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SWOC Files Paper "Fixing" Suit

CHICAGO—Commercial web printer Service Web Offset (SWOC) has launched a class action lawsuit against a host of magazine paper providers, charging a conspiracy among the companies to fix prices, as well as other offenses. SWOC seeks treble damages, injunctive relief and attorney's fees/costs for itself and "all others similarly situated" who purchased magazine paper from the defendants during the period of January 1, 1990, through May 31, 2004.