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1. Woman sues Hershey for $5 million because candy doesn't match the wrapper design

Subjects
The Hershey Co. -- Cases, Chocolate candy -- Cases, Chocolate industry -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1222951942 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: A Florida woman is suing the Hershey Company for what she says is false advertising. [...]

Published
2024

2. Barilla customers sue because 'Italy's #1 Brand of Pasta' is made in U.S

Author

Brasch, Ben

Subjects
Barilla -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ben Brasch Two boxes of $2 pasta have led to a possible class-action lawsuit that could cost Barilla millions of dollars, according to legal experts. A pair of pasta-purchasers, [...]

Published
2022

3. Federal Judge Rejects Claim That Champion's ORIJEN Dog Foods Are Unsafe

Subjects
United States. District Court. Eastern District of Wisconsin -- Powers and duties, Consumers -- Cases, Pet supplies industry -- Cases, Pets, Class action lawsuits, Cadmium, Dog food, Pet food, Heavy metals, False advertising, Arsenic, Company legal issue, Business
Abstract

Byline: Pet Age StaffPress release: Champion PetfoodsU.S. District Court, Eastern District of WisconsinKellie Loeb, Plaintiff v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc.Case number 18-CV-494-JPSU.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller.A federal district court granted [...]

Published
2019

4. Class actions in Denmark

Author

Werlauff, Erik

Subjects
Consumers -- Cases, Ombudsmen -- Powers and duties, Class actions (Civil procedure), Company legal issue, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

The standard European consumer representative injunction actions have been extended from 2008 by a general class action procedure. This is normally an optin mechanism, but under certain conditions, and only for actions brought by a designated public authority such as the consumer ombudsman, it can be brought on an opt-out basis. Keywords: class actions; Denmark; Hafnia Case; class representatives; Etemit Case; opt-in; opt-out

Published
2009

5. 'Carpenter' Ruling Seen Unleashing New Litigation

Author

Leithauser, Tom

Subjects
United States -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Personal information -- Cases, Right of privacy -- Cases, Company legal issue, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

The 'Carpenter' decision issued by the Supreme Court last month could unleash a torrent of litigation as lower courts and defendants test the boundaries of the ruling, which generally directed [...]

Published
2018

7. Senate Commerce Committee to Hold Data Breach Hearing

Author

Leithauser, Tom, Kirby, Paul, Stanton, Lynn, and DeLeon, Carrie

Subjects
Equifax Inc. -- Cases, Data security -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Credit bureaus -- Cases, Personal information -- Cases, Company legal issue, Data security issue, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee plans to hold a Nov. 8 hearing on protecting consumers from data breaches. It is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in room [...]

Published
2017

8. Trying to win 'a game of cat and mouse'; Lenders step up efforts to battle fraud, identity theft

Author

Lutz, Hannah

Subjects
United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Cases, Toyota Financial Services -- Cases, Government agencies -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Financial services -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Identity theft -- Cases, Company legal issue, Financial services industry, Automobile industry, Business
Abstract

Byline: Hannah Lutz Fraud and identity theft are escalating across the board, and auto lenders have become vigilant, acting to prevent crimes from affecting their businesses, dealer clients and customers. [...]

Published
2017

9. Wells Fargo takes center stage in arbitration fight

Author

Wack, Kevin

Subjects
Wells Fargo & Co. -- Cases, Bank fees -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Banking industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics
Abstract

Byline: Kevin Wack Wells Fargo is trying to convince federal appeals judges that a large class-action lawsuit brought by customers who were charged hefty overdraft fees should be thrown out, [...]

Published
2017

10. Suit alleges Burger King 'buy one get one' coupons are bogus

Subjects
Burger King Corp. -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

Koleta Anderson filed a class action lawsuit against Burger King and its use of 'buy one get one free' coupons, alleging the company is guilty of deceptive trade practices, breach [...]

Published
2017

12. Document retention obligations: when can a document be destroyed?

Author

Nemeth, Mary

Subjects
British American Tobacco Australia Ltd. -- Cases, Tobacco industry -- Cases, Legal documents -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, general, Economics, Roxanne Cowell v. British American Tobacco Australia Services Limited
Abstract

* The roles and obligations of businesses and their record managers * The current law and the application of that law in practice * Guidance for company officers and legal [...]

Published
2004

13. A house divided: consumer advocates and home builders see the increasingly common practice of arbitration in very different ways

Author

Rice, Alison

Subjects
House construction -- Cases, Homeowners -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Construction industry -- Cases, Commercial arbitration -- Usage, Company legal issue, KB HOME -- Cases
Abstract

THE KINDEST WORD JOHN BURCHFIELD HAS FOR THE STATEMENT that homeowners can't win in arbitration is "absurd." To say consumers don't arbitration is so false, it not even funny," says […]

Published
2003

14. Consumers should have asserted claim administratively

Subjects
United States. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. -- Cases, Home improvement loans -- Cases, Repudiation (Finance) -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989
Abstract

Consumers claiming that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's repudiation of a home construction loan relieved them of any obligation to repay amounts that already had been disbursed should have raised [...]

