In September 2010, I read on the google finance page for company A that attorney started an investigation of the tender offer of company B to acquire the shares of company A.
Since I owned shares of company A at that time, I called attorney at the number provided to get more information about the investigation. After speaking with attorney and briefly reviewing material I received from attorney via email, I gained the strong impression that attorney's investigation was unsubstantiated. Therefore, I never agreed to be listed as the plaintiff. In particular, I never provided proof of ownership of shares, and I never signed any agreement.
In late October, I found a document that is publicly available on the Internet and in which I am listed as plaintiff (represented by attorney as well as members of two other law offices with whom I never communicated) in a class action lawsuit pertaining to the tender offer of company B.
I contacted the bar associations of the States (CA, PA, and WA) where attorney and the two other law offices are situated and filed complaints. In my complaints, I specifically demand my name to be removed from documents pertaining to the class-action lawsuit.
Are there any other procedures that may be appropriate? For example I don't know if the attorneys' actions may have violated any existing laws, in which case I would probably contact the police or the prosecuting attorney.
Since I owned shares of company A at that time, I called attorney at the number provided to get more information about the investigation. After speaking with attorney and briefly reviewing material I received from attorney via email, I gained the strong impression that attorney's investigation was unsubstantiated. Therefore, I never agreed to be listed as the plaintiff. In particular, I never provided proof of ownership of shares, and I never signed any agreement.
In late October, I found a document that is publicly available on the Internet and in which I am listed as plaintiff (represented by attorney as well as members of two other law offices with whom I never communicated) in a class action lawsuit pertaining to the tender offer of company B.
I contacted the bar associations of the States (CA, PA, and WA) where attorney and the two other law offices are situated and filed complaints. In my complaints, I specifically demand my name to be removed from documents pertaining to the class-action lawsuit.
Are there any other procedures that may be appropriate? For example I don't know if the attorneys' actions may have violated any existing laws, in which case I would probably contact the police or the prosecuting attorney.