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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.

Class Action Lawsuit

A lawsuit that occurs when multiple people, who claim to have been wronged by the defendant in the same or a similar way, seek restitution, even if the alleged wrongs occurred at different times. For example, multiple shareholders may file a class action suit against a company if they suffered losses from similar fraudulent actions. Proponents of class actions lawsuits contend that they allow "the little guy," however defined, to seek justice. Opponents argue that they enrich attorneys and do not necessarily help the actual plaintiffs. See also: Tort reform, Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.

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B-paper Class Action Lawsuit Collectieve vordering Dryvit Equal Credit Opportunity Act late charge Locking the Loan Mortgage Scams and Tricks servicing Shareholder Derivative Suit Take-Up Rate			The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman has had a successful record obtaining huge settlements for shareholders and policyholders in class-action suits against insurance companies. Milberg Weiss insists its practice unfazed by indictment by Dankwa, David / Best's Review 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. President Bush signs "CAFA" legislation by Coatings World 20) Nearly ten years and thousands of coupon settlements later, one of many newspaper editorial boards calling for class action reform made essentially the same point: "something [is] terribly wrong with a legal system in which class-action lawyers can win settlements for their clients in the form of coupons while collecting hefty fees for themselves in cash. Class action "cops": public servants or private entrepreneurs? by Beisner, John H.; Shors, Matthew; Miller, Jessica Davidson / Stanford Law Review			Civil Money Penalty Civil Rights Act of 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1968 CK CL CLADR claim Claim Dilution Claim of Right Claimant Clarence Birdseye Claritas class class A building Class A Shares Class A/Class B Shares Class Action Class Action Lawsuit class B building Class B Shares class C building Class Life Asset Depreciation Range Class Lives Class of Options class-action Classical Economics Classical Economist Classical Unemployment Classified Board Classified Stock Clause de sauvegarde Clause restrictive Claused Bill of Lading Clausola del nonno Clausola di disdetta Clausula de caducidad de plazos Clausula de compromiso negativo Clausula de penalizacion Clausula de proteccion Clausula de rescate Clausula de salvaguarda Clausula liberatoria Clausulas contractuales Clawback Clayton Act CLE Clean Clean Balance Sheet Clean Bill of Lading Clean Cross			class Tiliomycetes class Trematoda class Turbellaria class Ulvophyceae Class V Class variable Class variable Class variable Class variable Class variable Class Version Derivation Graph Class VI class war class war class warfare class wars class wars class with Class Within a Class Class Work Planning Document Class X Drug class Xanthophyceae class Zygomycetes Class, Architecture, Topology and Homology Class, Item, Type class, social Class-4 Partial Response Class-4 Partial Response, Maximum Likelihood class-A amplifier class-A door class-action Class-action lawsuit Class-action lawsuit Class-action lawsuit Class-action lawsuit class-action suit class-action suit class-action suit class-action suit class-B amplifier class-B door Class-Based Kernel Resource Management Class-Based Low-Latency Queuing Class-Based Quality of Service Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing Class-Based Weighted Random Early Detection class-C amplifier class-C door Class-Christian Liberty Academy School System class-conscious class-consciousness class-D door class-E door Class-Relation Method Class-Responsibility-Collaboration card Class-Size Reduction Act Class-Specific Method Class-Wide Self-Management CLASS/UNCLASS CLASS1 CLASSC

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