Wavelab 7 sports a new and more sophisticated graphic look that's less distracting on the eye, a neat new set of tabbed Tool windows, and flexible Tab Group options to arrange your files on screen. Notice also the four buttons of the Windows Switcher, here superimposed on the spectrum editor display towards the centre of this screenshot. Wavelab 7 has a different look to its predecessors, with a rather more subdued, yet sophisticated graphic feel. I found this really helped me focus on the job in hand, compared with the faux metalwork of Wavelab 6. There are also many graphically enhanced icons to take in on the customisable toolbars, and lots of new customising options to overwhelm the newcomer, although once you get to grips with them all you'll wonder how you ever managed without them! Some long‑term Wavelab users might find the new look and layout disorientating initially, but it didn't take me long to adjust, and having done so I would never go back to the now clunky‑looking Wavelab 6. The most obvious addition is the Windows Switcher, a small and resizeable floating window that remains visible at all times - even, by default, after switching to another application, although you can disable this if you wish - and which lets you leap straight into audio file editing, multitrack montage, batch‑processing or podcasting duties. In a swift win for coconut water drinkers, Harmless Harvest has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging deceptive labeling practices.įiled on December 23 in New York federal court, the $1 million settlement was reached just four days later, resolving allegations that a significant portion of the coconuts sourced from Thailand by Harmless Harvest for use in their 100% Raw Coconut Water line were not in fact organic.īrought by plaintiffs Guoliang Ma, Elizabeth Peguero, Sharon Manier, and Kin Fai Lau, the proposed class action lawsuit claims consumers paid a premium for Harmless Harvest Coconut Water relying on the product’s labeling that the coconut water was “100% Organic” and “Raw.For instance, even while writing this review I have the Wavelab 7 Switcher superimposed over the title bar of my word processor, and can create a new file, open an existing one, or simply open an empty workspace in any of these categories. Instead, the coconut water was false and misleadingly labeled since it contained some non-organic ingredients, reportedly purchased from street vendors and unknown supply sources. The class action lawsuit claims the following four varieties of coconut water are mislabeled: Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water (later renamed Harmless Coconut Water), Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water – Dark Cacao, Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water – Cinnamon & Clove, and Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water – Fair Trade Coffee. Under the terms of the settlement, Harmless Harvest will change and monitor the accuracy of its product labels. Specifically, Harmless Harvest has agreed to remove the allegedly false and misleading statements of “100% Organic” and “Raw” from its coconut water products packaging. The company has also agreed to engage an independent third party consultant for a period of two years from the effective date of the settlement deal. This third party consultant will review the product labels for ongoing accuracy and provide reports as to the accuracy to plaintiffs’ counsel.Īdditionally, the settlement provides payment of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees in the amount of $575,000 and incentive awards to the four named plaintiffs totaling $20,000. Harmless Harvest will also pay claims administration costs up to $350,000. The settlement Class includes “all persons in the United States who made retail purchases of one of more of Harmless Harvest’s coconut water products in the United States at any time from September 30, 2011, through the date of Preliminary Approval.” “Plaintiffs believe that the Settlement provides an excellent recovery for Settlement Members and falls well within the range of reasonableness, such that preliminary approval is warranted,” court documents state. Harmless Harvest released a statement to Top Class Actions on Jan. 13, confirming that the company agreed to settle the consumer class action lawsuit to avoid a long and costly legal battle.
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