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Lawsuit takes aim at Flavor God 'sham' discounts
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Flavor God advertises false discounts, a new class action lawsuit claims.
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Plaintiffs lawyers spent $50 million on JM Eagle case to win $162K; Company says outcome not worthy of reward
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff lawyers who spent 14 years and tens of millions of dollars pursuing a whistleblower case only to win less than $200,000 for their clients shouldn’t be able to collect multiples of that amount from the defendant, pipemaker JM Eagle said in a filing calling the fee request “patently unreasonable.”
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Court: Ohio firm wrongly pushed out of California case for representing witnesses
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for Big Lots can continue fighting lawsuits after a scuffle with plaintiffs lawyers over whether they could also represent witnesses in the case.
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San Bernadino restaurant owner welcomes county lawsuit against Gov. Newsom
The family-owned Taco Shop Mexican Grill in San Bernadino has been serving diners since 2008, and for the first time, the eatery has been barely keeping afloat
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Lawsuit against Domino's complains about tax added to coupon
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A long-running deal at Domino’s Pizza has been too good to be true all this time, a class action lawsuit alleges.
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Pasadena church moves SCOTUS to overturn Gov. Newsom's COVID-19 restrictions
An emergency petition filed with the U.S.
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Judge turns back rejected reporter's lawsuit against Hollywood Foreign Press Association
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A rejected journalist who challenged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s membership decisions will have to try again.
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Los Angeles landlords appeal ruling against them in pursuit of evictions
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Landlords in Los Angeles are appealing a federal judge’s refusal to end the ban on evictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Actor Arnold Chun files motion to dismiss SC Pictures' counterclaims, calling them 'retaliatory scare tactic'
Actor Arnold Chun filed to dismiss the claims against him in an ongoing lawsuit with American Airlines and others in the U.S. District Court for the Central District Court of California earlier this month.
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Groups want exception for franchises from California's independent contractor test
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The International Franchise Association and other groups are suing to keep California from enforcing its new test for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
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Lawsuit: Nestle charging illegal late fees on water delivery
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A monthly subscriber to a water service says in a class action lawsuit that Nestle charges a late fee that is more than allowed by California law.
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Judge denies injunction for plaintiffs seeking to arbitrate Turbo Tax claims
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green denied a move by a mass group of plaintiffs who sought to keep their claims against Intuit out of a giant $43 million settlement reached a week earlier in federal court.
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It's Just Lunch still fails customers, class action says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Unhappy users are suing a dating service, claiming it has not abided by a multimillion-dollar settlement.
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Lawsuit claims tortilla company tricking buyers into thinking they are made in Mexico
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – “A taste of Mexico” written in Spanish on tortilla packages is misleading buyers into thinking they were made south of the border, a lawsuit claims.
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Judge: New Jersey court not proper venue for challenge to California law
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Rather than dismiss a lawsuit alleging California is imposing certain business standards on the rest of the country, a New Jersey federal judge is sending that challenge to California.
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Spit-fight lawsuit against Lowe's heads back to state court
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – It’s possible a Lowe’s employee can be found liable for one customer spitting on another, a federal judge has ruled.
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Judge won't end ban on evictions in Los Angeles, asks for legislative response
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Landlords who are trying to overturn Los Angeles’ moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have not shown they are likely to succeed, a federal judge has ruled.
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Lemon law firm countersues former associates in $2 million fee fight; Expert says 'surprising to see allegations of direct fraud and attorney-in-fighting laid out so publicly'
One of the most prolific filers of lemon lawsuits against auto makers has countersued a former partner in a dispute involving more than $2 million in attorney fees.
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Couple who wanted to bury dog next to daughter gets to sue over ashes screw-up
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A pet cremation company that advertised the emotional solace their services would provide must face a lawsuit alleging it gave random ashes to a couple who had hoped to bury their daughter’s beloved dog next to her.
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Lawyers seek millions in fees for long-running 'whistleblower' case that fizzled
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who spent more than a decade pursuing a whistleblower case that was almost entirely obliterated by a judge’s ruling earlier this year are now chasing after the real payoff: Tens of millions of dollars in fees for a lawsuit that has yielded their clients $192,000.