A Petaluma vegan food company, Miyoko’s Creamery, recently sued the state of California in an interesting labeling dispute. Miyoko’s was ordered by California officials to stop using the word “butter” on its product labels and take down images of cows on its website. And they are fighting the directive in court, claiming the company’s […]
The ongoing saga between Nissan Motor Company and its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, took another legal turn this week. Nissan filed a civil lawsuit against Ghosn seeking an initial amount of 10 billion Japanese yen ($90 million). The company said the suit was filed “in order to recover a significant part of the monetary damages […]
According to news sources, the Federal Trade Commission (you know them, you love them) said Monday that it plans to sue to block Edgewell’s $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving start-up Harry’s, citing competition concerns in the consumer shaving space. The agency argues that the shaving industry needs upstarts like Harry’s to keep giant companies like […]
Lots of fingers pointing in the aftermath of California’s ill-fated, over-budget bullet train project. According to news sources, federal regulators were not aggressive enough in reacting to the California bullet train’s problems since 2009 while overseeing a $2.5-billion grant to the troubled project, a federal audit released Friday found. The review by the U.S. Department […]