Deceptive Trade
The Texas attorney general accuses Mendoza Marketing, of Porter, Texas, in a federal complaint of having “placed millions of abusive telemarketing calls” to homes, offices and cellphones nationwide.
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Video Game Sharks
A superior court class action accuses Blizzard Entertainment of unfairly and deceptively tricking video gamers, “mainly … children, teenagers and young adults,” into buying “Packs” or “Loot Boxes” for real money while playing the games “Overwatch” and “Hearthstone.”
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The Federal Trade Commission accuse Hite Media Group, Premium Business Solutions and numerous other entities and people of bilking consumers of millions of dollars by deceptively marketing and selling bogus grants services.
Read moreFlorida AG Targets Purported Charity for Deceiving Donors
Florida’s attorney general claims in court that a Pompano Beach-based nonprofit is a charity in name only and spends almost all of the money it raises from the public on vendor and employee salaries.
Read moreJudge Refuses to Dismiss Class Action Against Candy Maker
A federal judge refused to throw out a class action accusing the maker of Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales of deceptively packing their candy boxes less than two-thirds full.
Read moreTexas Entrepreneur Blames Bad Tortilla Chips for Stroke
A Houston man says he had a stroke because a salt shaker, dirty napkin and rancid chips were found in tortilla-chip bags he supplied for promotional events, in a lawsuit claiming the chip maker damaged his food-distribution company’s reputation.
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Two-for-One Burger King Offer Packs a Wallop
In a whopper of a federal class action against Burger King, a patron says the chain padded its margins for a buy-one-get-one offer on its breakfast Crossan’wich.
Read moreWhere’s the Fiber?
The Yolo and Santa Cruz County district attorneys sued General Mills for the people of California, claiming it misrepresents the size of its Fiber One bars by putting them in bigger packages than needed, in Yolo County Court.
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