Laura Castro

June 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suing New York-based Mira Health Products Ltd. and two officials to prevent them from manufacturing and distributing diet supplements that the federal agency claims are "adulterated" due to improper quality control.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

June 19, 2014 | National Law Journal

Two founding members of The Turtles and Sirius XM Radio Inc., which broadcasts pre-1972 recordings by the iconic American band without paying for them, aren't happy together.

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

June 18, 2014 | National Law Journal

A proposed class action accusing Caribbean Cruise Line Inc. of violating customer privacy by recording phone calls without permission will stay afloat after a California federal judge refused to dismiss the case.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

June 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a proposed class action that accuses The Hain Celestial Group Inc. of falsely marketing its teas as "100 Percent Natural" even though it contains man-made pesticides, rejecting the company's argument that the natural label constitutes “mere puffery” and is not actionable.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

June 13, 2014 | National Law Journal

A federal magistrate judge in Florida has rejected a proposed 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

June 13, 2014 | National Law Journal

A California federal judge has decertified a collective action of almost 600 Aeropostale Inc. workers who claimed the clothing retailer was late in paying their overtime wages, less than two weeks after the parties' proposed settlement was rejected by the judge for being "so unfair, it cannot be fixed."

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

June 11, 2014 | National Law Journal

A California federal judge vehemently rejected a proposed settlement that gives hundreds of current and former Aeropostale employees little to no money in return for waiving their rights to sue the clothing retailer for late overtime wages, accusing the attorneys behind the deal of "selling them down the river for nothing."

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

June 11, 2014 | National Law Journal

A consumer has targeted Merck & Co. Inc. with a class action in a California federal court, claiming the company's Coppertone sunscreen products labeled with a sun protection factor of 55 or greater do not provide superior ultraviolet B protection than lower SPF-valued products.

By Laura Castro

3 minute read

June 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

An outbreak of hepatitis A linked to pomegranate seeds produced in Turkey and sold in the United States has resulted in more than 25 lawsuits and 3,000 claims of illness in 11 states last year. Now an insurance company for one of the defendants wants to limit its liability by having a federal court declare that the claims stem from one "occurrence."

By Laura Castro

2 minute read

June 05, 2014 | National Law Journal

Accera Inc., a company that makes a product labeled as "medical food" for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, has been sued in a class action in Florida that alleges Axona is a milkshake powder of common food ingredients with no proven benefits.

By Laura Castro

2 minute read