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Bestwall gets access to key info as it targets asbestos lawyers
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – Bestwall recently scored a major victory in its effort to show asbestos lawyers are manipulating their clients’ claims in order to score bigger paydays than they are entitled to.
Med-mal plaintiff will have to be happy with $1 million settlement, court finds
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A plaintiff who settled medical malpractice claims against a surgeon for $1 million can’t also recover from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a California appeals court has ruled.
Indoor cannabis farm polluting Oakland with diesel generators, lawsuit says
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit filed by an environmental advocacy group says a cannabis farm in Oakland is polluting the surrounding community with toxic diesel particulate matter.
Law firm sues to take half of fees from CoQ-10 class action settlement
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers are fighting over the fees from a seven-figure settlement with Walmart and other companies.
Lawsuit targets Panera's Sip Club, complains refills have restrictions
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Panera faces a class action lawsuit alleging it markets its Sip Club as all-you-can-drink but places limitations on it in the fine print.
Lawsuit: Facebook has access to users' health care info, thanks to Meta Pixel
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Facebook's Meta Pixel has allowed it to intercept communications between individuals and their health care providers, a class action lawsuit alleges.
Lawsuit claiming giant throne was tripping hazard fails at appeals court
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – A large throne is an open and obvious hazard, a New York appeals court has ruled in rejecting a personal injury lawsuit.
Judge chronically late to work gets 90-day suspension in Georgia
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia judge will be suspended 90 days without pay because of her history of showing up to work late.
Containers of PlantFusion protein powder only half-filled, lawsuit complains
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Packages of protein powder contain an illegal amount of empty space, a class action lawsuit against Reliance VItamin says.
Menard's faces class action lawsuit for charging pickup fees
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Menard, Inc., has removed a class action lawsuit over pickup fees to federal court.
Lawyers won't get full $48.6 million in FirstEnergy bribery settlement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – An Ohio federal judge has given final approval to a $180 million settlement over scandal at FirstEnergy, but lawyers won’t be taking home quite as much as they hoped.
Claims against One A Day over serving size pop up in New York
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers are hoping to take advantage of a 2018 California appeals court ruling by filing the same allegations against the maker of One A Day chewable supplements in New York.
Three Wishes faces suit over protein claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The protein in Three Wishes brand cereals is at issue in a new class action lawsuit against the company.
Shut out of cemetery tours, litigation not working for New Orleans group
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A New Orleans federal judge has again ruled against companies trying to get back into the city’s cemetery tourism industry.
Lawsuit filed over alleged Acer stuttering problem
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Acer faces a class action lawsuit from customers unhappy with the performance of their computers.
Class action lawsuit targets nutritional value of hard seltzers, kombuchas
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Adding healthy ingredients to hard seltzers and kombuchas misleads consumers into thinking they can avoid the negative effects of alcohol, a class action lawsuit says.
Plaintiffs suing over benzene in Tinactin, Lotrimin fail to show they were harmed
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey federal judge has rejected the class action claims made in a lawsuit over benzene in Lotrimin and Tinactin foot products.
Lawyers suing over chemical in Skittles decry 'copycat' class action
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers at Bursor & Fisher are asking a federal judge to appoint them as lead counsel in a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges Skittles contain a dangerous chemical.
Lawsuit warns of heavy metals in Whole Foods spices
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Spices sold on Amazon.com by Whole Foods Market possibly contain heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium, a class action lawsuit alleges.
Nespresso faces class action alleging customers forced to buy its coffee
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Nespresso faces a class action lawsuit over a clause in its warranties that requires customers to buy certain products through specific servicers.