Laura Castro

September 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

Dough equipment company Comtec Industries Ltd. has been hit with an antitrust class action in New York federal court for allegedly creating a monopoly by coercing customers to refrain from purchasing products and services from competitors so it can charge higher prices.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

September 05, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Bronx woman is suing Harrah's Resort Atlantic City after waking up to find she was sharing her hotel room with bed bugs.

By Jennifer Genova and Laura Castro

6 minute read

September 04, 2014 | National Law Journal

Consumers have slapped Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc. with a class action in Florida federal court, claiming several of its homeopathic products marketed for effectively treating the flu and other symptoms in children and adults are "worthless" and have "no biological effect on the human body."

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

September 04, 2014 | National Law Journal

A Pennsylvania federal judge has concluded that The Boeing Co. owed no duty to warn or protect the spouse of a worker for "take-home exposure" to asbestos fibers that were carried home from the workplace, ruling that the plaintiff failed to state a claim under Pennsylvania law.

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

August 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. has agreed to pay $5.25 million and make certain label changes to settle a class action that accused the San Francisco-based chocolatier of misleading consumers about its Ghirardelli Classic White Chips.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

August 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

A Florida district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing Lakeland Regional Medical Center Inc.'s request to certify a class seeking damages against Astellas US LLC and Astellas Pharma US Inc. for the alleged unlawful tying of their drug Adenoscan to a cardiac test, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled.

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

August 25, 2014 | National Law Journal

A Florida federal judge has approved an amended settlement between Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants Inc. and a former employee who claimed she and other hourly paid servers were denied overtime wages and forced to work off the clock in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

August 25, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied a motion seeking reinstatement of a multidistrict litigation products liability suit against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

August 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

A class action civil rights suit has been filed in Louisiana federal court against the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals by six mentally ill prisoners over their continued incarceration despite being found not guilty by reason of insanity.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

August 18, 2014 | National Law Journal

Red Bull GmbH has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a putative class action in New York federal court that alleged the Austria-based company and its U.S. subsidiaries falsely marketed its energy drinks as providing more benefits than alternate sources of caffeine.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read