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  • June 2008

    • Star Lawyer Gets 5 Years in Bribery Rap

      newser  |  Clarion-Ledger  |  Jun 27, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Star Lawyer Gets 5 Years in Bribery Rap

      Disgraced Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs was sentenced to the maximum 5 years in prison today in a judicial bribery scheme; at the hearing, the class-action pioneer said, “I could not be more ashamed than I am today.” The judge hinted he might shave some time off if Scruggs cooperates with authorities in other bribery probes, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Mississippi  • bribery  • class action  • Dickie Scruggs

    • Grand Theft Auto Sex Scenes Fail to Excite

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 8:34 AM CDT

      Grand Theft Auto Sex Scenes Fail to Excite

      Moral outrage that sparked a class action lawsuit over the hidden sex scenes in the wildly popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has failed to translate into complaints, the New York Times reports. Despite the millions of copies of the game sold to date, only 2,676 offended owners have stepped forward to file a claim under a settlement agreement reached with the game’s makers. More »

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      settlement  • class action  • video games  • Grand Theft Auto

  • April 2008

    • WR Grace Makes Deal to Settle Asbestos Claims

      newser  |  Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 8, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      WR Grace Makes Deal to Settle Asbestos Claims

      Chemical company WR Grace cleared a major hurdle in its 7-year effort to emerge from bankruptcy yesterday, agreeing to pay more than $3 billion to settle asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits, reports the Baltimore Sun . The deal, which a bankruptcy judge must approve, would establish a trust fund to settle current and future lawsuits. "In the final analysis, nothing will really compensate for people who lose their husbands or wives," said a lawyer for the claimants. More »

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      cancer  • bankruptcy  • civil lawsuits  • class action  • asbestos

    • J&J Hid Birth Control Patch Risks: Suit

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 6, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      J&J Hid Birth Control Patch Risks: Suit

      Johnson & Johnson doctored data to get its birth control patch FDA-approved, according to a class action lawsuit that claims Ortho-Evra caused blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes. A J&J scientist allegedly doctored the data with a "correction factor" for the FDA, lowering estrogen-related risk by 60%: He "presented a truly misleading picture of the amount of estrogen delivered by the patch,'' the suit said. More »

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      FDA  • birth control  • estrogen  • class action  • birth control pill  • Johnson and Johnson  • blood clots

  • March 2008

    • Starbucks Balks at Paying Back Barista Tips

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 28, 08 9:41 AM CDT

      Starbucks Balks at Paying Back Barista Tips

      Starbucks is defying a California court ruling, arguing a judge has created a tempest in a tip jar, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . The court ruled the coffee shop must pay nearly $100 million to California baristas forced to share tips with their supervisors. Similar suits have been filed in Minnesota and Massachusetts. Starbucks says it isn’t paying and is seeking an injunction against the ruling. More »

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      California  • lawsuit  • class action  • Howard Schultz  • barista  • tips  • labor code

    • Starbucks Owes Baristas $100M in Tips

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 21, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      Starbucks Owes Baristas $100M in Tips

      Starbucks will have to shell out more than $100 million to its baristas in California because they had to share the tip jar with supervisors, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A judge ruled that the coffee giant violated the state's labor code and ordered it to make amends to 120,000 low-wage workers over the last eight years. It's not clear how much each worker will get or whether the ruling will affect other states. More »

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      California  • lawsuit  • Starbucks  • coffee  • class action  • labor code

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Refund

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 21, 08 10:13 AM CST

      Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Refund

      If you bought a diamond—any diamond—between 1994 and 2006, De Beers owes you money. The jewelry behemoth recently settled a class-action lawsuit that accused it of driving up diamond prices with monopolistic practices. To compensate, it will pay consumers up to 59% of their bling’s original price. But there are catches aplenty, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • settlement  • jewelry  • class action  • diamond  • De Beers  • monopolistic practices

  • November 2007

    • Tyco-Case Lawyers Seek Record $460M Fee

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 1, 07 2:32 PM CDT

      Tyco-Case Lawyers Seek Record $460M Fee

      It would be the largest payday ever in a securities class action suit: three law firms tomorrow will ask a federal judge in New Hampshire to approve $460 million in fees and $29 million in expenses for their work for the plaintiffs in the suit against Tyco, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tyco has agreed to a record $3.2 billion settlement. More »

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      lawyer  • civil lawsuits  • class action

  • August 2007

    • Students Win $2.85M on SATs

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 25, 07 6:40 AM CDT

      Students Win $2.85M on SATs

      Students who took the SAT exam in 2005 and received incorrect scores have settled a class-action lawsuit with the test makers to the tune of $2.85 million, the New York Times reports. Over 4,000 students who sat the examination received scores that were artificially low—as much as 450 points out of 2,400—because their answer sheets had become damp. More »

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      lawsuit  • college  • student  • college student  • college admissions  • class action  • SAT  • test score  • college board

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