ASML, the major Dutch semiconductor tooling firm, is being accused of misleading investors about how its projected China sales and revenues were impacted by recently imposed export controls.
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Responding to opposition to class certification by the chocolate company Nestle USA, a plaintiff said March 22 she never would have purchased Nestle’s products if the company’s packaging hadn’t misrepresented them as sustainably and ethically sourced (Falcone v. Nestle USA, S.D. Cal. # 19-00723).
The National Consumers League sought March 13 to have its case against Starbucks moved from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a local D.C. court, arguing that the federal bench lacks subject matter jurisdiction for its claim that the coffee company lied to consumers that it was sourcing its coffee ethically (National Consumers League v. Starbucks Corp., D.D.C. 24-cv-00421).
Judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit questioned the claim that the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement bars a class-action lawsuit against U.S. companies and their officials. The suit, brought by Peruvian citizens, alleges that a mineral smelting and refining complex in Peru caused environmental damage, harming the individuals (Sr. Kate Reid v. The Doe Run Resources Corp., 8th Cir. # 23-1625).