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Class action firm fights back, says it doesn't have to split $470K
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who want half of more than $470,000 in fees and costs given out in a class action settlement failed to submit their billing records, says a firm fighting to keep it all.
Lawsuit says your apple pie has more palm oil than butter
BENTON, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Schwan's Consumer Brands faces a class action lawsuit because its brand of apple pie that boasts it is made with real butter actually contains a higher level of palm oil.
Lawsuit: Nutrition Action subscribers subjected to piles of junk mail
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The publisher of the Nutrition Action healthletter faces a class action lawsuit that says it unlawfully sold its subscribers' information to advertisers and political organizations.
Another company sued for claiming its product has '2X More'
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawyer has filed another case claiming customers are misled when a company markets its product as providing "2X more."
Texas Pete sued over its origins
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Texas Pete hot sauce is being sued because, in the eyes of class action lawyers, it is misleading customers with its name and the cowboy on the bottle.
How's your dog doing, supplement company wonders about class action plaintiff
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A woman suing over the ingredients in Doggie Dailies hip and joint supplements doesn't even claim they didn't work for her dog, the product's manufacturer says.
PFAS lawsuit filed over Orchard Apple Nantucket Nectar
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The plastic bottles in which Nantucket Nectars comes in contain chemicals from a family known as PFAS, a class action lawsuit complains.
Lawsuit: Google cheated advertisers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A class action filed for business owners alleging they are paying more to be placed in Google display advertisements.
Texas city fails to get out of lawsuit over wayward lumber
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas man will get his chance to sue the City of Tyler after a piece of lumber fell off one of its trucks and struck him in the head.
Despite failures, lawyers scare up Texas cities to sue Hulu and Netflix
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers have convinced 25 Texas cities to file a lawsuit against Netflix and Hulu, hoping to end the losing streak established in courts around the country.
Publix sued for calling cough drops lemon-flavored
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Lozenges at Publix grocery stores claim to be lemon-flavored but fail to have the right ingredients, a class action lawsuit alleges.
Class action says makeup not fit for use around eyes
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Eye makeup from ColourPop Cosmetics contains harmful chemicals, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
'Complete lack of any connection': Lawyers' pick for class action plaintiff has case in trouble
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - It's possible, a federal magistrate judge says, that a class action lawyer told a longtime friend to purchase a teeth-whitening product so he could have a plaintiff for a lawsuit he had already drawn up months earlier.
Defamation case ruling goes against Mike Lindell, MyPillow
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Pillow magnate Mike Lindell has lost his attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a company claiming he defamed it by claiming voting machines were rigged to ensure Joe Biden was elected president in 2020.
Background check process at Lowe's faces class action lawsuit
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - An unhappy job applicant has filed a class action lawsuit against Lowe's over alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Lawsuit: Samsung batteries for vaping device exploded, burned man from waist down
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit blames the sellers of vaping accessories for a battery allegedly exploding in a man's pocket.
Farmers blaming herbicide for ruined raspberry crops get chance to sue
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - Washington raspberry farmers will get a second chance to sue Syngenta over an herbicide they said ruined their plants after a Washington appeals court said a U.S. Supreme Court decision forced the reversal of a lower court’s dismissal of their claims.
Postal Service goes for win in white man's hostile work environment case
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service is hoping to defeat a lawsuit brought by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
Lawsuit seeks info on fatal accident at Pep Boys
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit over a fatal accident involving a vehicle lift that killed an automotive service technician seeks information from Pep Boys.
Lawsuit: Pyrex measuring cups fade when run through dishwasher
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A New York lawyer has filed a class action lawsuit because the markings on measuring cups tend to wear off when the cups go through the dishwasher.