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  Class action against Toyota settled for $1.6b Cars Guide Final approval of the settlement in the class action — with claims that design defects (rather than driver error) caused some of the company's vehicles to accelerate without warning — was granted in the US on Friday. The settlement terms include … See all stories […]

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  Congratulations to my friend and colleague Dan Kraft who tried this case. While the verdict amount is not likely to stand up it sends a powerful message to those defendants who refuse to negotiate cases in good faith. The New York Post (7/25, Marsh, 498K) reports that five cancer victims “won a whopping $190 […]

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  The Washington Post (7/26, Mufson, 489K) reports that Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in 2010, “admitting to one count of criminal conduct and agreeing to pay the $200,000 maximum statutory fine.” In what the Post calls a […]

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  Class action aimed at Va. college settled for $5m Kansas City Star RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has approved a $5 million class action settlement between a two-year college and thousands of primarily African-American … See all stories on this topic » Class action aimed at Va. college settled for $5m MiamiHerald.com RICHMOND, […]

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      Securities Class Actions Plunge — Did The Fraudsters Go On Vacation? Forbes That's one explanation for why fraud suits dropped precipitously in the first half of this year, especially against large-cap corporations. There were a mere 75 securities class actions filed through June 30, according to Cornerstone Research and the … See […]

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  The AP (7/19) reports US Magistrate Judge Robert Levy ruled yesterday in New York that a lawsuit that accuses Vitaminwater drinks of misleading claims can move ahead as a class-action lawsuit. Lawyers for the “health-advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest and consumers from several states have accused Coca-Cola Co. of using […]

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