An investigation on behalf of current long term investors in Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) shares over possible breaches of fiduciary duty by certain officers and directors was announced. The investigation by a law firm for investors in NASDAQ: AKRX stocks follows a lawsuit filed against Akorn, Inc. over alleged securities laws violations. The investigation on behalf of investors in NASDAQ: AKRX …
Anyone who’s ever used eye drops has experienced solution overflow. You tilt your head back, pry your eye open, hold the dispenser close to your eyeball, and even though you squeeze very gently, some of the liquid flows onto your cheek. What is your logical next move?
In 2016, class-action lawsuits alleging that a processed food product or its labeling violated state consumer-protection laws continued to clog the federal courts, especially in California. The number of new food-related consumer class actions filed last year nearly equaled the number filed in 2015, according to a report in Food Navigator USA . It’s unclear whether these trends will hold in 2017, but there is one set of blatantly frivolous claims that should disappear this year: those that seek judicial regulation of products that contain partially hydrogenated oil (PHO), the main source of trans fat. A December 13, 2016 Southern District of California decision should …
More than 600 Bard IVC filter lawsuits are pending in court, with all federally filed cases consolidated in the District of Arizona in August 2015. A new case, filed on May 5, 2016, has now joined the MDL in Arizona. The plaintiff in this case name as defendants C.R.
General Mills’ granola bar company is under fire from consumers. (Nature Valley) Whole grain oats, peanuts and…pesticide? On Wednesday, three lawsuits were filed against General Mills’ granola bar purveyor Nature Valley.
A class action lawsuit accusing Coca-Cola subsidiary Odwalla of misleading consumers by using the term ‘evaporated cane juice’ (ECJ) on labels is now back in play in the wake of the FDA’s finalized guidance – and is likely to be joined by scores of others, predict attorneys. The case* – which was filed in 2013 in California and stayed (put on ice) in 2014 after the FDA said it would conduct a …
Khang & Khang LLP (the “Firm”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Chiasma, Inc. (“Chiasma” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CHMA). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between July 15, 2015 and April 17, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the Firm prior to the August 8, 2016, lead plaintiff motion …
This article originally appeared on AlterNet. A recent Consumer Reports study shows that nearly two-thirds of shoppers are being misled to believe the label “natural” on food packages means more than it does — including that the foods are free of GMOs, hormones, pesticides or artificial ingredients. But the truth is, these foods often contain the ingredients and chemicals consumers are trying …
These salmon started out as regular Chinooks but have had their growth regulation gene modified with the DNA from the ocean pout fish. This extra bit of DNA, called a promoter , help boost the expression of the salmon’s growth gene, making the fish get bigger, faster. In fact, these salmon reach harvest size in half the time as their conventional cousins.