Consumer Protection
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A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday tossed a putative class action accusing BMW and Robert Bosch LLC of installing emissions-cheating software in vehicles, saying the car buyers hadn’t adequately shown that they had bought vehicles containing such devices… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Wound-care company ACell Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims it covered up contamination in certain products it sold, in addition to pleading guilty in a related criminal case in Maryland federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Sixth Circuit panel ruled Amazon.com Inc. will have to face part of a lawsuit related to alleged fire hazards associated with hoverboards sold through its platform, saying the company had assumed a duty to warn by issuing an email telling the buyers about the potential dangers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Facebook is ducking an order by New York’s high court directing it to allow a horse owner to access private portions of the account held by a woman suing him for injuries allegedly caused by his negligence, according to a suit filed Monday in Empire State court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Florida federal judge on Friday admonished a mother who sued Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. over her teenage daughter’s salmonella death and then turned down a $500,000 settlement offer, ordering her to pay the cruise line’s attorney fees as a result of her bad behavior in court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 