Patricia A. Meyer & Associates

• Seiler, et al. v. Guitar Center, Inc., et al. - United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 09-cv-2423-L (BLM). On October 29, 2009, the law offices of Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP and Patricia A. Meyer & Associates, APC filed suite against Guitar Center, Inc., the National Association of Music Merchants and several other defendants for violation of the Federal Anti-Trust laws embodied in § 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1).

• Susan L. Justus, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, v. Mozambique Restaurants, LLC, et al. – San Diego County Superior Court, Case No. 30-2009-00301550. In 2009, the law firm of Patricia A. Meyer & Associates filed a class action in Orange County, alleging that all non-exempt employees were unlawfully denied breaks and meal periods. The lawsuit further alleges that the South Orange County restaurant group engaged in the unlawful practice of “time shaving”, whereby management would reduce the actual number of hours worked by its employees in order to create the false picture that its employees were taking meal period breaks.

• Douglas Telecom, Inc. v. Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC - Multnomah County Circuit Court Case No. 0910-14732. On October 20, 2009, several law firms, including Patricia A. Meyer & Associates, APC filed a class action lawsuit against Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC. The complaint alleges that Defendant Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC engaged in unlawful and fraudulent billing practices in violation of Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Statutes by charging clients more for computerized legal research than the firm was actually paying for such services.

• Arbusto, et al. v. Pedley Zielke Gordinier & Pence, PLLC, et al. - Kentucky Arbitration Proceeding. On September 27, 2009, the law offices of Patricia A. Meyer & Associates APC, the Poppe Law Firm and Sales & Satterly obtained an arbitration award totaling $1.3 million for defrauded investors. Plaintiffs' claims were based upon legal malpractice and fraud theories. Pedley Zielke Gordinier & Pence, PLLC was a prominent Louisville, Kentucky law firm until it was broken apart into two separate firms in early 2008.

• Harris v. American International Group, et al. - Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BC 414205. On July 31, 2009, the law firms of Aguirre Morris & Severson LLP, Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP and Patricia A. Meyer & Associates, APC filed its First Amended Complaint against American International Group and several of its subsidiaries. The Plaintiff is a California financial advisor who both purchased annuity contracts from AIG subsidiaries and recommended these investment vehicles to her clients while being mislead as to AIG's true financial picture.

• Waggoner v. Chadbourne & Parke, et. al. - Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BC 408693. This is the first of several actions filed against a law firm for unfair business practices alleging that law firms are overcharging their clients for computerized legal research. The action seeks to recover the difference between what the law firms are paying for the computerized research and billing to their clients.

• Adams v. Fiserv, et. al. - San Diego Superior Court Case No. 837421. In August 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, reversed a decision by Superior Court Judge Strauss, and concluded that a non-discretionary custodial trustee does have fiduciary obligations to our clients. The California Supreme Court rejected Fiserv's Petition for Review in January 2009. The case is now in discovery and awaiting a trial date.

• Arbusto, et al. v. Twist, et al. - American Arbitration Association Case No. 52 180 Y 00600 06. On November 12, 2007, Patricia A. Meyer & Associates, APC obtained an arbitration award totaling $5,756,471 against Martin Twist, Martin Twist Energy Co., LLC and Cherokee Energy Co., LLC after a four-day arbitration proceeding. The arbitration award was later confirmed and converted to a judgment on October 7, 2008.

• Bains v. Moores - San Diego Superior Court Case No. GIC 806212, which is an individual action to recover approximately $13 million lost by 19 families in the fraudulent financial accounting and reporting activities at Peregrine Systems Inc.

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