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BNSF Railway claims California counties unlawfully charge them a higher tax rate

By Marian Johns | Nov 21, 2019

OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – BNSF Railway alleges 15 California counties are assessing it a higher property tax rate than other commercial and industrial property owners in violation of federal law.

Dialysis companies allege newly enacted California law will harm patients, medical providers

By Marian Johns | Nov 21, 2019

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The operators of several dialysis clinics and kidney care facilities in California and throughout the U.S. are challenging the state's newly enacted Assembly Bill 290, which regulates dialysis reimbursement.

Exxon takes its swing against attorneys general of Massachusetts, New York after failed fraud claims

By Daniel Fisher | Nov 21, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - ExxonMobil has asked the judge who heard New York’s highly publicized climate lawsuit against it to issue a ruling saying the state failed to prove its securities fraud claims at trial, hoping to defuse copycat lawsuits by Massachusetts and other plaintiffs across the country accusing ExxonMobil of manipulating public opinion about global warming.

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Huntington, Cabell federal opioid cases soon could be back in W.Va. federal courts

By Chris Dickerson | 19 days ago

CLEVELAND – The Ohio federal judge overseeing opioid cases soon could release the cases Cabell County and the City of Huntington have filed against opioid distributors to be heard in West Virginia instead.

Tort reform head says PFAS issue could cause runaway litigation

By John Sammon | Nov 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The president of the American Tort Reform Association told members of Congress on Tuesday that litigation could get out of hand unless federal regulators adopt a commonsense, fair approach to dealing with the PFAS chemicals that activists claim are poisoning the nation’s water supplies.

Amtrak accused of breaching $250M in contracts for Washington-to-Boston route

By Marian Johns | Nov 20, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Philip Morris and HNB Investment allege Amtrak breached $250 million in contracts that included their financing of high-speed rail equipment to be used for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor route from Washington to Boston.

Class action alleges Nordstrom's reference pricing is false, misleading

By Marian Johns | Nov 20, 2019

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Nordstrom is facing a lawsuit filed by a New Jersey consumer who claims unlawful uniform sale and marketing practices are used at Nordstrom Rack stores.

Driver alleges Uber's newer, cheaper UberX service came at expense of UberBlack drivers

By Marian Johns | Nov 20, 2019

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia Uber driver alleges that the ride-hailing service orchestrated a "bait and switch scheme" to attract drivers of higher-end luxury vehicles with UberBlack and then added a newer, cheaper service, UberX.

Walmart and CVS face suit over allegations ranitidine products contain carcinogen

By Marian Johns | Nov 20, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The manufacturer of an over-the-counter, ranitidine-based medication is facing a class action lawsuit alleging the products contain a carcinogen and liver-damaging impurity.

California Chamber of Commerce challenges state's cancer warning label requirement for acrylamide

By Marian Johns | Nov 19, 2019

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The California Chamber of Commerce is legally challenging the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's (OEHHA) requirement to provide cancer warnings to consumers about exposure to acrylamide per California's Proposition 65.

Vanilla class actions hit Wegmans

By Marian Johns | Nov 19, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Wegmans Food Market is facing a class action lawsuit filed by consumers who allege the labels on its brand of ice cream products are misleading since they falsely claim to contain vanilla ice cream.

State of New York claims Fedloan failed to properly administer student loans

By Marian Johns | Nov 18, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – New York has filed suit against Fedloan, a contractor with the U.S. Department of Education for student loans, claiming it has failed to properly administer the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF).

Honeywell alleges Citgo should also be responsible for cleanup of New York's Onodaga Lake

By Marian Johns | Nov 18, 2019

ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell is claiming that Citgo is responsible for much of the millions it has spent cleaning up the release of petroleum and related hazardous substances in the land areas around New York's Onodaga Lake.

Advocacy groups sue over One National Program rule regarding vehicle emission standards

By Marian Johns | Nov 18, 2019

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Public interest organizations allege that the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration's (NHTSA) preemption rule that relaxes vehicle emissions standards under the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975 is invalid.

Lawsuit challenges new Illinois law requiring two-member crews on freight railroads

By Marian Johns | Nov 18, 2019

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – Three railroad associations allege that Illinois' Crew Size Law is preempted by federal law and unenforceable.

Lawsuit: Rite Aid should know better than to mislabel pecans

By Marian Johns | Nov 15, 2019

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A New York man is suing Rite Aid alleging its gourmet praline pecans are fraudulently labeled because the sugar ingredient is "disguised as evaporated cane juice."

Lawsuit questions whether Ben & Jerry's ice cream comes from 'happy cows' in Vermont

By Marian Johns | Nov 14, 2019

BURLINGTON, Vt. (Legal Newsline) – A Vermont man has filed a lawsuit against Ben & Jerry's, claiming it misleads consumers by claiming its ice cream products are made with milk from "happy cows" on Vermont dairies when a large portion of the ice cream is sourced from milk produced at factory-style dairy operations.

Voters For Animals Rights sues D'Artagnan foods, says ducks mistreated to produce foie gras

By Marian Johns | Nov 14, 2019

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Voters For Animals Rights alleges that D'Artagnan gourmet food products falsely markets its foie gras products as humane when the company allegedly uses inhumane practices such as force-feeding and places the ducks in crowded cages.

Fee-fight emerges in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy over paying plaintiffs firms

By Daniel Fisher | Nov 13, 2019

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Fighting has erupted among creditors in the multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, as attorneys representing individual claimants and other creditors object to paying millions of dollars in fees to private lawyers representing governmental claimants - including thousands of municipalities with federal lawsuits against the opioid industry.

St. Louis women are paying a 'pink tax' to get their dry-cleaning done, lawsuit claims

By Marian Johns | Nov 13, 2019

ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A Missouri woman has filed a class action lawsuit against a dry cleaner, alleging she was charged a "pink tax" to have a shirt cleaned.