NY Legislature Passes New Tenant Protections
Dubbed by supporters as the “strongest tenant protections in history,” New York legislators passed new rent-control laws Friday that curtail landlords’ power.
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Egg Conspiracy
Denying summary judgment, a federal judge advanced antitrust claims from purchasers like Kroger and Nestle that Michael Foods, Rose Acre and other companies “conspired to reduce the supply of eggs and thereby increase the price of egg products.”
Read morePokemon
A revised class action settlement over Pokemon Go’s placing of digital targets on private property was submitted Thursday for approval by a federal judge in California.
Read moreJudge Balks at Israel Designation for Territory-Based Imports
An EU magistrate backed French authorities on Thursday for refusing to label food imported from Israel-occupied territories like the West Bank or Golan Heights as products originating in Israel.
Read moreSuing Sprint
A class action in L.A. Superior Court claims that Sprint’s “buy [or lease] one, get one free” offer for cellphones is actually a usurious loan, with “exorbitant, unconscionable charges if the phone is not purchased, or the lease is terminated.”
Read moreProduct Liability
A federal judge granted final approval of a $33.6 million settlement Toyota reached in a class action alleging defects in the power-sliding rear passenger doors of Sienna minivans.
Read moreE-Cigarette Maker Juul Can’t Duck Federal Class Action
A federal judge in San Francisco said Wednesday he will advance class action claims accusing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs of building a multi-million dollar electronic-cigarette empire by secretly designing a highly addictive product and hooking teens with “cool” ads and candy-like flavors.
Read moreMilk Drinkers Blast Producer’s Claims of Humane Cow Treatment
Dairy consumers claim in two federal class actions that milk producer Fairlife promotes the “extraordinary care and comfort” of its cows on its product labels but its flagship farm actually ran an inhumane operation where employees beat, burned and starved to death cows and young calves.
Read moreAmerican Consumer Prices Stayed Nearly Flat in May
Mirroring the barely noticeable uptick in wholesale prices last month, U.S. consumer prices rose only 0.1% in May in another sign of low inflation.
Read moreStates Sue to Stop Sprint Merger With T-Mobile
A coalition of state attorneys general took to federal court Tuesday to block a proposed $26.5 billion merger between telecommunication giants T-Mobile and Sprint.
Read moreHome Away
A federal class action claims Home Away negligently fails to protect customers from sending money to scammers who post phony listings.
Read moreBogus Tax
Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Hertz claims in court that the San Diego Unified Port District illegally assessed a special tax disguised as a “user fee” on their customers.
Read moreAlaska Airlines
A federal class action accuses Alaska Airlines of encouraging online customers to buy travel insurance from its preferred provider, nonparty Allianz Global Assistance, from whom it allegedly receives kickbacks.
Read moreFDA Goes After Vaping ‘Influencers’ on Social Media
The Food and Drug Administration called out vaping companies Friday for violating advertising rules through their social media promotions of flavored nicotine products by paid “influencers.”
Read moreImpoverished French Given Poor Quality Meat in Fraud Scheme
French authorities have launched an investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving French and Polish companies suspected of providing minced meat of extremely poor quality to charities.
Read moreNo Whales Here
An Iowa man claims in a federal class action that Citgo Petroleum sells a tractor hydraulic fluid with a label that falsely claims it contains sperm whale oil.
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