A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday struck down an effort to force soda companies to affix black-box warning labels to certain types of ads, finding it “unduly burdened and chilled protected speech.”
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A European Court of Justice adviser said Tuesday that the Spanish subsidiary of tonic water giant Schweppes should be allowed to block the importation and marketing of Schweppes products from Britain, which are – unlike in Spain – bottled by Coca-Cola.
Read moreIllinois consumers took their outrage over Cook County’s new sweetened-beverage tax to court just a week after it took effect, accusing McDonald’s, 7-Eleven and Walgreens of applying the tax to unsweetened drinks and overtaxing sodas.
Read moreCook County’s new tax on sugary beverages will soon take effect after a state judge on Friday ended a month-long court battle to block it.
Read moreCook County defended its new sweetened-beverage tax in court Friday after it was put on hold three weeks ago, arguing against claims that it is unclear and does not apply uniformly to different types of drinks.
Read moreA federal class action claims that Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s Canada Dry Ginger Ale does not contain “real ginger,” as advertised.
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A Cook County judge put a temporary stop Friday to the county’s sweetened-beverage tax, which was set to take effect Saturday and would have hiked the price of sugary drinks by 50 percent.
Read moreIllinois retailers sued Cook County on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to block a hefty new tax on soda effective next month that will hike the price of sugary drinks by 50 percent.
Read moreSoda companies will probably be forced to pull their ads in San Francisco if the city forces them to include warning labels, an attorney for the American Beverage Association told a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel Monday.
Read moreCoca-Cola and the American Beverage Association engage in false, deceptive, Big Tobacco-like tactics to discredit the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages, the health nonprofit Praxis Project claims in a federal lawsuit.
Read moreAn upcoming tax on sugary drinks in Britain should drastically reduce obesity and cases of type 2 diabetes and tooth decay in British children and adults, and researchers predict it will promote a transition toward low-sugar sodas.
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