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August 25, 2026
Albertsons' pharmacy policies for reviewing potentially suspicious opioid prescriptions "met or exceeded" the standard of care, an expert witness for the company testified Tuesday, on the 26th day of a bench trial in Washington's case accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the state's opioid epidemic.
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August 25, 2026
The largest franchisee of Applebee's is facing at least eight proposed class actions over an April data breach that exposed the personal information, including health information, of tens of thousands of employees around the country, according to complaints filed in California and Ohio federal court.
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August 25, 2026
Costco has told a Washington federal court that the very sources cited in a recent proposed class action undercut claims that grain-free dog food contributes to canine heart disease and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasn't found such a connection or issued a recall.
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August 25, 2026
The maker of Liquid Death energy drinks has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court for deceptively labeling its sparkling beverages as having "0g sugar" despite them being sweetened with allulose, which the Seventh Circuit recently found to be a sugar under relevant federal regulation.
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August 25, 2026
A Colorado federal judge granted a motion Monday from law firm Messner Reeves LLP to move a lawsuit accusing the firm of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme to Utah after finding the venue was the proper forum to litigate the claims.
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August 25, 2026
An Indiana appeals panel has revived claims against a tavern over a wrong-way crash involving one of its patrons, finding that there is a genuine dispute of fact over whether the tavern was aware the man was visibly intoxicated before he left.
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August 25, 2026
An attorney with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration told an administrative law judge that opponents to cannabis rescheduling could not use agency hearings to challenge federal health regulators' adoption of a new standard for assessing marijuana's medical use.
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August 25, 2026
Abbott Laboratories and a proposed class of shareholders have reached an $88.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the company misled investors about its safety practices ahead of the 2022 recall at its Sturgis, Michigan, infant formula plant, in a deal that comes a month after an Illinois federal judge tossed the suit.
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August 25, 2026
A Washington potato processor urged a federal judge to reject a former forklift driver's bid to conditionally certify a statewide collective of hourly workers who say they were denied pay for automatically deducted meal breaks and pre-shift work.
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August 25, 2026
Naked Juice can proceed with its trademark infringement suit alleging vitamin and supplement company Naked Whey sells sparkling energy drinks under the brand "Naked" after an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday the plaintiff pled with sufficient details to show customers might think the beverages share a common source.
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August 25, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel denied a petition from commercial fishers and fish purchasers challenging an annual federal catch limit for South Atlantic red snapper, rejecting their claim that the plan's lack of a limit on dead discards violates federal law and could lead to overfishing.
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August 25, 2026
Target Corp. is asking a Washington federal court to throw out claims against it by parents who say their infant child developed infant botulism after eating baby formula purchased at the store, saying the Washington Product Liability Act protects retail sellers from such claims.
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August 25, 2026
WK Kellogg was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Monday alleging it capitalizes on the demand for healthier foods by falsely advertising its Special K cereals as containing zero added sugar despite the presence of allulose syrup, which is sugar under federal and state labeling standards.
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August 25, 2026
An Illinois federal judge gave his initial blessing Tuesday to an appeal-waiving and cost-saving settlement Perdue Farms and Foster Farms struck with indirect turkey buyers after beating their price-fixing conspiracy claims earlier this year.
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August 25, 2026
A California judge has preliminarily approved a $2.25 million fund to settle a proposed class action accusing an Oregon seafood company of a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.
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August 25, 2026
A former server and bartender at a Massachusetts restaurant chain is accusing the company in a state court suit of improperly paying tipped workers the subminimum service rate for nontipped side work, sending workers home early without their full wages and unlawfully deducting fees from employees' tips.
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August 25, 2026
7-Eleven struck a deal to settle a proposed class action claiming it didn't give workers who used tobacco but agreed to quit an adequate chance to avoid paying a $720 annual health plan fee, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
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August 24, 2026
A Washington state judge considering Albertsons' mid-trial motion to dismiss allegations it fueled the state's opioid epidemic told lawyers for the state Monday that while they might have shown the pharmacy chain failed to implement an adequate monitoring system, she's still skeptical the company's conduct actually caused the overdose crisis.
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August 24, 2026
A New York federal judge has largely trimmed a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit accusing its former parent company, Unilever, and its current parent, Magnum, of failing to respect the ice cream company's social mission, tossing seven out of 10 claims in the breach of contract suit.
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August 24, 2026
The family of a woman shot and killed at a hookah lounge in Seattle are suing several companies connected to the establishment in Washington state court, claiming they negligently allowed violence to occur and failed to provide adequate security despite a known "history of criminal activity" at the location.
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August 24, 2026
Sony Music has filed a copyright suit against grocery chain Kroger, saying influencer ad videos promoting its brands, stores, products and latest sales have been using copyrighted sound bites without permission.
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August 24, 2026
Taylor Farms failed to adequately test, inspect and safeguard iceberg lettuce later linked to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak, alleges a Chicago man who says he became seriously ill after eating the company's lettuce at Taco Bell.
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August 24, 2026
A Wisconsin grocery chain and a group of department managers have asked a federal court to preliminarily approve a $7.5 million settlement resolving claims that the workers were misclassified as overtime-exempt, a deal expected to cover roughly 1,000 current and former employees.
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August 23, 2026
Canada will place tariffs on American goods in response to 50% U.S. tariffs that took effect Saturday on goods arriving from across the Northern border after talks to strike a broader economic deal fell apart.
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August 21, 2026
Butterball LLC has agreed to shell out $34 million to put to rest turkey buyers' claims in sprawling price-fixing litigation, according to a motion filed Friday in Illinois federal court, bringing the long-running battle to an end ahead of a scheduled trial.