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1st payments in Vioxx case set to be sent

TRENTON, N.J. - Partial payments for people claiming that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drug maker Merck & Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said yesterday. (Boston Globe, 8/21/08)

Mattel seeks $2b from MGA in Bratz dolls case

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The maker of pouty-lipped Bratz dolls owes toy giant Mattel Inc. nearly $2 billion for stealing its conceptual drawings for the urban-themed toys, a Mattel attorney said yesterday during closing arguments in the damages phase of a copyright infringement lawsuit. (Boston Globe, 8/21/08)