A federal court in California dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action claiming Clorox’s “Splash-less Bleach” product’s packaging would make a reasonable buyer believe that it is suitable for disinfecting when, the plaintiff claims, it is not.
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The powerful gun-rights group learned Thursday that overcoming the dissolution suit brought by New York’s attorney general will take more than filing for bankruptcy and uprooting from the Empire State.
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California officials and environmentalists are claiming victory after President Joe Biden directed federal regulators to put the brakes on his predecessor’s attempt to gift automakers with a nationwide fuel emissions standard that would have allowed them to produce cheaper, dirtier cars.
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Pacific Gas and Electric will accept a federal judge’s proposed probation terms with certain caveats, but it warned the new requirements will lead to more power outages for its 16 million customers.
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The Justice Department went bust-o Wednesday in its attempt to shut down online betting, including state lotteries. BOSTON (CN) —
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After scoring a court win last year in their fight to protect the name of their cheese, a European court on Wednesday handed Cypriot halloumi cheese makers a setback by approving a Bulgarian company’s bid to market its cheese products as BBQLOUMI.
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The EU fined the operator of Steam, the world’s largest video game distribution platform, and five publishers 7.8 million euros ($9.45 million) for blocking gamers from shopping around Europe for cheaper subscriptions.
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Czech lawmakers passed an amendment Wednesday ordering large shops to sell mostly Czech food as of next year, despite an expected backlash from partners in the European Union.
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A federal judge has advanced a class action claiming DoorDash used its platform to deceptively divert customers from non-partnering restaurants to those that pay DoorDash a cut for each food pickup or delivery order.
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Unemployed Californians say the bank made state benefit cards vulnerable to fraud and that the bank’s customer service and fraud claim systems are deficient.
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A federal judge signaled Thursday that he will likely approve the largest known privacy settlement in U.S. history, despite arguments that the payout is far less than Facebook’s potential $47 billion in liability.
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that it would be premature to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit against IKEA brought by customers who claim they never received refunds after the furniture company recalled two of its dressers.
Read moreAn appeals court in Louisiana granted the West Baton Rouge Parish Council a permanent injunction against landowners to prevent them from interfering with the levee district’s construction of bicycle paths and walkways on top of levees, which are located on their properties.
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Tariffs on cognac were confirmed by the Trump administration on New Year’s Eve, marking the latest trade salvo from the outgoing U.S. president and a further escalation of a long-running transatlantic feud.
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Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by washing their clothes, scientists said Tuesday after research found the majority of microplastics in Arctic seawater were polyester fibers.
Read moreA federal court in Arizona granted a class of 40,000 wastewater customers and 30,000 water customers a preliminary injunction to prevent Johnson Utilities from distributing proceeds of its asset sale, with the exception of $15.5 million. The class claims the utility company’s owner bribed a former state regulator in order to charge customers excessive prices.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit found the pharmaceutical company that makes Pradaxa, a drug to reduce the risk of stroke, cannot be sued for a woman’s death after she suffered a gastrointestinal bleed.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a student class action against Brigham Young University seeking a refund of tuition fees after live, in-person instruction was canceled due to Covid-19.
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Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a key interior component of its upcoming electric luxury sedan: a large, curved screen that sweeps across almost the entire width of the car instead of a conventional dashboard.
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If people can just hail a ride from a five-star Lyft or Uber driver at a moment’s notice, will they even bother owning cars? According to research published in the journal iScience on Wednesday, the answer is yes: vehicle ownership actually increased across cities alongside the arrival of ride-hail services.
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