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Chamber of Commerce
The California Chamber of Commerce sued California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in federal court, claiming his attempt to force food manufacturers to put a cancer warning on products that contain the possible carcinogen acrylamide is unconstitutional forced speech.
Read moreSunscreen
A federal court in Illinois dismissed a woman’s consumer fraud suit against a sunscreen maker. The woman felt defrauded by a label that directed her to shake the product “well” rather than “shake vigorously for 10 seconds,” but the court ruled there was little difference between the two directions.
German Court Rules Hangovers Are ‘Illness’
A German court said in a ruling published Monday that hangovers are an “illness,” in a timely judgement days after the annual Oktoberfest beer festival began in Munich.
Read moreBakers Call Nestle White Chocolate Chips Fake in Class Action
A group of consumers sued the largest food company in the world Thursday, accusing it of misleading customers by producing fake white chocolate while passing it off as real.
Read moreBeer Brawl
In the MillerCoors v. Anheuser-Busch trademark fight, a federal judge preliminarily enjoined Anheuser-Busch from using the term “no corn syrup” on its packaging, as it implies that its competitors’ beers do use corn syrup, though it can sell the beer packaged like that of as June 6.
Read moreWhole Foods
A federal class action claims that, contrary to Whole Foods Market’s claims, its house brand of Starkey bottled water is contaminated with arsenic.
Read morePrenatal Vitamin Maker Settles Claims Over Lead in Pills for $1.5 Million
A nutritional health company agreed Wednesday to pay $1.5 million to settle claims it misled California customers by advertising its prenatal vitamins as “free of heavy metals” when they actually contained trace amounts of lead.
Read moreSports Fuel
The Seventh Circuit ruled that Gatorade may describe itself as “The Sports Fuel Company,” without infringing upon the trademark of a Chicago-based nutrition consulting firm called SportFuel. Gatorade’s use of the phrase is “merely descriptive,” and the beverage company “specifically disclaimed exclusive use of the phrase.”
Read moreThrifty Payless
The California Supreme Court revived a request for class certification by people who say the inflatable pool they bought from Thrifty Payless featured misleading images on the box.
Read moreFood Safety
The Center for Environmental Health claims in court that Whole Foods Market California and Allegro Coffee Co. have not informed California consumers about the presence of arsenic in the Starkey Spring Water they sell.
Read moreConstitution
The Plant Based Foods Association brought a federal complaint over a new Mississippi law that “bans the sellers of plant-based foods from using terms best understood by consumers,” including vegan burgers, meatless hot dogs, vegan bacon and meatless meatballs.
Read moreKeurig Coffee
Keurig Coffee cannot dismiss a class action accusing it of mislabeling its Keurig Green Mountain single-serve coffee pods as recyclable, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreJudge Tells Anheuser-Busch to Can Deceptive Beer Ads
A Wisconsin judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop suggesting in advertising that MillerCoors’ light beers contain corn syrup, wading into a fight between two beer giants that are losing market share to smaller, independent brewers.
Read moreSupremes Nix Juries for Early Stage of Pharma Cases
Juries should not resolve questions about federal pre-emption in drug-labeling litigation, the mostly unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying such issues must be resolved by judges.
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.”
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