Shweta Watwe

Junior Litigation Reporter at Bloomberg Law

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Articles

Uber Makes Subscription Cancellations Too Difficult, FTC Alleges

3 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

Uber Technologies Inc. traps consumers into monthly subscriptions for its Uber One delivery services without providing an easy way to cancel them, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a lawsuit filed Monday. The ride-hailing company “has instituted a cancellation process that is difficult, time-consuming, and far from simple,” according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Uber Makes Subscription Cancellations Too Difficult, FTC Alleges

3 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Shweta Watwe

Uber Technologies Inc. traps consumers into monthly subscriptions for its Uber One delivery services without providing an easy way to cancel them, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a lawsuit filed Monday. The ride-hailing company “has instituted a cancellation process that is difficult, time-consuming, and far from simple,” according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Nestlé Sheds Claims in ‘Boost Glucose Control’ Deception Lawsuit

3 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

Nestlé Healthcare Nutrition Inc. convinced a federal judge to grant summary judgment on a handful of claims in a proposed class action alleging it deceptively marketed its Boost Glucose Control drinks, but will have to face claims that the name of the product is misleading. The US District Court for the Northern District on April 18 granted judgment to the company on claims from a plaintiff who continued buying the product after filing her lawsuit.
Nestlé Sheds Claims in ‘Boost Glucose Control’ Deception Lawsuit

3 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Shweta Watwe

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Nutrition Label Preemption Dispute Denied High Court Review

3 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the partial reinstatement of a lawsuit from parents alleging baby food maker Sprout Foods Inc. mislabels the healthfulness of its products. The baby food maker petitioned the high court for review after the Ninth Circuit revived the parents claims. The parents challenged protein and fiber content claims on pouches of pureed baby and toddler foods.
Medtronic, FDA Hit With Suit Over Spinal Cord Stimulator Defects

6 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

Medtronic Inc. made a damaging spinal cord stimulator system and evaded rigorous regulatory scrutiny for decades of updates to the device, according to a patient’s lawsuit filed Friday. The US Food and Drug Administration gave the class III device pre-market approval in 1984, and since then the company has submitted supplements that extensively changed how the devices is made and works, the complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota said.
Nestlé Unlikely to Shake Boost Glucose Control Deception Claims

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Shweta Watwe

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Nestlé Unlikely to Shake Boost Glucose Control Deception Claims

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

Nestlé Healthcare Nutrition Inc.'s bid for summary judgment in a suit alleging it deceptively advertised Boost Glucose Control drinks will likely fail after the federal judge overseeing the case suggested Thursday that the central issue in the case is one for a jury. Multiple plaintiffs said they expected the products to control their blood sugar, but expecting the products to reduce blood sugar wasn’t reasonable, Timothy Loose of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP argued for Nestlé.
JustAnswer Fails in Appeal to Arbitrate User Subscription Claims

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected JustAnswer LLC’s attempt to compel arbitration in a proposed class action accusing the company of unlawfully enrolling customers into monthly subscriptions. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said justanswer.com users weren’t on notice of the website’s terms of service or an arbitration clause they contained, and thus no contracts to arbitrate were formed. The panel affirmed the lower court’s arbitration denial.
Dodge Buyers Appealed Prematurely in Muscle Cars Defect Lawsuit

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Shweta Watwe

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