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Class action over alcoholic kombucha not specific enough
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A judge has tossed the original version of class action lawsuit claiming the drinkers of alcoholic kombucha drinks are misled into thinking they are healthier than they are.
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Appeals panel: California prison officials can be sued for Covid outbreak at San Quentin
A federal appeals panel says California correctional officials can't use immunity doctrines to escape a lawsuit from the widow of an inmate who died at San Quentin Prison after a group of inmates were transferred there from another prison with an active Covid outbreak in May 2020
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Multi-agency operation in Santa Ana results in arrest of suspected Sinaloa cartel member, seizure of 135 pounds of narcotics
A successful multi-agency operation in Santa Ana has resulted in the arrest of a suspected member of the Sinaloa cartel and the seizure of 135 pounds of illegal narcotics. The operation, led by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and supported by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the West Covina Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol (CHP), was part of the INCA Task Force spearheaded by the California DOJ.
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Widow can collect on lapsed $1 million life policy, court rules
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - The widow of a man who stopped making premium payments on a $1 million life insurance policy can collect because the insurer didn’t follow state law before canceling the policy, a federal judge ruled.
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Lead lawyers picked to sue Disney on behalf of shareholders
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The firm Robbins Geller will lead class action litigation against The Walt Disney Company that claims investors were misled by executives' statements about the success of its Disney+ streaming platform.
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Confused about where Texas Pete comes from? Judge won't dismiss class action
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has given the green light to a class action lawsuit alleging the maker of Texas Pete has fooled shoppers into thinking the hot sauce was made in Texas - despite the company's argument that the back label shows it is based in North Carolina.
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Appeals court ends lawsuit over workplace Covid infections which threatened dangerous 'deluge' of future lawsuits
A federal appeals panel followed guidance provided by the California Supreme Court, which had ruled they couldn't allow a couple to sue a man's employer over his wife's Covid infection because the lawsuits that would follow would swamp the courts and endanger society
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Judge in Altoids class action urged to revisit ruling, now that Ninth Circuit requires more from consumers
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Altoids says a recent pro-defendant ruling in consumer deception class actions should push a federal judge to throw out the case against it.
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Ninth Circuit to shoppers who sue: Read the ingredients
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Companies facing false advertising claims in California federal courts have a recent Ninth Circuit decision to point to.
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Potential jurors in trial against matchmaker to be asked their feelings on class action lawyers
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Ahead of a July trial, lawyers pushing a class action lawsuit against the dating service It's Just Lunch have submitted their questions for jury selection.
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Snapchat, Google and Apple defeat claims they help sexual predators find victims
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Federal law protecting online platforms from liability over what users post has blocked young girls' claims that apps like Snapchat are dangerous because they help sexual predators locate victims.
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Group of AGs support challenge to California's Unsafe Handgun Act
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined 23 other state AGs in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act.
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Appeals panel says judge wrong to bar every AZ federal prosecutor from handling misconduct claim against one of their colleagues
An appeals court has ruled a federal judge did not "respect" the separation of powers doctrine, when he barred all 180 Arizona federal prosecutors from addressing a motion that alleges misconduct against one of the prosecutors in a case against an alleged Tucson street gang.
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Lawsuit over American-made tortillas thrown out; Judge says reasonable customer would read the back label
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A reasonable consumer is capable of reading the back of a package of tortillas, a federal judge has ruled in tossing a class action lawsuit over a Mexican flag on La Banderita products.
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Who cares why vitamins were added, Gatorade-maker says in response to lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - PepsiCo has filed its motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges it can't call its Gatorade Fit drinks "healthy."
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Why didn't survey ask about back label, tortilla-maker asks
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A customer survey to find out to what extent tortilla-eaters prefer them to be made in Mexico forgot to show respondents the "Made in U.S.A." disclaimer on the back.
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Vick's moves for dismissal of class action over children's products being the same as adults'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Vick's is defending its marketing of Vapo products for children, even though they contain the same ingredients as others that do not specify an age group.
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Coffee-causes-cancer cases still barred as SCOTUS declines intervention
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court won't reignite coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits in California, declining to hear an appeal on April 17.
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Lawyers push for nationwide class in case against It's Just Lunch
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers want to certify a class in their proposed class action against It's Just Lunch over its "personalized matchmaking service."
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California Christian school sues after social services agency bars it from receiving funding
An El Cajon Christian preschool is suing the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), alleging that the agency unconstitutionally barred the school from taking part in a state program to provide food to low-income children.