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News Nov 10, 2016

IMDb Sues California to Overturn Actors Age Law

IMDb has sued California’s Attorney General (and soon to be U.S. senator) Kamala Harris in an effort to overturn a new law that requires the company’s IMDb Pro to remove the ages of actors and others listed on the site if asked by them to do so. Related State Assembly Bill No. 1687 was narrowly crafted to apply only to “commercial online entertainment employment providers” that charge a …

Lawsuits Apr 13, 2016

Miami Is Ground Zero for Class-Action Lawsuits Over Deceptive Beer Labeling

On April 1, a class-action complaint was filed by Dr. Henry Vazquez against Anheuser-Busch Companies in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. The suit alleges that the company’s Leffe beer hasn’t been brewed by monks since the days of Marie Antoinette. The 51-page court document states: In reality, Leffe Beer has not been brewed at the Abbey of Leffe since the Abbey was …