"It's a sham club, " Ehman says.

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"It's becoming a sham, " Cambodian-American Theary Seng, chairwoman of the Center for Justice and Reconciliation, said after the verdict.

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The judge in the trial called Guidant and Cook's agreement a "sham, " saying it violated a 1997 agreement that Boston Scientific and Cook signed with Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: ANPI - news - people ).

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