| 21. | Several shareholders have filed class action lawsuits against Netbank claiming misrepresentation of the company value during the restructuring period.
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| 22. | Critics, however, say many corporations have benefited from " sweetheart " deals with lawyers who quickly file class-action suits.
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| 23. | Some of the same lawyers that sued the tobacco companies have filed class-action suits against the major investor-owned HMOs.
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| 24. | Investors who filed class action suits will try push Bre-X into bankruptcy at a Calgary court hearing on Wednesday.
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| 25. | It allows out-of-state residents to go into California courts to file class-action suits that charge California companies with stock fraud.
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| 26. | California employers have filed class-action lawsuits against Bank of America and Wells Fargo challenging their right to levy the fees.
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| 27. | Defenders of the practice say drastic action is needed because plaintiff lawyers have become so aggressive in filing class-action lawsuits.
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| 28. | Lawyers for town residents and other victims of the contamination had filed class-action lawsuits against Walkerton and its water utility.
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| 29. | Negotiators are working on a plan to ban smokers from filing class-action lawsuits or seeking punitive damage awards from cigarette makers.
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| 30. | In the meantime, securities lawyers began filing class-action fraud suits in state courts, where the new federal rules did not apply.
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