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NFL concussions lawsuit: 2,000 former players to file class action suit
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More than 2,000 former National Football Players plan to file a class action lawsuit - the largest of its kind in sports history - over the way the league has dealt with concussions and head injuries over the years.
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Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley sued in wake of IPO
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Several shareholders have filed lawsuits against Facebook, its executives and Morgan Stanley, saying investment bank analysts cut their forecasts for Facebook just before the IPO, and told only a handful of clients about it.
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Skechers lawsuit settlement: $40 million payment on false advertising claims
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Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and gain strength.
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D.C. breathalyzers: District settles with four
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Four people who challenged their D.C. drunken driving convictions based on flaws in the police department's alcohol breath-test equipment have settled with the District.
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Peter TerVeer sues Library of Congress
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Peter TerVeer worked as a management analyst at the library. He filed a discrimination complaint claiming he was forced to work in a hostile environment because he is gay.
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Virginia Tech lawsuit: School officials defend actions
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A lawsuit alleged that if Virginia Tech responded immediately after two students initially were shot in a dorm, others on campus might have survived the killing spree of Seung-Hui Cho.
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Both sides file appeals over fee award in DC gun case
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The District of Columbia and a man who sued the city over its gun laws are both appealing a judge's award of attorneys' fees in the historic case that reached the Supreme Court.
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Lawrence Miller sues Metro Transit officer
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Police arrested Miller in May after he spoke out against officers who allegedly threw his friend, Dwight Harris, from a wheelchair, according to the lawsuit.
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D.C. ordered to pay $1 million in historic gun case
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After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2008, the city rewrote its gun laws and for the first time in more than 30 years permitted handgun ownership.
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21 former players sue NFL over concussions
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A new lawsuit accuses the National Football League of deliberately omitting or concealing evidence linking concussions and long-term neurological problems.
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DC9 will be sued over death case
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The family of the man who died after an incident outside the DC9 nightclub says they will file a multi-million dollar wrongful death suit against the club.
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Mahmoud Hegab sues National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency over bias
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A former employee of one of the government's most secretive security agencies has filed a discrimination lawsuit, alleging he lost his security clearance because his wife attended an Islamic school and worked for a Muslim charity.
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Metro sues insurance company over deadly Red Line crash
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Metro has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $13 million from its insurance company, claiming that it has failed to pay costs and extra expenses in connection with the 2009 rail crash that killed nine people.
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D.C. cabbies sue Mayor Gray and Taxicab Commission chairman Ron Linton
Two cab companies are suing Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Taxicab Commission chairman Ron Linton, claiming that the two officials have "refused to treat the district’s taxi drivers in a manner that is fair and consistent with the law."
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1974 D.C. mental health lawsuit may end
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A long-running lawsuit over the District of Columbia's health services to seriously mentally ill residents appears to be coming to a close.
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Government suing banks over mortgage sales
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The U.S. government is planning to sue some of the country's largest banks over mortgage-backed securities they sold that lost value in the housing market collapse.
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Jury rules in favor of Blackwater in civil case
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A federal jury ruled that the security firm did not overbill the federal government, as two former employees had claimed.
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Robert Wone: Wone's widow settles wrongful death suit
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The widow of slain local attorney Robert Wone remains convinced that three men who were at the house when Wone was killed were involved in her husband's death.
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