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		<title><![CDATA[If You Were a Subscriber or Beneficiary of a Health Net Plan at Any Time Between 1995 and 2007 You May Be Eligible to Participate in a Class Action Settlement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- A Settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit involving Health Net, also formerly known as Physicians Health Services, PHS, and First Option Health Plan. The Settlement will provide up to $215,000,000.00 for payments to subscribers or beneficiaries of various Health Net Plans from July 1995...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Preliminary Settlement of Consumer Class Action]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Nov_8/ai_n27439812]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced the settlement of all consumer class action lawsuits pending in the United States against the Company and its subsidiary Rockstar Games, relating to a third-party program called the "Hot Coffee Modification" that could be used by consumers to alter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Staples, Inc. Reaches Settlement in California Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today that it has reached a settlement in a wage and hour class action lawsuit concerning the alleged misclassification of its California-based assistant store managers. The settlement of $38 million, which is subject to court approval, resolves the allegations and allows Staples...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The TJX Companies, Inc. Agrees to Settlement of Customer Class Actions; Subject to Court Approval; Estimated Costs of Settlement Already Reflected and Disclosed]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Sept_21/ai_n20512032]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) today reported that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement with respect to the customer class actions in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico relating to customer claims arising from the criminal intrusions into TJX's computer system. The settlement is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Court Approves $100 Million Settlement in Class Action Against American Express Financial Advisors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- On July 19, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts, Southern District of New York, entered an order granting final approval of a $100 million settlement of the class action lawsuit brought by customers of American Express Financial Advisors ("AEFA," now known as Ameriprise Financial Services,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IDT Reaches a Settlement in Calling Card Class Action Litigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. -- IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C), Union Telecard Alliance, LLC ("UTA") and IDT Telecom, Inc. (collectively, "IDT") announced that they have reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a nationwide calling card related class action. IDT previously accrued for and disclosed an agreement in principle in March 2005 in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Brief.(Brown & Brown Inc. will pay $5.8 million to resolve the investigations)(CIGNA Corp. has reached $93 million settlement in class action lawsuit)(Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Paula Flowers resigned)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storm team predicts active 2007 season    The follow-up to this year's mild storm season will be an  active 2007 season, with 14 named storms expected to form, the  forecasting team from the Colorado State University said. The team  predicted "abov  Storm team predicts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Settlement Reached In Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Counsel for plaintiffs and counsel for defendants announced today that the parties have reached a settlement of the overtime pay class action lawsuit Gerlach v. Wells Fargo & Co., Case No. 05-CV-00585-CW. The settlement, which was preliminarily approved Friday, October 6, 2006, by U.S. District Court Judge...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. Settles Class Action Litigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON -- Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap:DYII) ("Dynacq") announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle the shareholder class action lawsuit pending against it for the amount of $1.5 million. The amount of the settlement will include payment of all administrative costs and class attorneys' fees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Digital Class Action Settlement Approved]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for a nationwide class of hard disk drive purchasers announced today that a federal judge approved their settlement with Western Digital Corporation over claims the company's representations of hard drive storage capacities were misleading. The settlement is not an admission of misconduct on the part of Western Digital, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Settlement Reached in Restaurant Lawsuit; Seven McDonald's Restaurants in Marin Agree to Settle Class Action Employment Lawsuit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Legal Aid of Marin and other attorneys representing restaurant workers are asking the Marin County Superior Court to approve a settlement reached with Michael Magruder and Magruder Inc., former owner of all seven McDonald's restaurants in Marin County ("McDonald's of Marin") to resolve a class action...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Final Approval Hearing Set in 3M Antitrust Legal Settlement; 3M Will Distribute $41 Million of Products to Charities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200601/ai_n21865577]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judge Claudia Wilkin of the United States District Court, Northern District of California has set April 21, 2006, as the hearing date to consider final approval of the settlement of a class action antitrust lawsuit, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judge Claudia Wilkin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Announces Partial Settlement in Class Action Suit Against Qwest Communications International, Inc]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO -- Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, the nation's leading law firm representing institutional investors in securities litigation, today announced a $400 million partial settlement on behalf of aggrieved investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Qwest Communications International, Inc. ("Qwest") (NYSE:Q) securities during the period May...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thanks, Mr. Hevesi.(a class action lawsuit between Alan G. Hevesi and MCI Inc.)(Editorial)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pension funds, as they collect their WorldCom Inc. class-action  claims, ought to remember who achieved the settlements. Alan G. Hevesi,  New York state comptroller and sole trustee of the New York State Common  Retirement Fund, in his relentless pursui  Pension funds, as they collect their WorldCom...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perini Corporation Announces Expected Participation of Approximately 357,285 Depositary Shares in Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Perini Corporation (NYSE:PCR) announced today that it expects approximately 357,285 shares of outstanding $2.125 Depositary Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Shares (the "Depositary Shares") to participate in the previously announced settlement of the class action lawsuit filed by holders of Perini's Depositary Shares. The settlement and the final number...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Charter Implements Approval of Class Action Settlement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) announced that on June 30, 2005, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered its final approval of the Stipulation of Settlement, as amended, (the "Settlement") of certain shareholder class action and derivative lawsuits filed against Charter Communications, Inc....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Net settles physician class action.(Spotlight: Enterprise Risk Management)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200505/ai_n20164932]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Gloria Gonzalez    LOS ANGELES-Health Net Inc. will spend up to $140 million to settle  a lawsuit with 900,000 physicians regarding its claims payment practices  and institute a new system to more efficiently manage future claims.    The Los Ang  Byline: Gloria...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aerosonic Announces Settlement of Class Action Litigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Aerosonic Corporation (AMEX:AIM), a leading supplier of precision flight products for commercial, business and military aircraft, announced today that it and the other parties to the Aerosonic Corporation Securities Litigation filed a Notice of Settlement with the court on April 1, 2005, confirming that all parties had...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Crain's List: 2004's big litigation.(Focus: Law Firms)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. v. Big Tobacco    The Lawyers: David M. Bernick (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Dan K.  Webb (Winston & Strawn LLP)    The Clients: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Philip Morris  USA Inc.    Venue: U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Elan Announces Agreement to Settle Shareholder Class Action; Elan Reaches Provisional Agreement to Settle SEC Investigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Elan Corporation, plc today announced that it has reached an agreement to settle the previously disclosed consolidated class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The class action, which consolidated several class actions filed in early 2002, names the Company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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