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• Facebook settles lawsuit over "Sponsored Stories" MSN Money SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc. has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document ...

• 3M settles shareholder lawsuit over $943M purchase of Cogent Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal 3M Co. has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its purchase of Cogent Inc. 3M Co. has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its purchase of Cogent Inc., according to Bloomberg. and more »

• Settlement on Seattle sewage overflows heads to council KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest Like several other cities around the nation, Seattle is facing a federal lawsuit to address the issue, requiring that the city reduce the number of outflows and meet standards in the federal Clean Water Act. Washington State Department of Ecology ... and more »

• West Penn Allegheny objects to dropping suit against UPMC Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Alex Nixon West Penn Allegheny Health System opposes an agreement between Highmark Inc. and UPMC that calls for the financially struggling hospital network to drop its antitrust lawsuit against UPMC, according to a federal court filing today. and more »

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  Groupon Settlement: How To Claim Your Part Of $8.5 Million In Class-Action Damages International Business Times Rather than seeking a settlement benefit, you may choose to exclude yourself from the settlement." The first step toward finding out whether you are considered a member of the class of consumers that has brought the lawsuit against Groupon is to visit ...

• $3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld CBS News Kimberly Craven of Boulder, Colo., had objected that the settlement did not include an accounting for how much money was lost and said some beneficiaries would be overcompensated. The settlement is the result of a class-action lawsuit filed in 1996 by ... and more »

• School District Ordered to Pay Student $20K in Lawsuit Over 'Jesus Is a ... ABA Journal The judgment equals the amount of a settlement offer made to 16-year-old Maverick Couch of Waynesville earlier this month by the Wayne Local Schools, the Dayton Daily News reports. Couch had sued the district last month, claiming his First Amendment ... and more »

• Blog: Arizona no longer allowed to ignore its own mental-health law Arizona Daily Star (blog) Sarn lawsuit. Beyond spelling out the services the state must try to provide, the settlement also ends a 2010 deal that let the state out of its legal obligations. Both settlements are attached, and the director of the state's department of health ... and more »

• Court upholds $3.4 billion Native American deal GayToday By Gay Today An appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $3.4 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit over mismanagement of government trust funds for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans, ruling that it was fair, reasonable and adequate. and more »

• SEC Trials Increase 50 Percent as Execs Fight Lawsuits Wall Street Pit “At the end of the day, if we can't win cases, then people don't settle. That's the reality,” he said. The wave of litigation has two main sources: more complex cases stemming from the 2008 financial crisis and a related increase in lawsuits filed ... and more »

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