21. Several shareholders have filed class action lawsuits against Netbank claiming misrepresentation of the company value during the restructuring period. 22. Critics, however, say many corporations have benefited from " sweetheart " deals with lawyers who quickly file class -action suits. 23. Some of the same lawyers that sued the tobacco companies have filed class -action suits against the major investor-owned HMOs. 24. Investors who filed class action suits will try push Bre-X into bankruptcy at a Calgary court hearing on Wednesday. 25. It allows out-of-state residents to go into California courts to file class -action suits that charge California companies with stock fraud. 26. California employers have filed class -action lawsuits against Bank of America and Wells Fargo challenging their right to levy the fees. 27. Defenders of the practice say drastic action is needed because plaintiff lawyers have become so aggressive in filing class -action lawsuits. 28. Lawyers for town residents and other victims of the contamination had filed class -action lawsuits against Walkerton and its water utility. 29. Negotiators are working on a plan to ban smokers from filing class -action lawsuits or seeking punitive damage awards from cigarette makers. 30. In the meantime, securities lawyers began filing class -action fraud suits in state courts, where the new federal rules did not apply.
