Consumer Protection
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California’s attorney general lost a bid Thursday to kill a suit by the California Chamber of Commerce, which challenged a requirement under Proposition 65 that certain businesses post warnings about the cancer risk associated with a chemical found in coffee and other foods… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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American Honda Motor Co. Inc. announced Tuesday that it will pay $96 million to 46 states, three U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., to resolve a probe related to allegedly defective air bags in the company’s vehicles, which have also been the subject of extensive civil litigation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Nestle Waters North America Inc. largely failed in its latest attempt to win a quick exit from a proposed class action alleging its Poland Spring branded water is misleadingly labeled as “spring water,” with a Connecticut federal judge keeping nearly all the consumers’ claims in play… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Curaleaf Inc., which bills itself as the world’s largest cannabis corporation, has been hit with a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, making it the latest pot company to face such a claim… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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British Airways PLC has asked a New York federal court to let it out of a proposed class action brought by a handful of passengers over ticket refunds for flights affected by COVID-19, saying one of the passengers must arbitrate his claims and the others have nothing to sue over… Read this piece in its
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