A class action lawsuit has been filed against a juice company for failure to disclose on its labels that its cold-pressed juices are also high pressured processed (HPP).

Plaintiff Josh Berger has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in New York against Forager Project, the maker of cold-pressed vegetable juices. In his lawsuit, Berger alleges that because the label references the first part of processing (cold-pressed), it should also note that the juices are then subject to HPP, a form of pasteurization that utilizes high pressure to reduce the microbial content. All juices sold in grocery stores are required to be pasteurized – including cold-pressed juices — and Forager’s website references its use of HPP in its processing.

Forager declined to comment on the lawsuit. According to news reports, other lawsuits filed by Berger’s attorneys for failure to disclose the use of HPP have been dismissed in previous years.

—Source: foodnavigator-USA.com

A popular comedian is being sued for performing her "Girls Night In" act at a California bar that advertised "No Boys Allowed."

Comedian Eliza Shlesinger is being sued for discrimination by George St. George who bought a $30 ticket to her show and, together with a male friend, was denied admission but offered a refund. St. George's attorney, Alfred Rava, known for filing discrimination suits (reportedly as many as 150) against businesses that offer "ladies' nights," has represented St. George in several such suits.

"At no time should an entertainer or an entertainment venue require female patrons or male patrons to sit in the back of the theater based solely on their sex," Rava reportedly said.

According to news reports, businesses that are sued under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act of 1959 typically reach an out-of-court settlement rather than face the expense of litigation.

"Since this is a legal matter, I’m unable to comment to the specifics of this lawsuit. I will say that of the many shows I do throughout the year, Girls Night In was a singular evening that encouraged women to get together, talk and laugh about the things we go through as well as donate some money to Planned Parenthood. It’s unfortunate that this has now become an issue," Shlesinger said in an issued statement.

—Source: variety.com

The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving two Louisiana deputies who were terminated for swapping wives and families.

According to news sources, Brandon Coker and Michael Golden, who worked in Bossier parish in Louisiana, fell in love with each other’s wife. Rather than divorce and remarry, the men proceeded to simply swap wives, homes and families. When their employer, Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Owens, discovered the wife swap, he placed the deputies on administrative leave for violation of the Sheriff’s Code of Conduct barring “illegal, immoral or indecent conduct.” The deputies’ refusal to return to their homes until their divorces were final eventually gave rise to “voluntary” termination.

Coker and Golden sued for unlawful termination, claiming the Sheriff’s Code of Conduct violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression and "the right of the people peaceably to assemble."

Both a district and an appeals court backed the employer, and the U.S. Supreme Court let the ruling stand.

"Sexual decisions between consenting adults take on a different color when the adults are law enforcement officers," the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling.

—Source: news.abs-cbn.com

A judge in New York has granted Dannon Company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it that charged shoppers were misled by Dannon's "all-natural" claims in its dairy products.

Polly Podpeskar sued Dannon for false advertising, noting that reasonable consumers would not expect a yogurt labeled "all-natural" to use milk from cows likely fed a diet containing genetically engineered soy or corn.

Arguing that Podpeskar's logic "has not been adopted by the FDA and has been rejected by both courts and Congress," Dannon also noted that federal GMO labeling legislation passed by President Obama doesn't extend GMO labeling to products made from milk from animals fed GM feed. In its motion to dismiss the case, Dannon said no reasonable consumer would follow Podpeskar’s “daisy-chained” logic.

—Source: foodnavigator-usa.com