News from June 2022
Troutman Pepper Adds Talented Tax Partner Thomas Gray to National Practice in New York
Troutman Pepper Adds Talented Tax Partner Thomas Gray to National Practice in New York.
Coca-Cola defends itself in class action over Fanta
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A class action lawsuit over an ingredient in Fanta fails for one key reason, Coca-Cola is claiming.
Lawyers suing Facebook over ads appeal loss to Ninth Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers targeting Facebook’s parent company aren’t giving up their fight to hold it liable for their client feeling ripped off by a deceptive ad for a toddler activity board.
Class action says Garcinia Cambogia extract will not help with weight loss
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Vitamin Shoppe faces a class action that says its weight loss supplements do nothing.
So much for Florida's attempt to limit political contributions
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A Florida federal judge has permanently blocked a state law that sought to cap the amount of contributions to certain political committees to $3,000.
Flavored water maker faces class action over malic acid
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The manufacturer of "Sparkling Ice" flavored water faces a lawsuit that claims it doesn't tell consumers that its flavors come from artificial sources.
Reed Smith adds bankruptcy and restructuring partner Alissa Piccione in New York
Reed Smith adds bankruptcy and restructuring partner Alissa Piccione in New York.
Court: Not all UPS drug tests relevant to wrongful death case
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A trial court was wrong to order the alcohol and drug test results of all UPS drivers in Irving, Texas, in a wrongful death lawsuit concerning only one of them.
Woman loses lawsuit over broken leg after tripping on divot deemed too small to be unusual
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A divot less than one inch deep isn’t big enough to give rise to a claim for premises liability.
Fudge mint cookie maker hit with lawsuit that says there's no fudge or mint
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Dollar General is one of the latest companies to face a class action lawsuit that alleges the fudge in its snacks is not real fudge.
Unilever faces class action over Ben & Jerry's Israel policy
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Robbins Geller is representing a Michigan public pension in shareholder litigation against Unilever.
Employer liable for off-hours robbery by employee of customer
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A closely watched case that questions whether an employer can be held liable for a home health care aide stealing from elderly clients has gone for the plaintiffs.
Litigation Partner Paul Rosenthal Joins Fox in Morristown
Litigation Partner Paul Rosenthal Joins Fox in Morristown.
Despite success fighting COVID order, Ky. church not entitled to lawyer fees, judge feels
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A Kentucky church will possibly be required to pay its own legal fees despite a successful challenge to Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2020 COVID orders that prevented its congregation from gathering in their cars.
Woman who tripped at Gateway Arch fails in effort to sue federal government
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – The United States is immune from liability in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleges she tripped and was injured at a fair at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Tobacco retailers sue Utah over pending loss of licenses
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Smoke and vape shops are suing the state of Utah and eight cities, including Salt Lake City, over legislation that strips them of their Retail Tobacco Specialty Businesses licenses.
Companies that didn't make asbestos-containing insulation can still be liable, court rules
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers in Iowa scored a big win June 17 when the state Supreme Court rejected a lower court’s reading of 2017 tort reform legislation.
Chobani not protecting workers, lawsuit says
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Chobani is accused of lying when it says its yogurt products are beneficial for farm workers and animals.
Scott Coffina Named 2022 Prosecutor of the Year by New Jersey Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association
Scott Coffina Named 2022 Prosecutor of the Year by New Jersey Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association.
Book combines environmental racial injustice, the Chinese Communist Party with North Carolina politics
RALEIGH, NC (Legal Newsline) - When novelist Corban Addison was approached to write a nonfiction book about the downsides of hog farms, it did not immediately strike him as something he would be able to sell to a publisher. But after watching attorney Michael Kaeske present a two-hour statement in the courtroom, he was compelled to action.