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Chevron seeks cleanup costs for California site from suspended corporation

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 21, 2019

FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Chevron Environmental Management is seeking costs from a suspended Bakersfield, California corporation for the cleanup of a site in the state.

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Former Cook's Illustrated subscriber blames junk mail on sale of his personal information

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 21, 2019

DETROIT (Legal Newsline) – A former Cook's Illustrated magazine subscriber alleges he now receives junk mail because the magazine's publisher sold his information to data aggregators.

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Class action alleges Sprint Solutions withdrew money from former customers' accounts

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 21, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California woman alleges a company unlawfully withdrew more than $1,000 from her bank account without her permission.

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New York court strikes down $7M talc/asbestos verdict, says plaintiff's evidence was lacking

By Dan Fisher | Jun 20, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - In an encouraging sign for talcum powder manufacturers facing a new wave of asbestos litigation in New York, a state appeals court has thrown out a 2017 jury verdict in a talc case because the plaintiff’s experts failed to explain how she could have contracted cancer from the cosmetic powder.

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A juror claimed there was a 'child game' happening within the jury that nailed J&J with a huge asbestos verdict

By Daniel Fisher | Jun 20, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A $325 million jury verdict in a talcum powder/asbestos case was recently issued against Johnson & Johnson after one juror complained deliberations had been hijacked by others on the jury, and it is unlikely to survive appellate review, an expert says.

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Oklahoma's case against J&J includes video of baby quivering from opioid withdrawal

By John Sammon | Jun 20, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – The State of Oklahoma's evidence in a closely watched opioid trial versus Johnson & Johnson was again emotionally charged on Wednesday, as attorneys hired by the state attorney general showed a video of a baby quivering from opioid withdrawal.

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D.C. firm seeks to confirm $1.25 million award against Gabonese Republic

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A global law firm with an office in Washington, D.C. is seeking to confirm an arbitration award of more than $1 million against a foreign state.

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Lawsuit asks whether Dove ice cream is actually vanilla

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 20, 2019

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – A lawsuit has been filed against the makers of Dove ice cream products over allegations the products are falsely advertised as containing vanilla ice cream.

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TomTom's lifetime maps the subject of class action lawsuit

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 20, 2019

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The maker of TomTom navigation devices are alleged to have falsely advertised that the devices have lifetime maps and/or traffic updates.

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Lawsuit: Kellogg's marketing suggests healthy foods, but they are actually packed with sugar

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 20, 2019

SYRACUSE, New York (Legal Newsline) – Four New York consumers allege Kellogg markets "high-sugar" foods with deceptive health and wellness claims.

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Drinker Biddle issues subpoenas in defamation lawsuit against it

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 20, 2019

MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Two parties involved in litigation in New Jersey are asking a federal court in Florida to enforce subpoenas they claim are needed in the defamation suit.

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Oklahoma's case turns emotional in opioid trial vs. Johnson & Johnson

By John Sammon | Jun 19, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – A Connecticut businessman recounting the heartbreak of his son’s death from drug addiction on Tuesday outlined steps to end the stigma of the disease and to make treatment improvements in a trial to determine if Johnson & Johnson helped cause a prescription opioid epidemic.

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Bayer urges judge to reverse verdict or order new trial in Pilliod cancer case against Monsanto

By Rich Peters | Jun 19, 2019

Bayer has filed multiple post-trial motions urging California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse last month’s verdict or order a new trial in the case of Pilliod v. Monsanto.

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Consumers allege Welspun-made bed linens are not 100 percent Egyptian cotton as advertised

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 19, 2019

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Three California residents allege they purchased bed linens that were not Egyptian cotton as advertised by the India-based textile manufacturer Welspun.

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A lawsuit says University of Oklahoma skewed numbers to attain better U.S. News & World Report ranking

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 19, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – A Texas woman is suing the University of Oklahoma alleging that she was misled about the transferability of credits and the ranking of the school.

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Seneca Nation of Indians fights arbitration ruling over New York gaming revenue

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 19, 2019

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The Seneca Nation of Indians is seeking to vacate a final arbitration award issued in April that ordered it to continue making payments to New York per a revenue-sharing agreement.

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Government seeks penalties from Genesis Petroleum, others over alleged violation of gas storage tank regulation

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 19, 2019

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The owners and/or operators of underground storage tanks for gasoline are alleged to have failed to comply with federal regulation.

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Facebook sued by companies that say it favors larger advertisers

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 19, 2019

BENTON, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – Three Arkansas businesses allege that Facebook favors large marketers over smaller ones when it comes to advertising.

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Is Congress' rush to regulate PFAS part of 'hysteria' fed by plaintiffs lawyers?

By John O'Brien | Jun 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – They have a catchy, sinister-sounding nickname and have caught the attention of lawyers and politicians. But what these “forever chemicals” don’t have is a known toxicity level.

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At opioid trial, Johnson & Johnson moves to strike Oklahoma witness as 'de facto member of State's legal team'

By Dan Fisher | Jun 18, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson has asked the judge overseeing the first in an expected wave of trials against the opioid industry to strike the testimony of Dr. Andrew Kolodny, a psychiatrist who plays a central role in the State of Oklahoma’s case by linking narcotics marketing to opioid addiction and overdose deaths.