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If your bottle of Cholula tastes different than it used to, you’re not imagining it. McCormick & Company, Inc. is now facing a class action lawsuit — Wright v. McCormick & Company, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-04870 — claiming its “Original” hot sauce recipe was quietly reformulated after McCormick bought the brand. Here’s what that means if…
If you picked up a bag of Halloween “Chocolatey Eyeballs” at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, or Sierra Trading Post recently, check the label before anyone with a milk allergy eats one. Crystal Temptations of North Arlington, New Jersey, recalled the candy on August 31, 2026, after discovering the packaging never disclosed that the chocolate contains…
There’s $71.5 million newly on the table for businesses that bought turkey directly from Butterball or Hormel — and it brings total recoveries in this seven-year antitrust case to $130.7 million. A federal judge in Chicago signed off on both deals on August 26, 2026. If your business bought turkey straight from a major processor…
There’s $14.5 million waiting for California truck drivers who drove for CRST Expedited on piece rate — no claim form required. CRST agreed to pay that amount to settle claims it shorted drivers on minimum wage for the time their trucks weren’t moving. If you drove for CRST in California between August 2017 and April…
If you settled a debt with American Express and later found it still dragging down your credit score — you weren’t imagining it. A new case, Pohl v. American Express National Bank, No. 2:26-at-00984, is now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, claiming the bank kept reporting settled accounts…
If you’ve gotten a Saks.com promotional text early in the morning or late at night, you’re not imagining that it felt like bad timing — it may also be illegal. A new lawsuit claims Saks.com sent telemarketing texts outside the hours the law allows, and to numbers already on the National Do-Not-Call Registry. Saks.com TCPA…
October 4, 2026. That’s your deadline to claim money from the Palm Beach Tan text message settlement — and it’s closer than a month away. Palm Beach Tan and its marketing vendor, Archer Malmo, are paying $2.5 million to settle claims they kept texting people who had already texted back “STOP.” Filing a claim takes…
There’s up to $40 million set aside for San Diego water customers — if you had single-family residential service between August 14, 2014, and December 1, 2023. The City of San Diego agreed to pay after courts ruled its tiered water rates broke the state constitution. The claims site just went live and is still…
If you were expecting a claim form, there isn’t one. Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion to end a trial over Instagram and Facebook’s effect on kids — but the money goes to state governments, not to families. What changes for your kids’ accounts is the part that actually affects you, and that’s…