Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Veolia Environnement S.A. American Depositary Shares during the period between April 27, 2007 and August 4, 2011.

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff’s counsel, Samuel H. Rudman or David A. Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at djr@rgrdlaw.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/veolia/. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.

The complaint charges Veolia and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Veolia operates utility and public transportation businesses. The Company supplies drinking water, provides waste management services, manages and maintains heating and air conditioning systems, and operates rail and road passenger transportation systems.

The complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s business and prospects. Specifically, defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose the following adverse facts: (a) that Veolia was materially overstating its financial results by engaging in improper accounting practices; (b) that the Company lacked adequate internal controls and was therefore unable to ascertain its true financial condition; (c) that Veolia failed to timely record an impairment charge for its Transport business in Morocco, Environmental Services businesses in Egypt, Marine Services business in the United States, and for Southern Europe; (d) that the Company’s revenues were being hampered by the renewal of some of its major concession contracts; and (e) that, as a result of the foregoing, defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about the Company and its prospects.

Robbins Geller, a 180-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlanta, is active in major litigations pending in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors, consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations.

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Shareholders of Pain Therapeutics, Inc. are reminded of the securities class action lawsuit filed against Pain Therapeutics and certain of its officers. The class action (1-11-CV-1034), filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased PTIE securities during the period from February 3, 2011 through June 23, 2011 (the "Class Period"). This class action is brought under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. Sections 78j(b) and 78t(a); and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the SEC, 17 C.F.R. Section 240.10b-5.

If you are a shareholder who purchased PTIE securities during the Class Period, you have until January 31, 2012 to ask the Court to appoint you as lead plaintiff for the class. A copy of the complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Rachelle R. Boyle at rrboyle@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll free, x350. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address and telephone number.

The Complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, PTIE made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material facts about a new drug, REMOXY. Specifically, PTIE failed to disclose that REMOXY was not approvable by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to chemistry, manufacturing, and control deficiencies that caused inconsistent results during laboratory tests.

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In 1957, the American Shipping Industry sold the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  "a billion dollar - "pig in a poke".... the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Project or MRGO.  A Multi-Billion Dollar Engineering Project...On the scale of the Panama Canal, costing Billions of Dollars....  A superhighway for marine commerce.... A navigational channel to directly connect the Gulf of Mexico to the city of New Orleans.   Right here in the good ole USA....including building levees that maintain the highway to transport goods worldwide..... while providing flood protection for those living along its banks.     

WHY?.....  Because it would benefit the shipping industry...and of course .....the state of Louisiana!

The new passage was supposed to shorten a ship's journey to the Crescent City by 40 miles, and provide an economic boon to St. Bernard, the parish most impacted by the project. The cost? A mere $95 MILLION. That's $95 Million in 1957 dollars...

But in 1958, a report published by the Department of the Interior, warned that "excavation of the (MRGO) could result in major ecological change with widespread and severe ecological consequences."

Too bad no one was listening.

The MRGO certainly provided access. Not just to ships, however,.... which largely ignored it.  But It also provided access to saltwater! The Gulf of Mexico now had direct access into some of the most productive marshes and wetlands in the entire United States.

In short order, it killed more than 11,000 acres of cypress swamps and turned over 19,000 acres of brackish marsh into saline marsh. Vegetation died. Wildlife died off ......or disappeared.

The freshwater marshes that once supported over a quarter million wintering ducks and provided an annual fur harvest of over 650,000 animals vanished due to saltwater intrusion.

A recent report jointly sponsored by the LSU Agricultural Center, Sea Grant and Coastal Wetlands and Restoration, , said...

"The New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speculates that the loss of land in the area approaches nearly 3,400 acres of fresh/intermediate marsh. More than 10,300 acres of brackish marsh, 4,200 acres of saline marsh and 1,500 acres of cypress swamps and levee forests have been destroyed or severely altered."

