and Market
            Streets)
            Media Call-in Number: 1-866-682-6100

Speakers:   James M. Finberg, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann &
            Bernstein, LLP
            Steven G. Zieff, Partner, Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff, LLP
            Plaintiffs


Charging that one of the nation's largest computer companies is unfairly denying overtime pay to systems administrators, network technicians and other technical staff, current and former employees will file a federal class action lawsuit class action lawsuit

A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax
 in U. S. District Court in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  on January 24, 2006.

The lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort.  claims that the multi-billion dollar corporation is in violation of federal and state labor laws labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. . The proposed class includes tens of thousands of workers employed throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Lewis Feinberg Renaker & Jackson P.C., Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff, LLP, and Outten & Golden, as well as other firms in cities around the country.

Editors' Notes:

Telepress conference call-in number: Reporters from outside the Bay Area can call in to the press conference by dialing 1-866-682-6100. You must sign in ahead of time to be admitted to the call.
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