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August 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig.

Applying principles of general jurisdiction to defendants' Rule 12(b)(2) motions to dismiss, the court found that plaintiffs had made a prima facie showing that two of the foreign defendants, Cadbury plc and Cadbury Holdings Ltd., controlled Cadbury USA to such an extent that it acted as their alter ego. Motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction granted in part, denied in part.
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March 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Private inspections of food companies seen as weak

WASHINGTON AP - The mortgage meltdown exposed the weakness of self-regulation in financial markets. Now the salmonella outbreak is doing the same for the food industry.A House subcommittee Thursday released new documents that showed how private inspectors contracted by Peanut Corp. of America failed to find long-standing sanitary problems at company facilities.
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June 16, 2003 | Law.com

Nestle Ruling Paves Way for New Work Discrimination Cases

A California appeals court upheld a $5 million age discrimination jury award against Nestle on Thursday, a ruling that opens the door for attorneys to use the state's unfair competition law in employment discrimination cases. The court said that employers that practice age discrimination have an "unfair competitive advantage" over those that don't because older workers are often more highly compensated than younger ones.
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March 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

James Rill

Leading Lawyers 2005: James Rill of Howrey Simon Arnold & White.
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June 20, 2003 | Law.com

How Sweet It Is

Companies and the lawyers that protect them may want to take note of what happened at Glendale-based Nestl� USA last week. The food and beverage giant lost big in an age discrimination case brought by one of its former employees.
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February 16, 2012 | Law.com

Class Action Suit Says Gerber Hyped Claims About Probiotic Baby Food

Plaintiffs in federal court in Newark say Gerber Products Co. makes unproven health claims about foods that raise the bacteria level in a baby's digestive tract and charges more for them.
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May 13, 2008 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court allows controversial apartheid suit to go forward

For want of a quorum, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a controversial lawsuit brought by South African citizens to proceed against American and foreign corporations for their role in perpetuating apartheid. Backed by the Bush administration and the South African government, the companies had asked the high court to reverse a 2nd Circuit ruling that allowed the suit to proceed under the Alien Tort Statute. But with four justices recusing themselves, the lower court ruling is effectively affirmed.
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May 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

High Court Allows Apartheid Case to Proceed

For want of a quorum, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a controversial lawsuit brought by South African citizens to proceed against American and foreign corporations for their role in perpetuating apartheid.
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May 09, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Suits vs. Gerber Over Probiotic Foods Are Consolidated in N.J. Federal Court

A federal judge in Newark consolidates five putative class action suits accusing Gerber Products Co. of making unproven health claims about its probiotic baby food.
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May 19, 2008 | National Law Journal

Apartheid case survives by default

For want of a quorum, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a controversial lawsuit brought by South African citizens to proceed against U.S. and foreign corporations for their role in perpetuating apartheid. The companies, backed by the Bush administration and the South African government, had asked the high court to reverse a 2007 ruling by the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said the suit could proceed under the Alien Tort Statute.
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