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US Judge Vacates Och-Ziff Class Action Lawsuit Hours After Certifying It

A federal judge on Wednesday certified a class-action lawsuit against Och-Ziff Capital Management related to a bribery probe, only to throw out the certification six hours later after being advised that the company had not had a chance to object. The reversal by U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan came in a lawsuit in which Och-Ziff shareholders accused the largest publicly traded U.S. …