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Class action
(redirected from Class-action lawsuit)

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Class action
A legal complaint filed by a lawyer or group of lawyers for a group of petitioners with an identical grievance, often with an award proportionate to the number of shareholders involved.


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The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 will shift most large class-action lawsuits involving parties from different states to federal courts, removing them from the jurisdiction of state courts that historically have been more receptive to such suits.
The California Court of Appeals last month overturned two rulings in a class-action lawsuit dismissing complaints against
 
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