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Court: Amazon Customers Can Sue over Lack of Toxic Warnings

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury. The court in its …

9th Circuit Halts Acrylamide Lawsuits Until Court Decides if Cancer Risk is Real

For the past 20 years, businesses that sell coffee, french fries and potato chips have been defending themselves against lawsuits that allege they violated a voter-approved California law that requires warning labels on products that contain substances known to cause …

J&J Would Rather Fight a Cancer-Warning Lawsuit on Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson wants its day in court to fight a lawsuit intended to force it to put a cancer warning on the company’s Baby Powder. So, it’s urging a judge not to let a law firm that’s been arguing …

Coffee Won’t Need Cancer Warning in California After All

California coffee lovers can indulge their caffeine habit without worry now that the state has decided the beverage doesn’t need a cancer warning after all. That conclusion by a state regulator comes eight years after dozens of coffee roasters and …