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Business Consumers Entertainment 

Bakers Call Nestle White Chocolate Chips Fake in Class Action

September 20, 2019September 23, 2019 MATTHEW RENDA
Chocolate, Class Action, food, labeling, Nestle

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.

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Consumers Courts 

Nestle Must Face Shoppers’ Class Action Over ‘No GMO’ Label

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
food, GMOs, Nestle

A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by food and beverage giant Nestle to toss a consumer class action claiming the company violated federal and state laws by applying its unverified “No GMO” label to products.

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Business Environment Government 

Environmentalists Lose Battle for Bottled Water Records

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 MATT REYNOLDS
California, FOIA, Nestle, public records, U.S. Forest Service, water

An environmental group demanding that Nestle stop pumping millions of gallons of water from a California creek failed to persuade a federal judge that the government should disclose records related to the Swiss company’s bottled water operations.

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Business Consumers Courts Environment Health 

Lawsuit Over Microplastics in Nestle Water Thrown Out

January 4, 2019January 7, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
contamination, Nestle, plastic, water

A lawsuit claiming food and beverage giant Nestle misled consumers about its water quality by allowing high levels of microplastics in its products was dismissed by a federal judge.

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Business Environment Government 

Nestle Wins 3-Year Permit to Bottle Water in Bone-Dry SoCal

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
California, Nestle, U.S. Forest Service, water

The U.S. Forest Service granted Nestle a 3-year permit to continue bottling water from a source in the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles.

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Business Courts Environment Law 

Nestle Water Fight Reaches Temporary Cease-Fire

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
California, Nestle, Settlement, water

Nestlé will temporarily stop pulling water from the San Bernardino National Forest according to the terms of a settlement reached in a long-running federal case on Wednesday.

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Business Consumers Courts Environment 

Nestle’s ‘Pure Life’ Water Filled With Plastic, Class Says

April 13, 2018April 16, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Class Action, false advertising, Nestle, plastic, water

A federal class action filed late Thursday accuses food and beverage giant Nestle of misleading consumers about the quality of its Pure Life bottled water, which a recent study found contains high levels of microplastics. 

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Business Consumers 

Candy Boxes

February 8, 2018 BRIEF
candy, Class Action, Missouri, Nestle

Echoing a similar ruling from last summer involving Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales, a federal judge in Missouri denied Nestle’s request to throw out a class action accusing it of selling nearly half empty boxes of Raisinets.

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Business 

Atari Settles Kit Kat Spat With Nestle

January 24, 2018January 25, 2018 NICHOLAS IOVINO
candy, Copyright, gaming, Nestle, Settlement, Trademark

Vintage gaming company Atari has settled a lawsuit accusing Swiss foods giant Nestle of using one of its classic video games to sell Kit Kat bars to nostalgic gamers without permission.

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Business Government Regional 

Watch the Water Grab, California Warns Nestle

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, Nestle, water

Nestle’s longstanding bottled-water operation in California sprang a leak this week after state regulators warned the Swiss business giant to drastically cut the water it pipes from the San Bernardino National Forest.

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Entertainment 

Give Me a Break: Atari Sues Nestle Over Kit Kat Ads

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
candy, Chocolate, Copyright, food, Nestle, Trademark, video games

Atari sued Nestle on Thursday, claiming the candy giant abused its 1970s game “Breakout” video game — created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak — to sell Kit Kat bars to nostalgic Baby Boomers and other gamers.

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Consumers 

Consumers Call Nestle Poland Spring Water ‘a Colossal Fraud’

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 CHRISTINE STUART
Class Action, Connecticut, Fraud, Nestle, water

Nestle’s marketing and sales of Poland Spring water has been “a colossal fraud perpetrated against American consumers,” 11 people claim in a federal class action.

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Environment Government 

California Groups Demand Info on Nestle’s Water Pumping

July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
California, Drought, Nestle, water

Environmentalists who want Nestle to stop pumping tens of millions of gallons from a California creek, virtually for free, to sell it as bottled water, have sued the federal government for records on the multinational corporation.

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Business 

EU Court Doubts Validity of Kit Kat Shape Trademark

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 WILLIAM DOTINGA
European Union, Nestle, psec, Trademark

The European General Court ruled Thursday that the EU’s trademark office must reconsider whether the trademark of the shape of Nestle’s Kit Kat chocolate bars should remain valid.

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Appeals Environment Government 

Groups Take Nestle’s Water Deal to Ninth Circuit

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 MATT REYNOLDS
California, Nestle, Secondary, water

Environmental groups asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a ruling that allows Nestle to continue pumping tens of millions of gallons of water from a stream during California’s historic drought, and sell it in bottles.

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Uncategorized 

Nestle Defeats Class Claim Against Dog Food

November 18, 2016December 15, 2016 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Nestle

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a class action claiming Nestle Purina’s Beneful dog food killed or sickened thousands of pooches.

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Business 

Nestle Defeats Class Claim Against Dog Food

November 18, 2016December 15, 2016 ROBERT KAHN
Class Action, dogs, Nestle, pets

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a class action claiming Nestle Purina’s Beneful dog food killed or sickened thousands of pooches.

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Business 

Nestle Defeats Class Claim Against Dog Food

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 NICHOLAS IOVINO
dogs, Nestle, pets

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a class action claiming Nestle Purina’s Beneful dog food killed or sickened thousands of pooches.

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