Seattle-based startup Earth Class Mail has landed in Los Angeles, saying Monday that the firm has opened up shop on Santa Monica Boulevard for the firm's Internet mail service. Earth Class Mail -- which is venture backed by the Keiretsu Forum -- said the new location will help "entertainment-industry professionals and jet-setters" to gain a Hollywood area mail address. Earth Class Mail receives and The firm scans in every page of mail received by the firm, and also allows users to recycle, shred, or archive those mail items. According to Earth Class Mail, the new Los Angeles

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks said Thursday afternoon that the firm has settled a class action lawsuit, which was filed against the firm in 2007. Tags: occam networks class action lawsuit legal restatemen The company said it will pay $1.7M as part of a $12.66M settlement, the remainder of which will be coming from Occam's insurers and another defendant.

Irvine-based Broadcom reported Tuesday that the firm has agreed to settle a class action, securities lawsuit against the firm, in exchange for a $160.5M The class action suit was filed by investors who bought or acquired shares of Broadcom between July 21, 2005 and July 13, 2006. Tags: broadcom class action legal lawsuit stock options backdatin cash payment. The lawsuit was related to stock options backdating.

The homepage is extension.piercecollege.edu/ (then click "Online Classes", then the "http://www.ed2go.com/piercext/" link - opens in new window) but you can get their directly via www.ed2go.com/piercext/ . If you go to ed2go.com directly, the classes are MORE expensive ($159 per) although there is an option to register through an accredited college in your area. I took these courses "PMP Certification Prep" I and II by Tony Swaim at the beginning of the summer and was quite pleased. Then click on "Certification Prep".

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that the firm has been granted a motion to dismiss a consumer, class action lawsuit against the firm. The company said the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has granted the firm's motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit from Christopher Lorenzo, which had claimed antitrust violations and unfair competition by the company. According to Qualcomm, the judge found that the allegations in the compliant did not give Lorenzo any right to compensation from the firm under California's unfair competition law.

Saturday, January 31, 2009 -- Project Management Professional Certification Prep Classes. The Project Management Institute- Orange County Chapter announces Winter Session PMP Prep Classes PMI-OC will once again offer a six session preparation class for the PMP Certification examination. The PMP is a world wide recognized designation that sets the standard for professionalism and competency in the Project Management discipline. See http://www.pmi-oc.org...

Her early classes were done offline about programs that were so new that students were willing to fly to her class from across the country. So until recently, she focused heavily on class quality, and let the marketing happen mostly through word of mouth. For her customers, the real alternative is expensive, offline classes at local schools. The web is full of free how-to articles and videos. So why do hundreds of thousands of new subscribers happily sign up every year to pay Lynda.com a monthly fee to learn software like Excel and Photoshop?

Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony has settled a class action lawsuit over its lack of support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, the firm reported Tuesday evening. eHarmony said that as part of the settlement, all claims will be dismissed, and it will create a $2M settlement fund, with $500,000 of that fund to be designed for claims by the class, with any unclaimed portion of the fund to be donated to a charity designated by the court. According to eHarmony, it is in an agreement to settle Carlson, et. al.

Tags: xprize foundation space flight prize award research class course education gran The X Prize Foundation , the nonprofit which is managing a number of prize-based competitions to spur on scientific research and innovation, said Wednesday that it is launching a new lab program at the University of Southern Califonia Viterbi School of Engineering . According to the foundation, the new X PRIZE Lab@USC will include a semester-long course for undergraduates, enrolling students from both the School of Engineering and USC Marshall School of Business.

Earth Class Mail - If you’re going to work remotely, you need to have access to your mail wherever you are. Kareem has all his mail go to Earth Class Mail , where it gets scanned and he can decide if he wants to have a document printed, mailed to him or shredded. Instead of working out of a cubicle, Kareem Mayan decided to travel the world and work remotely. As I write this, he’s in South Africa.