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18 Dec

Byron Allen Wins Big In Historic Billion-Dollar Federal Lawsuit

Byron Allen just added one other big win to his long list of business accomplishments. In keeping with a news release, the media mogul filed suit against McDonald’s for discriminatory ad-spend practices. Although the fast-food conglomerate moved to have the suit dismissed, a ruling declared that the $10 billion case will move forward. The Allen Media Group (AMG) will now go on and check out to prove in court that McDonald’s violated civil rights laws by purposely selecting to not advertise on the numerous platforms that fall under the AMG umbrella including The Weather Channel. The lawsuit was initially filed on May 20, 2021 against McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) and states that the entity was raciallu discriminated against through “a pattern...
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25 Nov

Kristin Ess Files Lawsuit Against Maesa – WWD

Kristin Ess Celebrity hairstylist and social media influencer Kristin Ess is suing beauty brand incubator Maesa to reclaim her rights to her eponymous brand, and be free from “unreasonable restraints” on her business. Ess, the cofounder of educational site Thebeautydepartment.com who codeveloped the Kristin Ess Hair line in partnership with Maesa and launched exclusively in Goal in 2017, revealed the lawsuit in a series of Instagram posts. “I'm suing my partners for several reasons, but the first one being that I used to be misled during this partnership,” she wrote. “They sold themselves to me as a beauty brand incubator, touting their ability to launch, grow [and] eventually sell my brand to make sure its continued success. As an alternative of holding true...
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12 Nov

Lawsuit Claims Relaxers From These Corporations Caused A Woman’s

October has been quite a month for the relaxer business. First, most of the model girlies who graced the boxes of our childhood relaxers reveal that they were sporting natural hair. Then, the National Institutes of Health released a study in regards to the the product’s health risks: women who incessantly used relaxers (i.e.greater than 4 times a yr) were greater than twice as prone to develop uterine cancer as women who didn’t. Just days after that study got here out, a lady filed a lawsuit claiming that relaxers from five corporations led to her uterine cancer, The Washington Post reports. Jenny Mitchell was 28-years-old when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. She only discovered after visiting a fertility clinic. After her diagnosis,...
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29 Oct

L’Oréal Faces Lawsuit Over Hair Relaxer Products – WWD

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Hair Relaxer Beauty giant L’Oréal could also be heading to court over its hair straightening product Hair Relaxer. Jennifer Mitchell, a Missouri resident, has filed a lawsuit against L’Oréal and a slew of other firms, claiming that her uterine cancer was “directly and proximately” attributable to her regular and prolonged exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals present in their hair care products. Along with L’Oréal, Strength of Nature Global, Soft Sheen/Carson Inc., Dabur International Ltd., Dabur USA Inc. and NamasteLaboratories have also been named as defendants within the suit that alleges they were engaged within the research, development, manufacture, design, testing, sale and marketing of the products. In response to the suit, Mitchell was first exposed to EDCs and/or phthalate-based products around...
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