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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Also pending in courts throughout the United States are various private putative class action lawsuits brought on behalf of individuals claiming to be dependent upon and injured by tobacco products.
This group was involved in a series of class-action lawsuits against the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which initially ruled against them because of brief trips they took out of the country.
Twenty multinational companies are the subject of class-action lawsuits because they did business with the South African government in the apartheid era.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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D - "Class action lawsuits have been filed in Texas, California and New Jersey charging Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, maker of Ritalin , with conspiracy to create the psychiatric disorder known as ADHD in order to fuel the market for their product.
Its attorneys have an established reputation in undertaking complex class action lawsuits against large companies such as financial institutions and manufacturers of consumer goods.
There are also over 28 states in which workers' health care funds have filed class action lawsuits to recover money spent treating workers for tobacco related diseases.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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With class-action lawsuits on the rise, and more companies facing multimillion-dollar settlements, businesses need to audit their payroll practices carefully and take steps to correct any problems before the DOL comes knocking on their door.
In addition, six class action lawsuits have also been filed on behalf of individual physician members of MSSNY against the same six managed care insurance carriers seeking monetary damages for the alleged abusive practices.
The Class Action Fairness Act partially addresses this problem by easing the diversity requirement for removal of class action lawsuits from state to federal court.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Class action lawsuits … network, ask your local vets if THEY have clients who bought sick dogs from this pet store and tell them you are interested in filing a class action lawsuit and then find a lawyer to represent your group.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Regarding class action lawsuits, would you support a proposal requiring that consumers must “opt in” to be considered as part of the class of plaintiffs?
Class Action Dilemmas is an ambitious attempt in this tradition to assess the costs and benefits of class action lawsuits.
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