The federal government claims in court that a Long Island company and its owner made and distributed adulterated dietary supplements that were mislabeled, in violation of federal law.
Read moreTarget has misrepresented its imitation leather furniture as made with real leather since 2008, consumers claim in a federal class action.
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A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday revived a false advertising class action over the “flushability” of Kimberly-Clark disposable wipes.
Read moreAn Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor who was suspended for doping sued Vitamin Shoppe on Thursday, claiming it sold him dietary supplements that had been doctored with anabolic steroids.
Read moreEighteen states on Wednesday asked a federal judge for a nationwide emergency restraining order to stop President Trump from ending Affordable Care Act subsidies that reduce healthcare costs for lower-income Americans. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria will hear arguments Monday on the request for a restraining order.
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A lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Illinois attorney general claims a Michigan-based organization is tricking elderly veterans in Illinois into buying insurance products from an affiliated company under the guise of helping with pension benefits.
Read moreA who’s who of state and local lawmakers in San Diego Tuesday said young military men and schools should be key players in combating sex trafficking in California, to help eradicate this form of modern-day slavery.
Read moreAmerican Express must head to the Supreme Court, the justices said Monday, to defend its policy of banning merchants from asking consumers to use lower-fee cards.
Read moreThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought a federal complaint Thursday against two debt-relief companies operating under the name FDAA that they say posed as the federal government.
Read moreConsumer prices rose for the second straight month in September, reflecting rising gasoline costs following hurricanes striking the southern U.S., the Labor Department said Friday.
Read moreEurope’s highest court dealt a blow to mom-and-pop organic food shops Thursday, finding they must have permits to sell their merchandise on the internet – or anywhere other than directly to customers in face-to-face transactions.
Read moreTyson Foods should reduce its agricultural pollution to stop poisoning drinking water and contributing to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, dozens of New Orleans nonprofits and businesses said in a Wednesday letter to the multinational meat company.
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The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to rehear an appeal over a Berkeley, California, law that requires retailers warn consumers about radiation from cellphones, despite one circuit judge’s scathing dissent.
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Already battered with lawsuits nationwide for its false accounts scandal, Wells Fargo has been sued again, by an accountholder who says the bank let a scammer take him for $285,000 through its negligence and aiding and abetting.
Read moreCustomers claim in a federal class action that Whole Foods used a vulnerable point-of-sale system in its tap rooms and restaurants that led to a data breach exposing millions of patrons to an increased risk of identity theft.
Read moreAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s policy limiting coverage of emergency room visits for patients in Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri could be putting lives at risk, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians.
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