The effect of the case will not be to kill class-action suits, but probably to trim class sizes.

本案的裁决结果并不会杜绝其他的集体诉讼案，但更可能减小诉讼群体的规模。

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Shareholders may now, at least in theory, pursue class-action suits against the country's biggest companies.

至少从理论上讲，现在的持股人可向本国的大型企业提起集体诉讼。

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He says that "entrepreneurial" lawyers have distorted class-action suits from their original purpose of serving victims of a single event.

同时他认为，企业律师歪曲了集团诉讼原本帮助案子中的受害者的目的。

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The manufacturer, now owned by Boston Scientific, faces 550 individual or class suits.

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But critics argued that federal courts set a higher bar for class-action suits, making it increasingly difficult for them to bring class-action suits against corporations.

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In 2003, Philip Morris changed its name to Altria after class action suits linked smoking to cancer.

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