HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Emerson Firm, a securities trial law firm with offices in Houston, Texas and Little Rock, Arkansas, announced today that there are many currently pending securities class actions with specified deadlines for investors to move to be lead plaintiff. The Emerson Firm has filed a securities fraud class action against each one of the listed companies and in certain instances, some officers and/or directors, in the United States District Courts in the venues identified. If you bought the common stock of any of the Companies listed below during the class periods specified and you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than the Court deadline stated below. If you are a member of any of these classes, you can join these class actions by contacting Ms. Tanya Autry at the Investor Relations Department of The Emerson Firm. Any member of the class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through The Emerson Firm or other counsel of their choice.
COMPANY NAME TICKER VENUE CLASS COURT
SYMBOL PERIOD DEADLINE
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360Networks, Inc. TSIXQ.PK Southern District 11/08/00 08/23/02
of New York - 06/28/01
Amdocs Limited DOX Eastern District 07/18/00 08/26/02
of Missouri, - 06/20/02
Eastern Division
AOL Time Warner AOL Southern District 07/19/99 09/16/02
Inc. of New York - 07/17/02
Capital One COF Eastern District 01/15/02 09/17/02
Financial Corp. of Virginia, - 07/16/02
Alexandria Division
Charter CHTR Eastern District 11/09/99 09/30/02
Communications, of Missouri - 07/17/02
Inc.
Citigroup C Southern District 07/24/99 09/23/02
of New York - 07/23/02
Cross Media XMM Southern District 11/05/01 09/16/02
Marketing Corp. of New York - 07/11/02
CryoLife, Inc. CRY Northern District 08/11/00 09/06/02
of Georgia, - 06/26/02
Atlanta Division
El Paso EP Southern District 07/25/01 09/16/02
Corporation of Texas, - 05/29/02
Houston Division
Flextronics FLEX Southern District 10/02/01 08/19/02
International, of New York - 06/04/02
Ltd.
HPL Technologies, HPLA Northern District 07/31/01 09/23/02
Inc. of California - 07/19/02
Johnson & Johnson JNJ District of 04/16/02 09/23/02
New Jersey - 07/18/02
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK District of 07/23/99 08/30/02
New Jersey - 06/20/02
Montana Power MTP; now District of 01/30/01 08/26/02
Company TAA Montana, Butte - 11/14/01
Division
PerkinElmer, Inc. PKI District of 07/15/01 09/06/02
Massachusetts - 04/11/02
SeeBeyond SBYN Central District 04/23/01 09/03/02
Technology of California, - 04/22/02
Corporation Western Division
Sonus Networks, SONS District of 12/11/00 09/17/02
Inc. Massachusetts - 01/16/02
Tellabs, Inc. TLAB Northern District 12/11/00 09/03/02
of Illinois, - 06/19/01
Eastern District
Uniroyal UTCI Middle District 02/08/00 09/03/02
Technology Corp. of Florida, - 05/13/02
Tampa Division
Vivendi Universal V Southern District 04/23/01 09/16/02
of New York - 07/02/02
Xcel Energy, Inc. XEL District of 01/31/01 09/30/02
Minnesota - 07/26/02
The Emerson Firm has substantial experience representing investors in securities fraud class action lawsuits such as these. The firm has offices in Texas and Arkansas, but represents investors throughout the nation. If you have any questions about how you may be able to recover for your losses, or if you would like to consider serving as one of the lead plaintiffs in these lawsuits, you are encouraged to call or e-mail the Firm. A copy of the complaint filed in these actions is available from the Court, or can be obtained from The Emerson Firm. You should act promptly and contact us well before the Court deadlines specified above.
More information on this and other class actions can be found on the Class Action Newsline at www.primezone.com/ca.