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Mar. 24, 2007

Panel OKs Settlement Against Makers of Cold-Sore Remedy

SAN FRANCISCO - When a major pharmaceutical company reached a settlement with about a million consumers who felt misled by a claim that a cold-sore remedy worked wonders, attorneys for both sides were happy.

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - When a major pharmaceutical company reached a settlement with about a million consumers who felt misled by a claim that a cold-sore remedy worked wonders, attorneys for both sides were happy.
      "It was a long fight. We just duked it out," said Donald Driscoll, an Albany-based sole practitioner who represented a class of plaintiffs who'd...

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