( October 8, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Namasté Laboratories LLC filed a reply brief in Illinois federal court arguing that it should grant the company’s motion for a protective order precluding the plaintiffs’ deposition regarding custodial files in a class action over injuries allegedly caused by toxic chemicals in hair relaxer products. Namaste says the files in question were deleted before 2019, and it maintains that the plaintiffs do not point to a legal authority requiring the company to explain the circumstances surrounding the deletion....