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In this INSIDER EXCLUSIVE Special we show you the "the Real Dangers of Weight Loss Surgery " in "What No One Tells You About Weight Loss Surgery"  and how Marion Ferguson's "Weight Loss surgery" resulted in her near death,  until the only thing that saved her life was a historically documented holistic remedy called "maggot therapy"!                                

Before you consider going under the knife.... You really need to know about these Dangers .You've heard the amazing testimonials: "Morbidly obese person has surgery, ....sheds 150 pounds..... lives healthfully ever after"You've seen stars transform themselves.  Carnie Wilson, Al Roker and, if you believe the rumors, Star Jones Reynolds.    

It's no wonder the demand for weight loss operations have.... tripled since 2001.... and that many women overlook the risks. But bariatric surgery is no quick fix..... It requires major lifestyle changes and lifetime follow-up. "It should be a last resort," say most experts.Here's some  truths about weight loss surgery you won't read in celeb success stories.                         

MRSA or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a very contagious bacteria that can be ....quite deadly. In 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)..... 94,360 infections were caused by MRSA.... and 20 percent of these were fatal.

Hospitals, nursing homes and clinics are particularly susceptible and "Breeding Grounds" to spreading the infection. And MRSA is just one of the "near-fatal" complications Marion Ferguson unfortunately experienced due to the incompetence of her Plastic Surgeon.

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In the last 10 years, there have been more than 30,000 railroad crossing collisions resulting in more than 3600 deaths. And in almost every single case, the Railroad Companies fight "tooth and nail" to "blame" the victim for causing the accidents....which in many cases is actually the Railroad companies fault.

Last year Louisiana ranked "4th" nationally in vehicle and train fatalities and "1st" in the "Most Accidents per Public Grade Crossings" Train accidents and, specifically..... railroad crossing accidents.... can have devastating effects on motor vehicles. When a train hits another vehicle -- a car, truck or SUV -- the results are catastrophic. Often, these accidents and deaths could have been prevented.Figures from the National Transportation Safety Board state that approximately 60 percent of all railroad crossing fatalities occur at "unprotected" or passive crossings.

Passive crossings are those crossings with only a railroad crossing sign. The statistics also state that "Protected Crossings"..... those crossings with warning devices such as lights and gates,,,,, represent only 20 percent of the public railroad crossings in the United States. The National Transportation Safety Board publishes Some national statistics you should know........      

333 million -- Number of vehicles that cross railroad tracks every day 50% -- Percentage of vehicle/train collisions that occur at crossings with active warning devices (lights, gates, bells) 40x -- Times you are more likely to die in a crash with a train than you are to die in an automobile crash 2  Hrs-- Average time, in hours, between each incident where a vehicle or pedestrian is struck by a train.

The National Transportation Safety Board also lists The 10 most dangerous states for railroad crossing fatalities in 2010

- 26 Illinois railroad crossing accident fatalities in 2010
- 25 Florida railroad crossing deaths
- 24 California railroad crossing fatalities
- 19 Indiana railroad crossing deaths
- 17 Texas railroad crossing deaths
- 15 Louisiana railroad crossing deaths
- 13 Mississippi railroad crossing deaths
- 12 Ohio railroad crossing deaths
- 10 Alabama railroad crossing deaths
- 10 Missouri railroad crossing deaths

In this Insider Exclusive Special, "TRAIN ACCIDENTS - The Rachel Duncan Story", Rachel's lawyer, Michael Cox ,partner at the law firm of Cox Cox Filo, Camel & Wilson successfully got justice for Rachel. By proving that the tracks on which the Train  that rendered her a quadriplegic and killed her sister was obstructed by overgrown vegetation. Most importantly that the railroad company was and  is responsible for assuring that train crossing warning systems are active and in working order. Too often, railroad companies allow weeds, grass, trees and other vegetation to overgrow near railroad crossings. This overgrown foliage prevents motorists from seeing an oncoming train and causes these deadly catastrophic accidents.

We hope you'll tune in to ""TRAIN ACCIDENTS - The Rachel  Duncan Story"   this January  and join us on our TV website to watch it again.