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December 30, 2016
Amazon must provide their customers’ personal information in WEN lawsuit

In a recent lawsuit against WEN, Federal Judge James Robert has ordered Amazon to provide a list of customers who bought WEN hair-care products from them to assist in the class-action lawsuit where many consumers documented hair loss and other hair-related problems after using the product.

The WEN-lawsuit is believed to involve over 200 women from 40 different states in the U.S. and we are investigating issues here in the U.K. too. According to the lawsuit, the women claim that:

“WEN products can cause severe and possibly permanent damage to hair, including significant hair loss to the point of visible bald spots, hair breakage, scalp irritation and rash.”

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caterpillar diesel engine defect
December 29, 2016
Caterpillar’s £47 million settlement for a defect in heavy-duty engines

The Caterpillar Inc. class-action lawsuit reportedly produced favourable results for affected vehicle owners. Recently, a New Jersey judge approved a £47 million settlement to compensate owners for the alleged defects in their heavy-duty diesel engines.

The case, which has been litigated since 2012, recently came to a close when Judge Jerome Simandle of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey approved the £47 million settlement offer.
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unborn babies at risk
December 23, 2016
Sanofi Depakote epilepsy drug that reportedly caused birth defects in 10,000 unborn babies

Valproate Semisodium, better known as Depakote, has reportedly put more than 10,000 pregnant women at risk in France, and there are raising concerns that the same amount of women in the U.K. may also be affected by the epilepsy drug.

Our Group Action Lawyers are investigating the issues, and anyone affected here in the U.K. is free to come forward for confidential and no obligation advice.
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