Seau's death follows last month's suicide of former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, the lead plantiff in a class action lawsuit against the NFL over concussion-related injuries.

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Having received over 165 applications for its inaugural class, Points of Light invited 20 finalists (including AltruHelp) to Atlanta last week for the final round of judging.

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Separately, a class action filed the same month by California clients of Salomon's Atlanta office charged the firm with violating California penal code for failing to warn residents of that state that they were being taped.

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Scientific-Atlanta, is the latest in a string of decisions by the Roberts Court to limit class-action lawsuits.

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