Published
2014

17. Strict liability to the consumer in California.

Author

Prosser, William L.

Subjects
Strict liability -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumers -- Cases, Products liability -- Laws, regulations and rules, Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. (377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963))
Published
1999

18. Three food claim class action lawsuits move forward

Subjects
Consumers -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Food labeling -- Cases, Food packaging -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, Food and beverage industries, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Abstract

Jennette Zitelli--January 5, 2017 Class action lawsuits are becoming a pretty common occurrence in the food industry, as consumers become more aware and concerned about how their food is made. [...]

Published
2017

19. Class-action suit claims Barilla underfills some packages

Subjects
Barilla -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Pasta products -- Cases, Food packaging -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

The Barilla Corporation allegedly utilized 'deceptive packaging' for its specialty lines to fool consumers into believing they are getting more pasta then they actually are, according to a class-action suit [...]

Published
2016

20. Quaker Oats' '100% natural' claim contested in CA, NY

Subjects
Quaker Oats Co. -- Cases, Glyphosate -- Cases, Pesticides -- Usage -- Cases, Cereal products industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

A lawsuit filed on behalf of New York and California consumers alleges that PEPSICO's Quaker Oats brand is not '100% Natural' due to the presence of the pesticide glyphosate. The [...]

Published
2016

21. Class action lawsuit claims Campbell soup mislabels soups due to trans fats

Subjects
Campbell Soup Co. -- Cases, Advertising -- Cases, Trans fatty acids -- Health aspects -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Campbell's Soup's Healthy Request grilled chicken and sausage gumbo soup is mislabeled because it contains artificial trans fats. Filed in Southern California, Brower v. [...]

Published
2016

22. Store liable in drunken-driving crash? It's up to jury, court says

Author

Freedman, Eric

Subjects
Automobile dealers -- Cases, Driving while intoxicated -- Cases -- Accidents, Automotive accessories -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Automobile industry, Business
Abstract

Byline: Eric Freedman Dealerships that don't carefully vet customers before giving them loaners run the risk of serious legal problems, as a Pleasanton, Texas, store has discovered. The Texas Court [...]

Published
2016

24. Recent Rulings Highlight Limits Of CDA Immunity In Products Liability Cases Against E-Commerce Platforms

Subjects
Amazon.com Inc. -- Cases, Product liability -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Online information services -- Cases, Telecommunications software, Internet software, E-commerce, Backup software, E-commerce software, Vendor relations, Legal liability, Company legal issue, Online information service, Business, international, Restatement (Second) of Torts
Abstract

In early July, an appeals court ruled that Amazon should be considered a 'seller' of goods under Pennsylvania products liability law and subject to strict liability for consumer injuries caused [...]

Published
2019

25. TCPA Class Action Costs Rack Room Up To $25.97 Million

Subjects
Telemarketing -- Cases, Class action lawsuits, Footwear industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Right of privacy, Personal information, Shoe stores, Text messaging, Company legal issue, Business, international, Goldschmidt v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc
Abstract

Rack Room Shoes, Inc. (Rack Room) has agreed to pay up to nearly $26 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (TCPA). [...]

Published
2019

26. Director Independence And Oversight Obligation In Marchand v. Barnhill

Subjects
Delaware. Supreme Court -- Cases, Blue Bell Creameries L.P. -- Officials and employees, Dairy products industry -- Officials and employees, Consumers -- Cases, Corporation law -- Cases, Duty of care (Law) -- Cases, Stockholders, Corporate officers, Product recalls, Listeria, Ice cream, Shareholder lawsuits, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

On June 18, 2019, in Marchand v. Barnhill, the Delaware Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. on behalf of a unanimous court, issued [...]

Published
2019

27. Merricks v Mastercard: UK Class Actions Back Under The Spotlight

Author

Batchelor, Bill

Subjects
MasterCard International Inc. -- Cases, Class action lawsuits, Consumers -- Cases, Credit card industry -- Cases, Price gouging -- Cases, Fees, Legal fees, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

The English Courts have reignited the prospects of a £14 billion class action against Mastercard. In a much anticipated ruling, on 16 April 2019, the Court of Appeal of England [...]

Published
2019

28. Supreme Court Clarifies Indirect Purchaser Rule; Permits Class Action Against Apple To Go Forward

Subjects
Apple Inc. -- Cases, Class action lawsuits, Consumers -- Cases, Antitrust law -- Cases, Computer industry -- Cases, Retail trade, State laws, Smart phones, Company legal issue, Antitrust issue, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Business, international
Abstract

On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, affirmed a Ninth Circuit ruling that permitted a massive consumer class action against Apple concerning the Apple App Store [...]

