Consumer Protection
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StarKist Co., Bumble Bee Foods LLC and Nestle Purina Petcare Co. got swept up in three separate proposed consumer class actions filed on Monday in California federal courts alleging that the companies falsely billed their canned tuna products as “dolphin safe”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Swiss home appliance maker Bodum Holding AG and its U.S. affiliate sued Starbucks Corp. in New York federal court Friday, alleging the coffee store chain needlessly pulled a Bodum-made French press from its shelves and is trying to make it pay for the recall… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge has pared back a proposed class action claiming The J.M. Smucker Co. duped customers by misleadingly labeling products as extra virgin olive oil, according to a Wednesday order… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Wells Fargo and Bank of America Corp. will have to face lawsuits by the city of Miami saying their allegedly racially discriminatory lending practices cost the Magic City tax revenue, an Eleventh Circuit appeals panel ruled Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Southern California Gas Co. will pay more than $8 million for various violations of billing rules that cost tens of thousands of Golden State residents millions of dollars in overcharges, according to the California Public Utilities Commission… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 