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A class action against Synthroid makers charges the drug's makers with suppressing for more than 7 years a medical study concluding that the generic equivalent of the drug worked just as well. Plaintiffs are charging the settlement's proposed payment of $19.60 for each client and $28 mil for the lawyers is grossly unfair and even insurance companies complain that the deal's terms keep them from suing for the large amounts they paid in pharmaceutical claims for the insured. About 65 suits have been filed seeking treble damages under the antitrust, civil RICO and state consumer protection laws since 1996.
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The ABA has been vocal in its condemnation of the Office of Thrift Supervision's (OTS) power to freeze the assets of law firms based on their representation of savings and loans companies. OTS representatives responded to ABA recommendations at the ABA's annual meeting for 1993. The ABA expressed concern that over-zealous regulatory agencies are making it hard for lawyers to carry out their clients' desires without facing liability themselves. The OTS said that lawyers would not receive preferential treatment.
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A group of 29 ABA members has released a report complaining about abuse of power by the Office of Thrift Supervision in its suits against law firms involved in savings and loan failures. Recalling the asset freeze against New York's Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler, former counsel to Lincoln Savings, the report suggests requiring a court order before freezing the assets of counsel to failed thrifts and only permitting such a freeze if there is evidence the defendant will dissipate the assets.
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