Consumer Protection
-
Monsanto lost a bid to pare back multidistrict litigation over the agrochemical giant’s allegedly carcinogenic Roundup weedkiller when a California federal judge ruled Thursday that the claims in three bellwether cases are backed by believable evidence and aren’t preempted by other laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
A consumer’s suit alleging a brake defect in Hyundai’s Santa Fe SUVs can’t be certified as a class action because she hasn’t adequately proved the commonality of the alleged damages suffered by the proposed class members, a New York federal judge has said… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
Epic Games Inc., the maker of the popular video game “Fortnite,” conned players into buying so-called loot boxes that rarely contained the valuable in-game accoutrements promised by the company’s advertising, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
Amazon announced Thursday that it will give certain companies the power to directly remove suspected counterfeits from the website as part of a new initiative aimed at curbing the sale of fake goods, an issue that has repeatedly landed the online retailer in legal hot water… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
Volkswagen will have to face a proposed class action alleging it knowingly sold vehicles with spontaneously shattering sunroofs, after a California federal judge on Tuesday said the buyers had provided adequate evidence that the German automaker knew about the defect… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 