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Response to honey-lemon lawsuit: 'The label's list of ingredients does not include lemon'
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A class action plaintiff who says he expected more honey and lemon in lozenges that contain those flavors is not being reasonable, Publix is arguing.
Principal at Uvalde school fights emotional distress lawsuit from survivors
DEL RIO, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The principal of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, says she can't be held liable for the emotional injuries of survivors of a mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in May.
Judge picks lead firm to take on securities case against Argo
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Grant & Eisenhofer will lead shareholder litigation against a Bermuda-based international underwriter accused of misleading investors.
Class actions over protein find footing in San Francisco federal court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers have found a court receptive to their claims that food companies are misrepresenting the quantity and quality of the protein in their products.
Insult to injury: Soccer player can't sue after resistance band smacks him in eyes
LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline) - A collegiate soccer player will not be able to sue over eye injuries he sustained when a resistance band slipped and hit him in the face during a team workout.
Split Wash. Supreme Court rules for plaintiffs after EMTs went to wrong address
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - The City of Seattle can be held liable after first responders three blocks from a 911 caller's apartment zoomed past to the wrong address, causing a delay in treating a man suffering cardiac arrest.
J&J wants names of talc 'victims' in report it says ignores other exposures to asbestos
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A unit of Johnson & Johnson fighting claims talcum powder causes cancer wants the identities of all alleged victims cited in a report that gave plaintiff lawyers fuel for the multibillion-dollar litigation.
Class action lawyers want $2.5M in fees from settlement over Vizzy vitamin C claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Molson Coors has chosen to settle rather than fight class action lawsuits brought by hard seltzer drinkers who thought the products would be more nutritious.
Plaintiffs firm founder says sexual harassment accuser demanded 'ransom' after firing
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The former employee who accused him of sexual harassment was actually fired for poor performance, the founder of a personal injury firm that targets nursing home says.
Judge rejects class action over shortbread cookies with no butter
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has rejected a class action lawsuit that said Nabisco's Lorna Doone cookies were marketed as Scottish but contained no butter - like a traditional Scottish shortbread cookie would.
Over objections, judge stays lawsuit against EPA during PFAS rulemaking
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Groups wanting the Environmental Protection Agency to make a move regulating chemicals known as PFAS will have their lawsuit against the agency stayed.
Pepperidge Farm, fighting lawsuit, cites 'ignoramus' ruling
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - We never promised whole grains, Pepperidge Farm is telling a federal court as it fights a class action over the marketing of its Harvest Wheat crackers.
Firm wants to lead class action against FIGS
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The law firm Scott+Scott is asking to lead shareholder litigation against a health apparel company.
Lead counsel picked for class action against food delivery software company
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The law firm Scott + Scott will lead a shareholder class action lawsuit against a restaurant online ordering/delivery software company accused of misleading investors.
Family gets $900K wrongful death settlement after man hangs self in Missouri jail
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri county will pay $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who committed suicide in its jail.
TikTok takes on Bethenny Frankel in class action lawsuit
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - TikTok is asking a federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed against it by television personality Bethenny Frankel, who claims her name and likeness has been used without her permission on the platform to sell counterfeit products.
Fight over fees between personal injury lawyers spills over into federal court
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Personal injury lawyers are fighting over a funding agreement and whether one of them failed to live up to its terms.
Procter & Gamble to judge: Toss this floss lawsuit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Fighting one of a growing number of class action lawsuits over the alleged presence of chemicals known as PFAS in consumer products, Procter & Gamble says it is undeniable that flossing is healthy.
D.C. wants lawsuit against Dan Snyder, NFL out of federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The District of Columbia wants its lawsuit against Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and the National Football League sent back to where it was first filed.
'Made in the USA' class action against New Balance to move forward
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiffs have made it past New Balance's motion to dismiss as they have received permission to pursue a class action lawsuit over the shoe-maker's "Made in the USA" collection.