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Class action claims Ocean Spray dried cranberries contain added sugar, aren't as healthy as claimed

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts Ocean Spray misled consumers and allegedly violated California consumer protection laws.

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San Diego church says City Council violated Constitution, CA law by denying plan to build new church

By Southern California Record |
All Peoples Church in San Diego has sued the city of San Diego, alleging that the City Council violated its constitutional rights and federal law by siding with the church's opponents and denying it permission to build a new church building

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Lawsuit claims residents living near Chiquita Canyon Landfill sickened by noxious gases from landfill

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts the landfill operators must remedy "geyser"-like eruptions of polluted wastewater and fugitive noxious gases, which allegedly have sickened thousands of people living near Chiquita Canyon.

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Class action: Danone's Evian 'Natural Spring Water' allegedly contains microplastics

By Southern California Record |
The class action lawsuit claims the company allegedly has misled consumers.

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Class action accuses Yardi of allegedly facilitating collusion among apartment landlords

By Southern California Record |
Yardi Systems, a property management software developer, has been accused in a class action lawsuit of facilitating a nationwide price-fixing scheme.

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Class action accuses Sinclair of allegedly letting Google access online channel subscribers' info

By Southern California Record |
Sinclair Broadcasting has been accused in a class action lawsuit of violating federal privacy laws.

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Pulte claims insurers owe millions in coverage denied for Perris homeowners' construction defects lawsuit

By Southern California Record |
Homebuilder Pulte says the insurance companies, who had issued policies to subcontractors employed by Pulte, wrongly denied or ignored their requests for coverage against a homeowner construction defect legal action worth $9 million

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Environmentalists again seek to force USFWS to add certain Joshua trees to endangered species lists

By Southern California Record |
WildEarth Guardians has accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of improperly refusing to place Joshua tree species on the Endangered Species List out of fear of climate change

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Meta can't escape class action claiming Facebook 'Potential Reach' for ads misled advertisers

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A majority on a split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said it should only matter that Facebook allegedly inflated the "Potential Reach" of "boosted" ads, not by how much individual advertisers may have been misled, if at all

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Carl's Jr. accused of improperly allowing drive-thru tech vendor to record drive-thru customers ordering food

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts tech vendor Presto used an automated ordering assistant to route customer orders through its server and allegedly record the customer conversations with drive thru attendants to improve customer experience, but allegedly without customers' knowledge or consent

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Environmental activists accuse Escondido concrete making facility of releasing too much polluted runoff

By Southern California Record |
Activists are seeking court orders directing Superior Ready Mix Concrete to pay potentially stiff civil penalties under the Clean Water Act.

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Company selling kratom powder faces class action

By Legal Newsline |
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - The maker of a powder that gives users an opioid-like fix is facing a class action lawsuit over its side effects.

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Black teacher says Chula Vista school district officials didn't address allegedly racist messages from students against her

By Southern California Record |
The teacher says she was compelled to resign her job after the district administrators allegedly ignored years of alleged anti-black racial harassment at the hands of students, while taking stands against alleged anti-Latino, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ actions by students in other San Diego area schools

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Class action says Glad brand trash bags are not as recyclable as sellers claim

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit claims the defendants have misled consumers by not telling them the trash bags allegedly are not considered to be recyclable by most municipalities.

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Class action says kratom maker MIT45 allegedly hasn't been honest about the addictive nature of their products

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit alleges MIT45 violated California laws by allegedly not disclosing to customers how addictive their products may actually be.

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Class action accuses Houser LLP over data breach

By Southern California Record |
Law firm Houser LLP is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect individuals' personal data during a data breach.

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DoD sued by animal care training vocational school over decision to cut off tuition assistance for military spouses

By Southern California Record |
Animal Behavior College said the Department of Defense wrongly classified its programs as "continuing education," cutting off tuition assistance for thousands of military spouses who use ABC animal care and services training to start or advance new careers.

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Class action lawsuit accuses Kohl's of misleading customers about thread counts on bedsheets

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit claims Kohl's advertises thread counts of 600 or more in its 100% cotton bedsheets, but such thread counts are allegedly actually impossible and don't make for better bedsheets

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California utility agrees to pay federal government $80 million to resolve wildfire litigation

By Michael Carroll |
Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to the federal government to compensate for firefighting costs and property damage resulting from a 2017 fire that charred more than 100,000 acres of National Forest lands in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

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PAGA lawsuit accuses Katmai Technical Services of alleged violations of CA labor law

By Southern California Record |
The lawsuit against the Native-owned government services firm was filed under California's Private Attorneys General Act