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| Wed. |
San Francisco |
Muni to pay $2 m to woman hit by train| In a closed session Tuesday, the agency board approved the payment to settle a lawsuit filed by Dina Gryn | |
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| Mon. |
eBay |
eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand| A French court ordered eBay to pay to LVMH, a high-end fashion company, because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site | |
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SF City Hall |
City denies liability in tiger attack City officials are denying liability in the death of a teen who died on Christmas Day after being attacked by an escaped tiger at the zoo
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| Jun. 24 |
San Jose |
Racist Rap Costs Novellus The company has agreed to pay $168,000 to Afro-American worker who was fired after he complained about an employee's singing
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| Jun. 19 |
SF City Hall |
ExxonMobil sued over F. wharf pollution The city is suing the oil corporation over the alleged failure to clean up hazardous pollutants from a fueling depot at Fisherman's Wharf
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| Jun. 13 |
Visitacion Valley |
Old Schlage Lock factory finally sold The owner of the factory has settled a decade-old contamination lawsuit and transferred the property
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| Jun.2 |
San Jose |
Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit| Brocade has agreed to pay the plaintiffs in a class-action to settle allegations it hurt investors by tampering with stock options | |
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| May.20 |
San Jose City Hall |
McKesson Sued On Prices The city is suing McKesson over allegations the nation's largest prescription drug distributor fixed prices on hundreds of name-brand drugs
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| May.17 |
Yahoo |
Investor suit accuses of hiding evidence
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| May.12 |
San Francisco |
Lawsuit seeks on spill pilot's legal bills
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| May.9 |
San Francisco |
Judge To Likely Raise SF Weekly Damages
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
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| May.1 |
Napa |
Mother wins housing-discrimination suit
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| Apr.24 |
Genentech |
Court slashes $200 million from judgment The company has been ordered to pay $500 million to a Southern California hospital for failing to pay royalties
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| Apr.22 |
eBay |
eBay Sues Craigslist eBay is alleging the classified site's board unfairly tried to dilute eBay's 28-percent stake in it
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| Apr.5 |
Pinole |
Man sues city for toxic pollution
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Google |
Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy A Pennsylvania couple sued Google, saying pictures of their home violated their privacy, devalued their property and caused mental suffering
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| Apr.1 |
Half Moon Bay |
City settles wetlands lawsuit
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| Mar.13 |
Atherton |
Housekeeper sues couple for OT
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| Mar.12 |
SF City Hall |
Payment for hurt in altercation w/officer
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| Mar.5 |
San Francisco |
Jury sides with Guardian| A jury awarded up to $15 million in damages to the Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper, to be paid by SF Weekly, its competitor | |
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SF City Hall |
City to pay $21M to family of crash victim |
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| Mar.1 |
San Francisco |
Jury gets Guardian's turf battle |
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| Feb.28 |
eBay |
eBay Will Pay For Patents |
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SF City Hall |
$1.6m in reverse discrimination suit |
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
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Contra Costa County |
County sues ADT Security Services |
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| Feb.8 |
San Francisco |
Disability rights group sues national parks |
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| Jan.25 |
Palm |
Palm closes retail stores, settles suit |
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| Jan.9 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Accused On Lending |
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| Dec.22 |
SF City Hall |
SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit A state appeals court has ordered the city to pay a man who won a race-discrimination suit he filed after not getting a promotion at SFO
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| Dec.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment The judgment could bankrupt the city and force the community to become an unincorporated part of San Mateo County
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| Dec.15 |
Napa |
Lawsuit over cartoon socks costly |
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| Dec.14 |
San Rafael |
Company must reimburse for fake tickets |
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| Dec.10 |
SF City Hall |
SF Sues Ship Owner Over Spill |
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| Dec.4 |
eBay |
eBay Taken To Court by France watchdog |
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| Nov.28 |
Martinez |
Firm accused of tampering with monitors |
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| Nov.27 |
UCSF |
Judge tosses out animal rights lawsuit |
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill
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SF City Hall |
City sues voting machine vendor |
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Apple |
Shareholders plan to refile claims |
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Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect
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| Nov.14 |
San Ramon |
Chevron pays $30M to settle allegations |
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution
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| Oct.18 |
Alameda County |
Mechanic awarded $1.27m in racial case |
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| Sep.22 |
Walnut Creek |
Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast
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World markets fall after US losses
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| Jul.20 |
HP |
Acer Files Suit Against Hewlett-Packard |
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| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL The Raiders lost their case in California's top court after contending in a lawsuit that the NFL sabotaged the team's effort to build a stadium...
