Hyatt Hotels
A federal class action claims that Hyatt Hotels defrauded customers by hiding so-called “resort fees” in its advertised prices, costing its customers “hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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California’s $1 Billion Trial Over Pelvic Mesh Device Kicks Off
In the first pelvic mesh trial brought by a state attorney general, attorneys for the state of California said Monday that Johnson & Johnson deceived up to 50,000 California women and doctors into treating incontinence and organ prolapse with the risky treatment and asked for nearly $1 billion in damages.
Read moreMilk Drinkers Blast Producer’s Claims of Humane Cow Treatment
Dairy consumers claim in two federal class actions that milk producer Fairlife promotes the “extraordinary care and comfort” of its cows on its product labels but its flagship farm actually ran an inhumane operation where employees beat, burned and starved to death cows and young calves.
Read moreNo Whales Here
An Iowa man claims in a federal class action that Citgo Petroleum sells a tractor hydraulic fluid with a label that falsely claims it contains sperm whale oil.
Read moreJudge Orders Removal of Ads in Fight Between Beer Giants
Multimillion-dollar Bud Light advertisements insinuating that Miller Lite and Coors Light contain high-fructose corn syrup went a step too far, a federal judge in Wisconsin said late Friday in an order blocking the ads.
Read moreJudge Hears Spat Between Beer Giants Over Corn Syrup Ads
Two household names in beer argued before a federal judge Thursday over the veracity and potential harms of Bud Light advertisements claiming Miller Lite and Coors Light contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Read moreFishy Advertising
A federal class action accuses Starkist of falsely advertising its tuna fish as “dolphin safe.”
Read moreWhere’s the Ginseng?
Arizona Beverage Co. misrepresents its Green Tea With Ginseng and Honey, which “does not contain any detectable amounts of ginseng, if indeed it contains any ginseng at all,” consumers claim in a federal class action.
Read moreMillerCoors Sues Anheuser-Busch Over Corn Syrup Ad
Apparently long past arguments of “tastes great” and “less filling,” beer giant MillerCoors accused its rival Anheuser-Busch on Thursday of misleading customers – via a million-dollar advertising campaign – into believing Miller Lite and Coors Lite contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Read moreEducational Testing Service
A federal judge refused to dismiss class claims that the Educational Testing Service sent 17,000 fax ads, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Read moreCalifornia v. Walmart
Six California counties sued Walmart, demanding $2,500 for each violation of Business and Professions Code, unfair competition and false advertising, for selling items with slack fill and/or false bottoms, in Santa Cruz County Court.
Read moreKate Spade
Kate Spade & Co. advertise “fictitious prices and corresponding phantom discounts,” customers claim in a federal class action.
Read moreHip Implant Settlement
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $120 million to settle multistate claims they misrepresented the safety, effectiveness and longevity of its hip implant devices, the California attorney general announced Tuesday.
Read moreNot Exactly Grand Theft
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld dismissal of a false advertising class action against the makers of the video game “Grand Theft Auto V,” agreeing buyers didn’t suffer serious injury from having to wait two weeks after purchase to play the online version.
Read moreConsumer Fraud
A class of consumers says FGF Brands falsely claimed that its Stonefire naan products were baked in a traditional tandoor oven, when they were actually mass-produced in a commercial conveyor-belt oven system.
Read moreLight Bats
Rawlings sells baseball bats that don’t weigh what the label says and hitters’ performances are negatively affected, according to a putative federal class action filed Thursday.
Read moreConsumer Class Action
A class claims in court that Unilever falsely labels its I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter cooking spray as containing zero calories and zero grams of fat, though it contains 1,160 calories and 124 grams of fat per 12-ounce bottle, by using unreasonably small serving sizes.
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