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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.
Morgan Lewis Partner Russell Franklin Named New York Law Journal Rising Star
Morgan Lewis Partner Russell Franklin Named New York Law Journal Rising Star.
Ballard Spahr's Sarah Wallace Nominated for Colorado Lawyers Committee Individual of the Year
Ballard Spahr's Sarah Wallace Nominated for Colorado Lawyers Committee Individual of the Year.
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.
Court says sexual assault of DUI suspect not outside 'scope of employment'
HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - A police officer who impregnated a woman he suspected of drunk driving after telling her “something needs to be done” wasn’t necessarily acting out of the scope of employment, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in answer to a question about state law from a federal appeals court.
Social worker caught up in drug test fraud will face lawsuit from victims
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - A couple who lost access to their children after a state worker falsified drug-test results can sue the social worker who relied on those tests to restrict their visitation rights, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled.
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.
Cozen O’Connor attorney Jennifer A. Brandt elected secretary of ABA Family Law Section
Cozen O'Connor has issued the following press release: (PHILADELPHIA, August 19, 2022) … Philadelphia attorney Jennifer A.
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.
Baltimore wins lawsuit over worker buried alive
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - The City of Baltimore isn’t liable for the death of a worker who was suffocated under tons of dirt while working on a broken pipe, a Maryland appeals court ruled, saying the city had no duty to protect employees of an independent contractor.
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.
Marcus Hewitt Elected Chair of NCBA Health Law Section
Marcus Hewitt Elected Chair of NCBA Health Law Section.
Court: Pediatrician not to blame for death of infant from rare blood disorder
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a pediatrician who faced a lawsuit over the death of a five-month-old infant.
Montana Supreme Court says voters can't decide how justices are elected
HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - The Montana Supreme Court upheld an injunction blocking a statewide referendum that could have replaced statewide voting for court justices to a district-by-district process. The measure would have disenfranchised voters by limiting their power to elect more than one of seven justices, the court ruled.
Maker of Altoids faces class action over lack of cinnamon
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A new class action lawsuit complains that there is no cinnamon in cinnamon-flavored Altoids.
New Hampshire wants company to pay for cleanup of Davidson Rubber plant
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - The State of New Hampshire is going to court to seek costs associated with the cleanup at a former automobile parts plant in Farmington.