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Lawsuit over prep time for Velveeta microwave mac & cheese is ridiculous, Kraft argues
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit complaining microwave macaroni and cheese takes longer than 3 1/2 minutes to prepare "stretches the bounds of plausibility well past the breaking point." -
CNN defeats Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit over impeachment comments
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney Alan Dershowitz can't prove CNN acted with actual malice when it reported comments he made during his representation of former President Donald Trump during Trump's impeachment trial. -
CNN: Trump's lawsuit over alleged Hitler comparison should be thrown out of court
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - CNN says former President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against it is based on opinions protected by free speech. -
Trust beneficiary alleges attorney's error caused her to lose more than $7 million
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) — A beneficiary alleges an attorney's error on a living trust caused her to lose proceeds from a $7 million-plus estate. -
Seresto-brand flea and tick collars the subject of class action over pet deaths
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - The makers of Seresto flea and tick collars face a class action lawsuit that says approximately 1,700 pets have died as a result of using them. -
Lawsuit filed over 4% fee at Sherwin-Williams
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Sherwin-Williams faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the prices it displays in its stores aren't accurate. -
Lawyers pick up on colleague's success suing Molson Coors over Vizzy hard seltzers
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Following a California ruling that said reasonable consumers could be tricked into thinking Vizzy hard seltzers are healthier than they are, two lawyers have decided to file a class action of their own. -
Lawsuit targets NFTs, sneakers sold on StockX
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A marketplace for non-fungible tokens is accused of selling products with no value. -
Dershowitz lawsuit: CNN wants to protect employment agreements but will disclose traffic incentives
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – CNN doesn’t want its employment agreements to become a part of the record in lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s $300 million defamation lawsuit against it. -
Litigation over rights of transgender students in Florida set to play out
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – While a federal appeals court decides whether a Florida school board can keep transgender students from using the bathroom they identify with, a similar case involving youth sports will wait. -
PGA sues for $700K in broadcast rights it says was never paid
The Professional Golfers’ Association of America filed a federal lawsuit on December 10 in the Southern District Court of Florida against JTBC Plus Corporation for breach of contract and unjust enrichment. According to the lawsuit, JTBC failed to pay for broadcast rights that were received from the PGA per contract between both parties. -
7-Eleven sued for marketing and selling JUUL e-cigarettes
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - Cristian Ali filed a federal class action complaint on October 13 in the Southern District of Florida against 7-Eleven, Inc. for violation of Florida's deceptive and unfair trade practices act, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied warranty of merchantability, breach of implied warranty of fitness for purpose and breach of Magnuson Moss Warranty Act. -
DeSantis' attorneys defend law that keeps transgenders out of girls sports
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Males are physiologically different from females and allowing them to play girls youth sports would be unfair to their competition, attorneys for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently wrote as they defend a lawsuit brought by a transgender teen who wants to play girls youth sports. -
NYC: Defendant sent checks with no numbers to pay ventilator settlement
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – New York City’s multimillion-dollar effort to buy ventilators in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t go according to plan, and ensuing litigation is having its problems, too. -
Company dismisses defamation lawsuit against Netflix over depiction of immigration and detention facilities
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – An apparent settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit against Netflix that sought $50 million lawsuit over the portrayal of immigration and detention facilities depicted in the series Messiah. -
NYC has to settle for $1.9M after claiming it lost $4.3M trying to buy ventilators
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – New York recovered about half of the money it claims a medical supply company scammed it out of during last year’s rush to purchase ventilators. -
Litigation funder accused of trying to hijack billion-dollar whistleblower lawsuit
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A litigation funder considered a pioneer in the business of investing in corporate lawsuits is accused of using offshore shell companies and improper tactics to take control of a potentially lucrative lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in abandoned life insurance payouts for the state of New York. -
Grain-free food has wheat and upset our dogs' stomachs, class action plaintiffs say
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Pet owners are suing the maker of American Journey food, alleging its grain-free products actually contain wheat. -
Miami firm still after $81K in unpaid fees
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – A Miami law firm is hoping a federal judge will affirm the arbitration award it earned against a former client it says didn’t pay its bills. -
NYC claims ventilator salesmen scammed it out of $4M in early days of coronavirus
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – New York City is going to court to complain that companies claiming to be selling ventilators have kept more than $4 million and not delivered a single product.