"It is too profitable a business to be affected by individual lawsuits."

The settlement does allow for plaintiffs to "opt out" and file individual lawsuits.

In the past, individual lawsuits by minority workers were settled out of court.

About 7,000 individual lawsuits have been filed by former users claiming such valve damage.

The benefits of individual lawsuits are that the payday is usually greater and they might get to court quicker.

Pressure on hate groups has also come from individual lawsuits, the report observes.

But many other women declined to join the settlement, choosing to pursue individual lawsuits.

Congress did not say explicitly that the law could be used for individual lawsuits.

In fact, the clients could have brought individual lawsuits against the firm.

And a mass of individual lawsuits could bankrupt the church, leaving no money for some people with serious claims.