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| Jun.28 |
Oakland City Hall |
Riders civil rights suit settled |
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| Jun.13 |
Novato |
Woman Sues Verizon Over Late Fees |
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| May.30 |
San Jose |
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
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| May.21 |
Lafayette |
Hershey Sues Marijuana-Candy Maker
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| May.15 |
Santa Rosa |
Teen Gets No Cash In 'That's So Gay' Suit
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| Apr.25 |
San Francisco |
Hearst, MediaNews settle antitrust suit |
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| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo
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| Apr.6 |
Google |
Agence France-Presse, Google Settle Suit |
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| Mar.31 |
Newark |
Woman sues over pet food recall
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| Mar.17 |
Contra Costa County |
Parents demand $20M for child's death |
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| Mar.13 |
Google |
Viacom to sue Google and YouTube Viacom Media has accused Google, which bought YouTube, of illegally using its TV programs
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| Mar.8 |
San Francisco |
Court Rules For Cargill In Bay Salt Dispute |
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Mega Millions sets new world record
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| Jan.30 |
49ers |
49ers File Claim Over Monster Park |
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| Jan.27 |
Marin County |
Victims Sue Over '06 San Anselmo Floods |
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| Jan.10 |
Cisco |
Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name Cisco, which has owned the trademark since 2000. An Apple representative is saying the lawsuit was 'silly'
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| Dec.29 |
Apple |
Suit Over IPod-ITunes Link |
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| Dec.18 |
San Francisco |
Rock heavyweights sue Web site |
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| Dec.7 |
HP |
$14.5M To Settle State Pretexting Lawsuit
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| Nov.30 |
HP |
Shareholder Suit Claims Insider Trading |
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Madonna baby flies out of Malawi
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| Aug.23 |
Apple |
Apple to pay $100m to Creative |
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| Aug.10 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Fined $2M For Transplant Program State regulators concluded the mismanagement of kidney transplant program endangered hundreds of patients
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| Aug.8 |
Mountain View |
Lawsuit: Salon Gave Deadly Pedicure
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| Jul.28 |
SJ Mercury News |
Merc, CoCo Times sale clears court hurdle |
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| Jul.5 |
San Francisco |
Apple sued over stock options| 2 lawsuits have been filed against its current and former officers and directors relating to stock options grants | | |
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| Jun.17 |
BART |
BART Sues Over Train Control System |
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| Jun.8 |
SF Chronicle |
Cabbie, Chronicle Reach Settlement |
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| Jun.4 |
Oakland |
Fed Ex Workers Win Bias Lawsuit |
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| May.8 |
Apple |
Beatles Lose Suit Against Apple Computer Apple Computer is entitled to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store. Apple Corps Ltd. lost suit
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| Apr.24 |
Los Altos |
Company Wins $300 Million Patent Lawsuit |
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Oil breaks through record $75
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| Apr.20 |
San Jose |
Church Of Scientology Sues Agency |
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| Mar.24 |
Barry Bonds |
Judge denies Bonds' bid |
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San Francisco |
Firm To Pay $900K for Spam |
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| Feb.7 |
San Jose |
County To Pay Hell's Angels $1 Million
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| Jan.24 |
SJSU |
Paralyzed Cheerleader Sues University |
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| Jan.5 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee settles with SEC |
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| Dec.23 |
Google |
Google settles hiring suit |
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
Discrimination lawsuit can go to trial |
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| Nov.23 |
San Bruno |
Amtrak, Caltrain not responsible for death |
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| Nov.16 |
San Francisco |
Muni Verdict Makes History |
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| Nov.7 |
San Jose |
Humane Society Sues Over Dog Abuse |
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| Oct.19 |
SF City Hall |
PG&E Would Pay $6.5 Million For Blackout |
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| Sep.14 |
Google |
Partial legal victory over Microsoft |
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| Sep.13 |
Larry Ellison |
Ellison to settle suit with $100 million |
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| Sep.1 |
San Francisco |
MUNI truck accident victims gets $27m
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| Aug.8 |
Oakland City Hall |
City Sues Caltrans Over Blight |
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New Harry Potter book hits shops
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| Jun.28 |
AMD |
AMD files antitrust suit against Intel Advanced Micro Devices is accusing its market-dominating competitor of forcing customers into exclusive deals
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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| May.5 |
Walnut Creek |
Report Blames Pipeline Company
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| Apr.13 |
San Jose |
'Chili Finger' Woman Drops Case |
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| Mar.28 |
San Jose |
Woman Files Lawsuit Over Finger in Chili
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San Jose |
Immersion wins huge lawsuit against Sony |
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| Mar.11 |
Apple |
Apple Wins Trade Secrets Legal Dispute A judge ruling that there are no legal protections for those who publish a company's trade secrets
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| Feb.2 |
Antioch |
Man Wins Millions from Nestle
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| Jan.12 |
San Francisco |
McKesson to pay $960m to settle suit
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| Jan.5 |
Oakland |
Landlord sued by city |
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| Sep.9 |
Oracle |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| Aug.9 |
Google |
Google, Yahoo to settle patent dispute |
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| Jun.7 |
Oracle |
Oracle-PeopleSoft antitrust trial begins |
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Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
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| Jan.2 |
San Francisco |
Battle over royalties at popular bar
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Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq
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| Jul.28 |
San Jose |
Immersion gets $26 million from Microsoft |
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| Jun.30 |
Intel |
Court Rules Against Intel in Spam Case
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| Dec.23 |
Sun |
Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java |
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| Dec.17 |
San Jose |
Firm acquitted of copyright infringement |
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| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
Singer sued Opera Association |
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| Sep.7 |
Genentech |
Big patent win vs. Chiron |
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| Aug.22 |
San Jose |
Executive sues junk faxer for $2.2 trillion |
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Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever
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| Jun.18 |
San Francisco |
Restaurant lost case in Supreme Court |
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| Apr.30 |
HP |
Judge rules Compaq deal can continue |
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| Apr.21 |
SF Downtown |
Restaurant goes to Supr. Court over tax |
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| Mar.8 |
Sun |
Sun sues Microsoft |
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iPod: New digital music player
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| May.13 |
Oracle |
Former Executive Sues Over Termination |
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Microsoft loses antitrust suit
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| Mar.24 |
SF Chronicle |
Hearst, Chronicle Try to Tossed Out Suit |
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San Jose |
County Sues Makers of Lead Paint |
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| Jan.22 |
Oakland |
Newspaper Wins Suit |
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| Jan.7 |
Martinez |
Tosco to Pay $2 Million in Fatal Flash Fire |
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