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Suit: California law awarding fees to prevailing party in gun cases is unconstitutional
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Director of the California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms Luis Lopez are facing a lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations over the state's newly passed gun control law. -
ProPublica claims U.S. Navy hiding court records in case over warship fire
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) — The nonprofit news agency ProPublica claims the U.S. Navy has failed to make court records public in its case against a seaman accused of setting fire to the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard warship in San Diego in 2020. -
Life insurer gets huge win in court, as class action rejected in California
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge refused to certify a class action that could have exposed life insurers to billions of dollars in damages, saying the proposed class was too broad and the lead plaintiff wasn’t typical of other claimants lawyers sought to bundle into one massive case. -
Lawsuit targets titanium dioxide in Tylenol
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson faces a class action lawsuit over titanium dioxide in its Tylenol, a trend in litigation that has already hit the manufacturer of Skittles. -
Class action lawyers target One a Day fruit bites
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Bayer's One a Day natural fruit bites contain synthetic ingredients, a new class action lawsuit says. -
Class action over stem cells by cancer patient stumbles
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action against a stem cell center alleged to have misled a woman into thinking it could help cure her cancer but will allow the plaintiff to amend her lawsuit to prove she is seeking at least $5 million. -
Rite Aid fails to get 'non-drowsy' class action tossed
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Rite Aid will have to continue fighting a lawsuit that claims its non-drowsy cold and flu makes users sleepy, as a federal judge has allowed parts of a class action to continue. -
Worry over getting sick not standing to sue, says CAVA in PFAS lawsuit
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs who weren’t physically harmed failed to show they have standing to sue, says a Mediterranean food restaurant chain accused of using packaging that contains chemicals known as PFAS. -
Google says it has no connection to sexual exploitation of young girl
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Google is arguing it is not liable for the injuries suffered by a girl who was allegedly groomed and abused by a man on Snapchat after they met on Instagram. -
Protein quality the subject of class action over meatless burgers
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A San Diego woman is suing a company that makes plant-based burger patties, claiming they don't contain as much protein as advertised. -
Lawsuit says rescue dogs were actually from puppy mills
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Pet owners have filed a class action lawsuit against a group of alleged puppy mills. -
Victim of sexual abuse sues Google, Apple and Snapchat
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A girl is suing Snap, Apple and Google for their alleged roles in the sexual grooming she went through. -
Lawsuit says PFAS present in Cava Grill packaging
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Mediterranean food chain Cava Grill has joined the group of restaurants facing lawsuits over the presence of chemicals in its packaging. -
Judge on class action: Reasonable consumers can read sugar content on drink's label
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has tossed a class action lawsuit that claimed GoodBelly probiotic drinks weren’t as healthy as they were marketed to be because they contain sugar. -
Nestle says judge ignored all it has done to combat child, slave labor
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Nestle wants a federal judge to reconsider his ruling that allows a class action lawsuit over child and slave labor in the West African cocoa supply chain to continue. -
Nestle now to face lawsuit over slave labor in West Africa
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – After almost three years, plaintiff lawyers have finally come up with a complaint that adequately alleges Nestle falsely labeled products to mislead consumers about the use of child and slave labor in the West African cocoa supply chain. -
Class action complains "fat bombs" aren't diet food
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - SlimFast is cheating consumers watching their weight with their chocolate snack cups called Keto Fat Bombs, a lawsuit alleges. -
California city beats lawsuit brought by protestor shot with rubber bullet
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A California city has defeated a lawsuit against it that alleges a woman was protesting peacefully when a police officer shot her in the chest with a rubber bullet. -
Update on protestor shot with rubber bullet by police: California city says it is not at fault
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The California city of La Mesa is attempting to get itself out of legal trouble as it asks a federal judge to grant it judgment in a lawsuit over a woman shot with a rubber bullet. -
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As voters weigh ban on flavored tobacco, industry's challenge of California law is thrown out
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The tobacco industry’s lawsuit that challenged a proposed flavor ban in California has failed because voters won’t decide the bans fate for another 16 months.