These lawyers rarely have met with or talked to more than one or two individuals who have been selected to represent the class.
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Lead plaintiffs are supposed to hire attorneys and oversee the litigation on behalf of the rest of the class, although in practice it usually works the other way around, with the lawyers using portfolio-monitoring software to identify an institutional investor with a loss and then recruiting that investor to represent the class.
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The drugs, so-called hepatitis C protease inhibitors, represent the first class of agents that directly target the hepatitis C virus.
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Paul Callahan won the Olympic trails this past weekend and will represent the USA in the Paralympic Sonar class in the UK this upcoming summer.
In federal courts, such certification must generally follow well-established principles to ensure a lawsuit would not become so large as to be impracticable, and would allow the parties to fairly represent the common interests of the larger class of plaintiffs.
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The clock is ticking for Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to decide his future involvement with the NBA. The rapper, entertainer and budding sports agent has a minority stake in the Nets, but if he wants to represent the NBA's next rookie class, he would have to divest his share of the team, per league rules.
The working class public, who represent a large population of the political moderates who Bhutto is attempting to reach out to, are tired of instability that has historically been an inextricable part of the political process in Pakistan.
The suit, which lawyers hope will eventually represent a broad class of people who have visited the museum in recent years, seeks a change in the admissions policy and reimbursement for those who they say were misled.
The labor lawyers that migrate to advising public funds regarding investment matters are courted by class action lawyers that offer to pay enormous referral fees if the public funds they represent join in class actions.
In Mississippi, the state attorney general determines when the public employees retirement fund should bring a securities class action and which outside firms will represent the fund.
And it was Warner, only the third Australian in 158 years to represent his country before making his first-class debut, who stole the show with a man-of-the-match performance.
Yet, depending on the how the Court rules, they could represent important decisions for large corporations, which are the typical defendants in class actions.
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So far, nonresident students represent 24% of paid acceptances for the freshman class for this year's summer and fall semesters, roughly the same percentage that Penn State had logged by this time last year.
Scientists think it may represent a class of middleweight black holes that are the building blocks for the supermassive black holes lurking at the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way.
On Feb. 21, Mr. Hood hired the firm to represent the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System in a securities-class action against Delphi Corp.
Two years after the bill was signed into law, lawyers and judicial experts are taking stock of the legislation, particularly as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on the Wal-Mart sex discrimination class-action case, ruling that several current and former employees can represent all women taking action against the company.
Its piston-engine Bonanza G36 and Baron G58 twin continue to represent the pinnacle of high-performance, six-passenger capability for their class.
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While, as a digital media player, the Movit mini may not fare much better than other MP3 players Apple has stared down, it represents a new entry in a class of mobile computers free from carrier bonds that likely represent the future of the portable media player''s high end.
Who was the last Englishman to represent his country whilst not playing for a first-class county?
Including 20-year-old Smith, who has taken 11 wickets in nine first-class matches at a cost of 75 runs each, in the XI would represent a massive gamble by the home side.
Two years after the bill was signed into law, lawyers and judicial experts are taking stock of the legislation, particularly as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on the Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) sex discrimination class-action case, ruling that several current and former employees can represent all women taking action against the company.
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