Two former NECCO employees suing Round Hill Investments

Former employees allege investment firm is in violation of WARN Act.

August 2, 2018

Two former New England Confectionery Co. (NECCO) employees are suing previous buyer Round Hill investments for damages after the investment firm abruptly shut down the company’s Revere, Mass.-based plant July 24.

Federal judge tosses mislabeling class-action suit against See’s Candy Shops

Plaintiff failed to show sales of mislabeled candies exceeded $5 million.

Alyse Thompson

August 9, 2017

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A California federal judge has thrown out an 18-month-old class-action suit against See’s Candy Shops, Inc., alleging the company had mislabeled some Valentine’s Day candy as kosher.

‘Your honor, cut us some slack!’

Judges allow class-action lawsuits involving slack-fill to move forward.

Alyse Thompson

August 2, 2017

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Appearances matter. As clichė as it is, that idea came to mind when I learned two U.S. District Court judges had last week denied motions by Just Born, Inc. and Ferrara Candy Co. to dismiss separate theater-box slack-fill lawsuits brought against the candy companies this year.

Not-so-classy actions

NBC’s “Today Show” investigates class-action lawsuits involving underfilled theater boxes.

Bernie Pacyniak

March 1, 2017

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Nonetheless, Today's Jeff Rosen ―who leads us to believe he’s quite a candy lover ―goes on a movie house shopping spree in the segment, purchasing Nestlé and Just Born products. He then returns to the studio and carefully stands up the boxes, cutting open a flap in each one to show the amount of white space there is before one sees actual candy.

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