"We recognise that full responsibility for these violations rests with our company and we have apologised to each of the students for our role in this action, " the electronics manufacturer said in a statement.

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Back in 2001 he helped win one of the first ever class-action lawsuits, against Samsung Electronics.

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She worked for Greenpeace, took direct action to fight toxic dumping of electronics and appliances in Asia, narrowly escaped kidnapping in India.

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Responding to a lawsuit filed by Apple Monday, Samsung Electronics slapped back with legal action of its own Friday.

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The other major electronics manufacturers smelled an opportunity to get in on that action.

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You know, major manufacturers should just start handing out class action lawsuit form letters and business reply mail envelopes with their various electronics, just to make these things easier for everyone involved.

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