Au contraire, President Hollande is compounding the damage with huge class-warfare tax hikes.

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Now coming forward with treble-damage antitrust claims are the likes of class action attorney William Lerach.

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In addition, recent federal court rulings limited damage settlements in the case, relegating plaintiffs to class-action remedies in the federal court system rather than by jury in the state courts.

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