Published
2019

29. Supreme Court Of Canada Says To Yield To The Arbitration Clause In The Case Of Consumer/Non-Consumer Class Actions

Author

Krajewska, Ewa

Subjects
Canada. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, TELUS Communications Inc. -- Cases, Commercial arbitration -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Telecommunications industry -- Cases, Class action lawsuits, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Telecommunications services industry, Business, international
Abstract

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its decision in TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman. In a 5-4 split, Moldaver J., writing for a majority, concluded that s. 7(5) of [...]

Published
2019

30. Jenny Craig Sheds $3 Million In TCPA Settlement

Subjects
Jenny Craig Inc. -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Diet industry -- Cases, Text messaging -- Cases, Harassment, Personal information, Class action lawsuits, Weight loss, Right of privacy, Company legal issue, Text messaging, Business, international, Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Abstract

Long code auto dialer doesn't provide cover, plaintiff says Tricky Dials Weight-loss megabrand Jenny Craig settled a Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (TCPA) class action back in January. The complaint, brought [...]

Published
2019

31. If A Candy Is Fruit-Flavored, Does That Mean That It's All-Natural?

Subjects
Starbucks Corp. -- Cases, Coffeehouses -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Food packaging -- Cases, Packaging, Candy, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

What's the likelihood that consumers will be misled into thinking that a candy is 'all natural' when you don't make any 'natural' claims about the product? That was the issue [...]

Published
2019

32. Due Process And Primary Jurisdiction Defenses To Website Accessibility Claims Fall Like Dominoes In The Ninth Circuit

Author

Roller, Amber

Subjects
United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Justice -- Powers and duties, Domino's Pizza Inc. -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Cases, Mobile applications -- Usage, Web sites -- Usage, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company Web site/Web page, Business, international, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, California. Unruh Civil Rights Act
Abstract

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its highly-anticipated website accessibility opinion in Robles v. Domino's Pizza, reaffirming the obligation to make retailers' websites accessible and rejecting the due process [...]

Published
2019

33. Defending banks against consumer fraud claims.

Author

Clinton, Edward X., Jr.

Subjects
Banking industry -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases
Abstract

The author discusses legal defenses available to banks against consumer fraud claims brought understate statutes. He analyzes defenses based on statutory exceptions, federal preemption, plaintiff's lack of standing, proof that there was no misrepresentation, and proof that the bank did not commit consumer fraud in paying or dishonoring a check.

Published
1996

34. 'Marketplace' Report: Credit Disputes Favor Companies

Subjects
Commercial arbitration -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Credit and debit card industry -- Customer relations, Credit and debit card industry -- Cases, Company legal issue
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14798253 MADELEINE BRAND, host: From NPR News, this is DAY TO DAY. You do not want to mess with your credit card company […]

Published
2007

35. Local car dealers hit with flurry of lawsuits over document-prep fees

Author

Colombo, Hayleigh

Subjects
Automotive industry -- Cases, Professional fees -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Litigation, Automobile dealers, Fees, Legal fees, Automotive dealers, Murder, Company legal issue, Business, Business, regional, Indiana. Deceptive Consumer Sales Act
Abstract

Indiana auto dealerships are being hit with a slew of lawsuits from customers who say they have been charged exorbitant document-preparation fees in the car-buying process just as the rules [...]

Published
2019

36. Doc fee cases costly to 2 stores; Dealerships in S.C., Ind. face payouts

Author

Freedman, Eric

Subjects
Legal fees -- Cases, Document processing -- Prices and rates -- Cases, Automobile dealers -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Document processing system, Company pricing policy, Automobile industry, Business
Abstract

Byline: Eric Freedman Two dealerships in separate states have received costly lessons on what not to do with document fees. In South Carolina, the state Supreme Court on Nov. 4 [...]

Published
2015

37. Publix faces $5 million class action lawsuit over robocallers

Subjects
Publix Super Markets Inc. -- Cases, Robocalls -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Supermarkets -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Food and beverage industries, Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Abstract

A class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Tampa alleging that Publix Super Markets Inc. made robocalls to customers' cellphones without their consent. The lawsuit alleges that Publix's pharmacy [...]

Published
2015

38. Wells Fargo Again Accused of Opening Unwanted Accounts

Author

Waggoner, Darren

Subjects
Wells Fargo & Co. -- Cases -- Customer relations, Consumers -- Cases, Banking industry -- Cases -- Customer relations, Bank fraud -- Cases, Company legal issue, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics
Abstract

Byline: Darren Waggoner Former Wells Fargo customer Shahriar Jabbari filed a lawsuit against the bank Wednesday accusing it of high-pressure sales that led to deceiving and defrauding him and other [...]

