Judge sets class-action against Caterpillar: lawyer
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A federal judge in Tennessee has granted class-action status to a 2006 case against heavy construction vehicle maker Caterpillar Inc. regarding insurance benefits, the lead attorney representing more than 4,000 retirees and surviving spouses said on Friday.
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The California local governments are asking a judge to make the case a class action on behalf of all the state&#39;s cities and counties.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Tuesday he will initiate action on a bill limiting class action lawsuits next month.
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A federal judge in Minneapolis gave the go-ahead to a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its former chairman and chief executive.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 12--GULFPORT -- Opening statements in the civil case of Edward E. Gemmill v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. begin this afternoon before U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr.
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By DAVID PITT  DES MOINES, Iowa - One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and the company's co-founder and chairman is on the witness list to testify.
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Sears faces a class-action suit seeking damages plus an accounting to determine whether the Managemyhome.com site was misused by criminals.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A lawyer specializing in freedom of speech and the Internet said Wednesday he will defend free of charge a 19-year-old publisher of a Web site facing a lawsuit over an article that revealed trade secrets about an Apple computer.
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A federal judge wants a prominent lawyer involved in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case charged with criminal contempt for what he said was circumventing his order to give up documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will file a lawsuit as early as Friday against an insurance company, the second suit stemming from his sweeping probe into bid-rigging in the industry, Spitzer told Reuters Friday.
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Banks breathe sigh of relief A lawsuit aiming to hold Wall Street banks accountable for alleged manipulation of technology stock prices in the dotcom boom has failed to win class action status. The ruling could save the banks billions of dollars in payouts.â¦
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A U.S. judge is expected on Monday to   rule on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit that   accuses tobacco companies of defrauding smokers into thinking   "light" cigarettes were safer than regular brands, according to   notice sent to lawyers in the case.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Thursday filed a civil action against Marsh &amp; McLennan, saying generally the overall industry was involved in bid rigging and steering the clients to other companies in return for illegal payments.
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A $200 billion U.S. lawsuit filed by   "light" cigarette smokers gained class action status on Monday,   hammering shares of U.S. tobacco companies.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is launching a suit against insurance broker Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos., charging it engaged in market manipulation at the cost of insurance buyers, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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IBM and the plaintiffs in the case of Cooper et al v. the IBM Personal Pension Plan and the IBM Corporation have filed a notice with the United States District Court for the Southern District in Illinois.