Check your employee handbook if you have one. As long as you put in the minimum amount of notice necessary as listed in your handbook they should mark you as re-hireable. It may list 30 days, but one to two weeks is typical. If it's not listed, just be kind and courteous to your manager and express your concerns in writing to your HR Manager. Document everything and save everything. Make sure to send them an email thanking them for meeting with you and list the bullet points of the discussion, along with requesting delivered and read receipts. They should play ball. If not, you might have a case. I'd recommend checking with an employment law lawyer in your state. Keep in mind you'll probably have to pay for the consultation. Unlike class action attorneys on my site (http://www.TopClassActions.com) they don't work on contingency.

As an attorney I am a little bit surprised that he submitted his request to exclude himself from the class action lawsuit to the wrong PO Box. Obviously he's not one who works class action cases. If he was he'd know to follow the instructions, to the letter, or else the submission will likely get thrown out. I don't want to burn bridges with attorneys, but, he should have followed the instructions in the summary notice otherwise it's just an attempt at some free PR. Not a bad attempt, but, an attempt none the less and should be identified as such. Please note, that there are THOUSANDS of unhappy iPod owners out there with severely scratched up units. Now, obviously, I'm a bit biased (as President of http://www.topclassactions.com/ and support the class action system, but Judges are actually really good at weeding out the worthless settlements. The iPods included in this settlement are only those that didn't receive the protective chemical coating that Apple admitted helped protect the iPod from scratches. There are countless complaints out there which detail people scratching their pre-change iPods by only wiping them with a paper towel. If that's not a manufacturing defect, I don't know what is. I should be able to wipe off the surface of my iPod without scratching it...