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Fruit Juice MDL Court Dismisses Claims

By Sean Wajert on December 28, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

The Massachusetts federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation against 11 beverage companies, including Coca-Cola Co. and Del Monte Corp., allegi…
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Supreme Court Passes on Case Involving State Retention of Private Counsel

By Sean Wajert on January 18, 2011
Posted in Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a California Supreme Court ruling that permitted cities and counties to engage private attorneys f…
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California Supreme Court Amends Rules for Government Retention of Private Contingent Fee Counsel

By Sean Wajert on August 5, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The California supreme court has taken a major step backward by modifying a 1985 decision that had properly limited the power of government agencies t…
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Latest Round in Lipstick Wars Goes to Defendants

By Sean Wajert on April 14, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

We previously posted about a case in which a federal judge threw out a purported class action against L’Oreal USA Inc. and Procter & Gamble …
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State Supreme Court Issues Design Defect Ruling On Intrinsic Characteristics

By Sean Wajert on July 20, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of strict liability and negligence claims against white lead carbonate pigment manu…
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Lead Paint Defendant Goes On Counter-attack

By Sean Wajert on April 8, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has sued counsel for plaintiffs in past lead paint lawsuits, claiming that the attorneys for the Rhode Island attorney genera…
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CPSC Holds Public Meeting On New Legislation

By Sean Wajert on October 9, 2008
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Consumer Product Safety Commission held a public meeting last week to discuss issues of testing and certification under the Consumer Product Safet…
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Lipstick Wars: Latest Round

By Sean Wajert on August 7, 2008
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

Recently, MassTortDefense posted about a proposed class action alleging lead in lipstick. See Stella v. LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics USA Inc., No. 1:07…
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Federal Court Denies Motion To Dismiss In Proposed Lipstick Class Action

By Sean Wajert on July 30, 2008
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Medical Monitoring

A federal court earlier this month permitted a proposed class action to move forward with its central allegation that Christian Dior lipstick contains…
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State Supreme Court Rejects Public Nuisance Lead Claim

By Sean Wajert on July 8, 2008
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

In a unanimous decision, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has rejected the state’s public nuisance suit against three former lead pigment makers. See Rh…
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