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Virginia For-Profit College Settles $5 Million Lawsuit

  for-profit college in Virginia will settle a $5 million class-action suit filed by eight former students who claim their education was a sham. The suit claimed that Chester Career College “targeted minorities for enrollment and did not provide them an adequate education.” The college allegedly advertised in areas and on television programs that reached […]

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No Fun at Camp Anymore :Suit: Girl Kicked Out of Camp for Kissing Boy

  A Connecticut teenager has filed suit against a summer camp in Massachusetts after she was kicked out for kissing a boy. According to the suit, the girl was allegedly sent home from Camp Emerson in Hinsdale after being falsely accused of “sexually provocative behavior” with a male camper. The girl and boy did nothing […]

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5.5 Million Dollar Tobacco Verdict in New York

  Congratulations to my friends Jerry Block and Amber Long on their $5.5M verdict today against Philip Morris. For the second time in a year, Jerry and Amber have spanked Big Tobacco.  

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Class Action Update

  Class Action Suit Claims Walmart and TracFone Mislead Phone … ABC News A class action suit filed last week in U.S. District Court for Northern California claims that consumers who buy Straight Talk cell phone plans aren't getting straight … See all stories on this topic » Injured soldier class-action should be dismissed, Ottawa […]

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Appeals court upholds ruling against NYC large soda ban.

  The announcement by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department that reaffirmed an earlier ruling by a state Supreme Court judge that blocked a ban on large sugary beverages championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg received widespread national news coverage, appearing in nearly every major publication, as well as on a major nightly […]

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Pfizer unit settles unlawful medication-marketing suit for $491 million.

Although none of the major television networks covered the story, many major online and print media sources on Tuesday covered a settlement agreement by Pfizer’s Wyeth unit related to illegal marketing of a kidney-transplant treatment. Nearly all of the articles included quotes from Federal officials, all of whom emphasized that the company’s off-label promotions placed […]

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