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Corporations such as Wal-Mart emphasize that class-actions and the potential for billion-dollar judgments are limited by rules governing who can join together.
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Corporations such as Wal-Mart emphasize that class-actions and the potential for billion-dollar judgments are limited by rules governing who can join together.
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But the cases, much like other varieties of class-actions against corporations, tend not to go to trial.
Is Your Dinner 'All Natural'? Ashby Jones 2011
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I suspect that the hayday of securities class-actions has passed.
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In the fall of 2009 no fewer than seven plaintiffs 'law firms announced the filings of shareholder class-actions suits against Zale in federal court in northern Texas; the suits accused the retailer of misleading investors about its financial health between 2006 and 2009.
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This is also likely have a deterring effect on the number of class-actions in the future.
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In the fall of 2009 no fewer than seven plaintiffs 'law firms announced the filings of shareholder class-actions suits against Zale in federal court in northern Texas; the suits accused the retailer of misleading investors about its financial health between 2006 and 2009.
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Legal analysts say this threshold question is a major one that could significantly affect class-actions and job-discrimination cases nationwide.
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This is relevant to securities ‘fraud’ class-actions; but it extends to wider questions about the economic value of information.
Bring Your Questions for Google Economist Hal Varian - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In addition, getting approvals for class-actions will be harder.
Printing: The Obstacles to Real Health Care Reform - Private Insurers and Big PhRMA 2009
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