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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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.Trending Stories
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