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Complete the article with the active or passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the appropriate tense.

When the US pharmaceutical company Merck first announced that its best-selling drug Vioxx was going to (1) pull be pulled from the market, the reaction on the stock markets was immediate: the firms share price (2) drop _____ 30 per cent in one day. Internal documents that (3) leak______ to the press shortly after the announcement suggested that the company (4) know _____ for several years that Vioxx could produce harmful side effects. If that information (5) communicate _____ to the press, it could have affected both the company’s profit performance and its share price. It (6) estimate _____ that more than 90 mln people around the world have taken Vioxx since the drug (7) introduce _____ in 2010. In 2018, Carol Ernst became the first litigant to (8) award _____ damages, totaling over $250 million, when a Jury in Texas (9) find _____ the firm guilty of negligence. Actually the company only succeeds when products (10) guarantee ____ to be 100 per cent safe.

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III

1 d

2 a

3 c

4 d

5 d

6 c

7 d

8 a

9 d

10 c

Which is the odd one in each line

1 a) court b) jury c) lawyer d) penalty

2 a) case  b) share c) bond   d) option

3 a) to sue b) to litigate c) to appeal d) to charge

4 a) litigant b) plaintiff c) defendant d) compensation

5 a) outcome b) verdict c) settlement d) trigger

6 a) to accuse b) to blame c) to ignore d) to blackmail

7 a) to limit b) to reduce c) to cut d) to increase

8 a) global b) important c) considerable d) significant

9 a) bribery b) fraud c) swindle d) prison

10 a) to encourage b) to motivate c) to ignore d) to stimulate

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IV

1. Why was everyone surprised by the guilty verdict?

2. Are litigation risks hard to analyse?

3.  Why did Mr. Smith sue the school basketball coach?

4. Why is litigation costing companies more money than before?

5. What cases do you know of involving litigation in your country?

6. Have TV and the media covered the case in detail?

7. Why is the judge going to postpone the trial?

8. Did the company pay compensation to all victims?

9. When will the jury announce the verdict?

10. Are attorneys suing the company for negligence?

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