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A new class action lawsuit has been filed against the country's biggest bar exam preparation company, BAR/BRI bar review, alleging that the company fraudulently and deceptively induced students from New York law schools to purchase BAR/BRI products at inflated prices. The plaintiffs in the $48 million suit are two 2005 graduates and one 2006 graduate from Albany Law School.The initial class...

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A judge in Madison County, Illinois granted final approval in late May for a settlement in a class action deal, in which parents, who purchased GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Paxil or Paxil CR for their children may seek reimbursement for their purchase of the antidepressant.The suit alleged that GlaxoSmithKline misled consumers by failing to disclose information about negative side effects, such as...

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A Louisiana hospital agreed to pay $7.4 million to settle its part of a class action suit accusing a cardiologist of doing unnecessary angioplasties and other procedures. Half of the amount will be shared by 305 former patients and the rest will pay litigation costs and attorneys' fees in the suit against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. The attorneys are still seeking damages from...

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A lawsuit filed by The Prescription Access Litigation Project, a consumer action group, alleges that Mylan Laboratories, Inc. accepted money from Cephalon, one of its competitors, to delay marketing of a generic version of the drug Provigil.Generic drugs typically cost much less, and the suit alleges that consumers paid more as a result of the $136 million pay-off Mylan and other generic drug...

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The Roane County judge who presided over the class action trial that awarded a $405 million verdict to class members says that he is likely to reduce the award pursuant to the defendant's post-trial motions.In a hearing on March 5, Judge Tom Evans indicated that he agreed with an argument made by counsel for Chesapeake Energy Corp. and NiSource Inc. that the jury inflated damages by 30%. If the...

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Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. have agreed to a $90 million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of indirect purchasers of DRAM computer chips.Lawsuits were originally filed in numerous states on behalf of consumers who indirectly purchased DRAM or products containing DRAM from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2002. The suits alleged that...

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Preliminary approval has been given to a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against paint manufacturers, Sherwin-Williams Co. and PPG Industries Inc. alleging price fixing of auto refinishing paint.According to court filings, under the proposed settlement PPG Industries, the world's second-largest car-paint maker, will pay $23 million, and Sherwin-Williams, the largest U.S. paint...

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Occidental Chemical has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit by residents of Alabama alleging that their property was damaged by operations at Occidental's Muscle Shoals facility.Residents living near the plant filed the suit on January 10, 2007. The plaintiffs allege that the plant has released toxic chemicals into the air and water, ultimately contaminating their property, and...

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A Roane County, West Virginia jury has awarded an 8,000-member class of owners of natural gas rights a jury verdict of nearly $405 million. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all West Virginia gas-royalty owners who leased land to Columbia Natural Resources, LLC.The company had lease agreements with the plaintiffs allowing it to drill for gas on land they owned, but according to...

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