The Sackler family, the founders and owners of pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP, have reached an agreement with a group of attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation claiming they fueled the US opioid crisis. Attorneys general for eight US states and the District of Columbia, who blocked […]
According to Avi Zinger, Ben & Jerry’s refused to renew the license for his American Quality Products Ltd after he refused to abide by the company’s decision to cease trading its product in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as well as parts of East Jerusalem. According to Zinger’s complaint, Ben & Jerry’s “repeatedly promised” to renew […]
Kellogg Co has won the dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its strawberry-flavoured Pop-Tarts contain too few strawberries. Plaintiff Stacy Chiappetta said Kellogg's defrauded consumers with deceptive packaging for its Unfrosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts which contain red food dye that she claims makes the filling “brighter and more appealing.” US District Judge Marvin Aspen said […]
The lawsuit claims Fox Sports copied the original USFL’s logo and branding without its permission. It also claims that Fox Sports traded on “the false narrative” that the new league is a relaunch of the first USFL, which ran for three seasons between 1983 and 1985. The Real USFL LLC, the league’s former team owners’ […]
In a court filing on Sunday, Ukraine said that Russia has “falsely claimed that acts of genocide” had occurred in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine as a pretext for its invasion. Ukraine has asked the International Court of Justice, the highest court in the United Nations, to demand Russia ceases its attack. On Tuesday, […]
On Monday, a federal judge in Chicago rejected Eli Lilly’s bid to end a whistleblower’s lawsuit that accused the pharmaceutical company of shortchanging the Medicaid Rebate Program from 2005 to 2016. US District Judge Harry Leinenweber blocked Eli Lilly’s motion for judgement. He said the plaintiff, Ronald Streck, had cleared the first of four hurdles […]
On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that director Francesca Gregorini’s film “The Truth About Emanuel” was similar enough to Shyamalan’s “Servant” to support Gregorini’s claims. The Court of Appeals decision reserved a previous ruling by a lower court. Apple and director Shyamalan were sued by Gregorini in 2020 for copyright infringement. Gregorini […]
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