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Consumer Class Action Accuses Chewy Pet Products of Containing Lead, Cancer-Causing Materials

The July 3 complaint was filed in San Francisco County Superior Court by the Beverly Hills, California-based firm, Brodsky Smith, on behalf of Gabriel Espinoza, accusing Chewy of failing to warn consumers of four products that may contain these cancer-causing chemicals.
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Corporate Counsel

FTC Bans Popular Messaging App From Signing Up Kids, Says It Bullied Them

"This alleged conduct, tailormade to manipulate the vulnerable teenage psyche, was reprehensible and unfair," FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson said.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Warns Eight Companies of Potentially Hindering Consumers' 'Right to Repair'

The FDA expressed concern with company statements that the agency described as telling consumers they must use specified parts or certain service providers to maintain their warranties.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Just the Tip of Iceberg as Bellwether Plaintiffs Get $10.3M in Arbitration

"The overwhelming evidence revealed that Respondents' false, misleading, deceptive, and unconscionable conduct gave Claimants a false sense of security," AAA Panel Chair Raul A. Gonzalez said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Adobe Targeted in Proposed Class Action for 'Auto-Renewal' Subscription Scheme

The complaint alleged that the San Jose software company broke California's Automatic Renewal Law by "surreptitiously" enrolling subscribers in annual, billed-monthly auto-renewal schemes when they signed up for its paid membership plans.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Texas Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of FTC's Ban on Noncompetes

U.S. District Judge Ada Brown called the Federal Trade Commission Act a "housekeeping" statute that does not give the FTC "substantive" rulemaking authority.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Lawsuit Alleges Fintech Company Intuit Had Shoddy Consumer Data Privacy Protection

The proposed class action lawsuit was filed by Chicago firm Strauss Borrelli. It accuses Intuit of effectively causing a cyberattack that compromised its users' personally identifiable information by bypassing cybersecurity industry standards.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

7th Circuit Hands Win to Samsung in Mass Arbitration Fight

The three-judge panel found insufficient evidence that each of the thousands of claimants are existing Samsung customers with valid arbitration agreements.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Moves to Quash Coinbase Subpoena for Internal Crypto Records

"Were this not the law, the private emails of all professors or others with experience purportedly related to their public duties thereafter would be subject to endless, intrusive discovery," Jorge Tenreiro of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission argued in the letter motion.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Products Trade Group Lacks Standing to Sue New York AG Over Supplement Bans

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
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