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		<title>Jury awards whistleblower $2.1 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Jersey City man, who had been fired by Bayonne Medical Center, has been awarded more than $2.1 million after filing a lawsuit against the hospital under New Jersey’s whistleblower law.  The whistleblower, Ceferino Doculan, was given $2 million in punitive damages, $80,000 in lost wages and $60,000 for pain and suffering.  Doculan, who had been employed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papa John’s settles Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Papa John’s agreed to settle its Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit last week. The pizza chain had been facing the largest fine ever for violations of the TCPA in history, but settled with the plaintiffs on Friday.  The complaint alleged that the pizza chain sent a total of 500,000 unwanted text marketing messages without obtaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court ruling in Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter allows class arbitration to proceed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Dubanevich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Oxford Health Plans v Sutter, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an arbitrator has the power to interpret an arbitration clause and unless the agreement states otherwise, the arbitrator can construe the clause to permit class arbitrations.  The case was brought in state court by a physician who alleged that the health plan had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Sciences Corp. settles securities class action for $97.5 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) avoided an imminent trial scheduled for May 21 by agreeing to pay $97.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit.  The lawsuit, filed on behalf of investors who acquired Computer Sciences common stock from August 5, 2008, to December 27, 2011 alleged that CSC filed false financial statements with the Securities &#38; Exchange Commission (SEC) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwab gives up on class action waiver</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Schwab]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stollberne.com/ClassActionsBlog/?p=2195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) has reversed course on a requirement that customers must waive their right to participate in class action lawsuits against the company. On its website, the San Francisco discount brokerage said it&#8217;s &#8220;modifying its account agreements to eliminate the existing class action lawsuit waiver for disputes&#8221; related to events that occur on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$203 million verdict against Wells Fargo in excessive overdraft case reinstated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stollberne.com/ClassActionsBlog/?p=2193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge William Alsup reinstated on Tuesday a penalty he first imposed in August 2010, saying the fourth-largest U.S. bank violated a California law that protects consumers against fraudulent misrepresentations.  The lawsuit is separate from nationwide litigation still pending in Miami federal court against about 20 lenders, including Wells Fargo, over alleged excessive overdraft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stoll Berne investigating genetically modified wheat claims in Eastern Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOLL BERNE is investigating claims that Northwest wheat farmers may have as a result of the discovery of genetically modified wheat that may have contaminated a wheat farm in Eastern Oregon. This contamination has led to a fall in prices for soft winter white wheat. There have already been at least two cases filed against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dow Chemical hit with $1.2 billion price fixing judgment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dow Chemical was ordered by a federal judge to pay a $1.2 billion judgment in a urethane price-fixing case after losing its bid to undo a jury’s verdict that it colluded with competitors.  U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum in Kansas City, Kansas, yesterday rejected Dow Chemical’s request to overturn the $400 million February jury verdict. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lululemon stock falls after revelations of see-through exercise pants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) announced on March 18, that it recalled a line of black yoga pants from stores and its website after learning that the material was made too sheer and revealing.  The issue seems to pertain to black luon pants. Lululemon said the “issue will have a significant impact” on its financials.  As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge approves $2.4 billion Bank of America settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Judge Kevin Castel approved a $2.4 billion settlement between Bank of America and investors who suffered losses in connection with the company’s $18.5 billion Merrill Lynch acquisition in January 2009.  “This was the antithesis of a collusive settlement,” Judge Castel said, characterizing the settlement as “fair, reasonable and adequate.”  Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of [...]]]></description>
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