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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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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Anheuser-Busch must stop advertising Michelob Ultra organic seltzer as “the only” and “the first” certified organic hard seltzer.
Read moreA 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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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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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.
Read moreA 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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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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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Brewing Company, a federal judge on Thursday agreed drinkers may have been duped into buying Olympia beer due to an outdated and inaccurate slogan.
Read moreA 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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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.
Read moreAmazon 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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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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreArkansas 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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A church in Australia has been fined for unlawfully advertising a purported “miracle” coronavirus cure that contains bleach, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said Wednesday.
Read moreCalifornia 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe 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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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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