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Australia to Amend Laws to Make Google and Facebook Pay

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Facebook, false advertising, Google, Journalism

Australia’s government said on Tuesday it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links.

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Appeals Consumers 

Ninth Circuit Revives Beef Over PF Chang’s ‘Krab Mix’

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
false advertising, food, Ninth Circuit, Restaurants

P.F. Chang’s customers will get another shot to prove they were deceived into thinking dishes with “krab mix” contained crab meat.

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Consumers Media 

Michelob Organic Seltzer Ads Called ‘False and Deceptive’ by Judge

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 KARINA BROWN
alcohol, false advertising, USDA

Anheuser-Busch must stop advertising Michelob Ultra organic seltzer as “the only” and “the first” certified organic hard seltzer.

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Consumers 

Cleaning Products

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 BRIEF
Class Action, false advertising, labeling

A federal court in California dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action claiming Clorox’s “Splash-less Bleach” product’s packaging would make a reasonable buyer believe that it is suitable for disinfecting when, the plaintiff claims, it is not.

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Business Consumers Technology 

DoorDash Can’t Duck Restaurant’s False Advertising Suit

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 NICHOLAS IOVINO
apps, coronavirus, false advertising, Restaurants

A federal judge has advanced a class action claiming DoorDash used its platform to deceptively divert customers from non-partnering restaurants to those that pay DoorDash a cut for each food pickup or delivery order.

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Business Civil Rights Government 

Smith & Wesson Sues New Jersey Over ‘Anti-Second Amendment Agenda’

December 15, 2020December 17, 2020 NICK RUMMELL
false advertising, Guns, New Jersey, Second Amendment

A leading firearms manufacturer alleges New Jersey is engaged in an “unconstitutional fishing expedition” to try to curtail gun rights by using a new tactic: false advertising claims.

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Consumers Entertainment Sports 

Fitness Ads

November 10, 2020November 12, 2020 BRIEF
Copyright, false advertising, fitness

A federal court in New York refused to dismiss a man’s suit alleging Peloton falsely advertised that its online fitness class library was “ever-growing” because it knew it contained copyright material and removal of that material was inevitable.

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Appeals Business Consumers 

‘100% Natural’ Chicken Ads Ruffle Feathers at Ninth Circuit Hearing

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 MARIA DINZEO
false advertising, food safety, Ninth Circuit

Public interest groups asked a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday to resurrect their false advertising fight against Sanderson Farms, the third largest poultry processor in the United States.

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Business Consumers 

Judge Advances False Advertising Suit Against Beer Maker

October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 NICK CAHILL
beer, false advertising

Advancing a class action false advertising lawsuit against Pabst Brewing Company, a federal judge on Thursday agreed drinkers may have been duped into buying Olympia beer due to an outdated and inaccurate slogan.

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Business Consumers Courts Technology 

DoorDash Deceit?

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 BRIEF
false advertising, Gig economy, Restaurants

A Missouri restaurant claims DoorDash lies to its users about restaurants it does not partner with, including that the eatery is closed or “too far away” in order to steer would-be diners to its partners.

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Consumers Courts Technology 

False-Advertising Claims Against Expedia Headed to Trial

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
false advertising, internet, Travel

Expedia must face a bench trial on claims that it falsely advertised certain hotels as “sold out” to drum up business for inns and guesthouses that pay for its online booking services, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Consumers Courts Technology 

Amazon Batteries

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 BRIEF
Amazon, batteries, Class Action, false advertising, unfair competition

Amazon customers have filed a class action against the e-retail giant claiming it is going against its own prohibition on the sale of lithium-ion batteries by selling fake or recycled batteries salvaged by Chinese sellers who are marketing them as new.

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Business Consumers Technology 

Carvana Ducks Used Car Dealer’s Unfair-Competition Suit

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 NICK CAHILL
automotive, false advertising, internet, unfair competition

A small used car dealer’s fight to freeze retailer Carvana out of California stalled Tuesday after a federal judge dismissed an unfair competition and false advertising lawsuit against the online giant.

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Business 

Snake Oil

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 BRIEF
Class Action, false advertising

A federal class action claims that Reckitt Benckiser and RB Health US, based in Parsippany, N.J., unjustly profit by pushing their “Neuriva Original and Neuriva Plus, purported brain performance supplements” with false claims.

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Business Health Religion 

Arkansas v. Jim Bakker

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 BRIEF
Arkansas, Christianity, coronavirus, false advertising

Arkansas sued televangelist Jim Bakker and The Jim Bakker Show in Pulaski County Court, claiming he falsely advertised that his colloidal silver products “could cure, eliminate, kill or deactivate Covid-19.”

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Business Health Religion 

Church Fined for Selling Bleach as Virus Cure

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, coronavirus, false advertising, Medicine

A church in Australia has been fined for unlawfully advertising a purported “miracle” coronavirus cure that contains bleach, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said Wednesday.

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Business Consumers Health 

Snake Oil

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 BRIEF
California, diabetes, false advertising, Medical

California and 10 of its counties sued Innovus Pharmaceuticals in Monterey County Court, claiming it falsely advertises Diabasens as a treatment for diabetes, and Apeaz as treatment for bone and cartilage destruction, and does so with “Dr. Esper,” who is not a medical doctor, but sits on the Innovus board.

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Appeals Business Consumers 

California High Court Rules No Jury for False Advertising Charges

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 MARIA DINZEO
California, deceptive practices, false advertising, jury

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that businesses accused of false advertising and unfair business practices by state and local government officials are not entitled to a jury trial.

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Health 

Virus Snake Oil

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 BRIEF
coronavirus, false advertising, FDA, Los Angeles, Settlement

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office announced a lawsuit it filed against Santa Monica-based RootMD over the sale of bogus Covid-19 home test kits has been resolved, with the company agreeing to stop selling the kits without FDA approval and to pay civil penalties.

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Appeals Business Consumers 

Battle Between Beer Giants Goes Back to Seventh Circuit

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 LISA KLEIN
alcohol, beer, false advertising, Seventh Circuit

The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether consumers were deceived by Bud Light’s claim about not using corn syrup in its beer, during the latest hearing in an advertising fight between Anheuser-Busch and the maker of two of its competitors.

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