While Earned Wage Access apps have been around for over a decade, the pandemic and its aftermath boosted their popularity.
SAN DIEGO — Popular Lunchables meal kits contain lead, cadmium and phthalates, two mothers say in a class action that accuses Kraft Heinz of deceiving customers. A recent report showed that Lunchables — often consumed by children — contained over 60% of the maximum allowed levels of the toxic chemicals that can cause brain damage and other health issues.
The biofuels industry and politicians in the Midwestern states where ethanol is produced from corn praised the EPA’s decision.
Traditionally, spring is the housing market's busiest time of the year.
A lab employee mistakenly used hydrogen peroxide to clean an incubator, killing dozens of embryos.
The settlement caps a yearslong court battle over Google's location tracking.
BALTIMORE — A federal court in Maryland partially dismissed consumers’ fraud class action against Bimbo Bakeries, whose Entenmann’s-branded “All Butter” cake allegedly misleads buyers because it is made with artificial and not real butter. The court says reasonable consumers would need more info than the label to determine whether the phrase referred to the ingredients or the flavor of the cake. Their remaining state law claims are preempted by federal law.
PHILADELPHIA — A federal court in Pennsylvania denied a group of Black and Hispanic children’s motion for class certification in this case alleging the kids suffered racial discrimination when they visited Sesame Place Philadelphia. The proposed class of 130 members failed to meet the numerosity requirement for certification because the number of kids alleged to have faced discrimination is speculative.
Adidas says Thom Browne, a clothing company, copied its iconic three-stripe logo in its own athletic apparel.
HOUSTON — A federal court in Texas denies all claims in this trademark infringement fight between the producers of two tequilas, Casa Azul and Clase Azul. Even if the names are similar, the court rules that consumers will not confuse the brands because the blue-and-white, hand-painted bottle of one of them is more widely recognized than its name.
The plaintiff claims Bob's Red Mill Natural Food's flaxseed meal contain unsafe levels of cadmium.