Published
2015

39. HSBC accused of ‘helping clients avoid millions in tax'

Author

Fuller, Calum

Subjects
United Kingdom. His Majesty's Revenue and Customs -- Cases, HSBC Bank PLC -- Cases -- Customer relations, Banking industry -- Cases -- Customer relations, Tax evasion -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Byline: Calum Fuller Investigation accuses HSBC of actively helping clients dodge tax THE UK'S LARGEST BANK helped thousands of wealthy clients cheat HM Revenue & Customs of millions in tax, [...]

Published
2015

41. Consumer litigation in the age of combat banking.

Author

Golann, Dwight

Subjects
Banking industry -- Cases, Financial services industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, H.J., Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. (109 S. Ct. 2893 (1989)), Browning-Ferris Industries v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. (109 S. Ct. 2909 (1989)), ITT Consumer Financial Corp. -- Cases, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Published
1990

42. Taco Bell's linkage to E. coli outbreak revives worries about tainted produce; first lawsuits vs. Yum-owned brand come amid flurry of illnesses at chains

Author

Walkup, Carolyn

Subjects
Taco Bell Corp. -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Raw foods -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

IRVINE, CALIF. -- In the wake of this year's lethal fresh-spinach crisis and amid a new flurry of unrelated illness outbreaks linked to several other restaurant brands, consumers' fears of [...]

Published
2006

43. FOILING FRAUD; Phony deals cost dealers their reputation, vehicles and lenders

Author

Wilson, Amy

Subjects
Automobile dealers -- Economic aspects -- Customer relations -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Company legal issue, Automobile industry, Business
Abstract

Byline: Amy Wilson When Pete Shaver bought part of Huntington Beach Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram in 2012, he immediately found holes to plug in the vehicle sales and finance operation. In the previous [...]

Published
2015

44. Ninth Circuit Determines That Absence Of Federal Guidance Is No Bar To ADA Claims Challenging Websites And Mobile Apps

Subjects
United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Powers and duties -- Cases, United States. Department of Justice -- Laws, regulations and rules, Domino's Pizza Inc. -- Cases -- Access control, Mobile applications -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Cases -- Access control, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Business, international
Abstract

Key Points The 9th Circuit held that, because a website and mobile app were auxiliary services of a place of public accommodation, they were required to be ADA-compliant. This holding [...]

Published
2019

45. Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Website Accessibility Obligations

Author

Smith, P. Maxwell

Subjects
United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Justice -- Laws, regulations and rules, Domino's Pizza Inc. -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Restaurant industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Web sites -- Access control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Company Web site/Web page, Business, international, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, California. Unruh Civil Rights Act
Abstract

Executive Summary: Lawsuits claiming business websites are not fully accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals continue to proliferate. Businesses often respond their websites are not required to comply with [...]

Published
2019

46. The Canary In The Coal Mine Isn't Looking So Good Anymore

Author

Sullivan, John

Subjects
Medtronic PLC -- Cases, Medical test kit industry -- Cases, Medical equipment and supplies industry -- Cases, Products liability -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

This post comes from the Cozen O'Connor side of the blog only. Last year, we favorably cited Canary v. Medtronic, Inc. 2017 WL 1382298 (E.D. Mich. April 18, 2017), on [...]

Published
2018

47. Supreme Court Grants Apple's Petition To Take Major Antitrust Standing Case

Subjects
Apple Inc. -- Cases -- Customer relations, Consumers -- Cases, Antitrust law -- Cases, Computer industry -- Cases -- Customer relations, Company legal issue, Antitrust issue, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Business, international
Abstract

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari and will hear, next term, an appeal from Ninth Circuit's decision in In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation, a case we previously reported on. [...]

Published
2018

48. Ninth Circuit Affirms Approval Of Settlement In Olive Oil Labeling Suit Where Class Counsel Would Receive 80% Of Monetary Component Of Settlement Fund

Author

Javidzad, Bety

Subjects
Salov North America Corp. -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Food industry -- Cases, Labels -- Cases, Company legal issue, Food and beverage production/distribution software, Business, international
Abstract

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 11, 2018, affirmed a decision of the US District Court for the Northern District of California approving a US$1 [...]

Published
2018

49. Clinically Proven To Make You Feel Better

Author

Seligman, Terri

Subjects
Advertising -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Biological products industry -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

This is the claim I saw on a poster in a store window this morning on my way to work. I don't know about you, but a lot of things [...]

Published
2018

50. One A Day Will Not Keep Plaintiffs Away

Subjects
Bayer Corp. -- Cases, False advertising -- Cases, Chemical industry -- Cases, Consumers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, international, Brady v. Bayer Corp
Abstract

In a recent decision, the California Court of Appeal reaffirmed and clarified how the 'reasonable consumer' standard must be applied at the pleadings stage to mislabeling claims. In simplest terms, [...]

Published
2018

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