30 Sep, 2024 The Next Target of CIPA Litigation: Search Bars By Caren Decter Over the past two years, we have seen an influx of lawsuits asserting that the use of tracking technologies on websites violates the...
21 Jun, 2022 How Much Money Must You Give To Charity If You Induce People to “Donate”? By Terri Seligman The headline on the homepage of the Omaze website says “Win [Something Great] and help [Worthy Cause]”. You hit the enter button and go...
27 Feb, 2020 Is "Pure" Honey Held to a Higher Standard than "Natural" Dog Food? By Craig Whitney Ok, so now I'm confused. Just recently, we discussed the dismissal of a putative class action where advertising dog food as "natural,"...
24 Dec, 2019 Court Holds Website Disclosure Inadequate For On-Label Claim By Terri Seligman Last May, I blogged about two lawsuits filed against Cento Fine Foods, the largest distributor of San Marzano tomatoes in the US. The...
28 Oct, 2019 FTC Hosting Workshop on Consumer Participation in Class Action Cases By Craig Whitney On October 29, the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop in Washington, DC on improving class action settlement notices for...
03 Apr, 2019 BOGO Begone! By Terri Seligman BOGO offers -- that is, "buy one get one [free]" deals -- are popular with consumers. Indeed, a pending case in the Northern District of...
02 Jul, 2018 Change in Warranty Not Anticipatory Repudiation Says Court in LL Bean Case By Terri Seligman As I blogged about earlier, the famous Maine sporting goods seller, L.L. Bean, was hit with a consumer class action complaint in...
26 Jun, 2018 If You Put It In Water, They Will Come By Terri Seligman An Illinois plaintiff has filed a class action complaint against VitaJuwel USA, maker of "Gem Water." Plaintiff claims that she bought...
16 May, 2018 Scratch Off Sweepstakes Card Triggers Class Action By Terri Seligman Back in the 1990s, lawsuits and regulatory actions against sweepstakes operators were legion. In the wake of these actions, and in a...
26 Apr, 2018 Very Fishy: Salmon Case Settles By Terri Seligman The Southern District of California has approved the proposed settlement of a purported class action against Bumble Bee Foods. The...
15 Mar, 2018 Iced! By Terri Seligman In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action brought against Starbucks on the...
01 Mar, 2018 Diet Coke Defeats Class Action False Advertising Claims By Dorian Thomas Plaintiff Shana Becerra filed a class action complaint against The Coca Cola Company claiming that Diet Coke actually caused weight gain...
22 Feb, 2018 Is "8" Enough? By Dorian Thomas In Penrose v. Buffalo Trace Distillery, the plaintiffs sued, alleging that Buffalo Trace misled consumers into believing that its Old...
09 Feb, 2018 Hobby Lobby Faces Yet Another Pricing Challenge By Hannah Taylor A California federal court denied yesterday Hobby Lobby's motion to dismiss a consumer class action over the retailer's allegedly...
29 Jan, 2018 KT Health Agrees to Settle Claims That it Misled Consumers About the Benefits of Athletic Tape By Jeff Greenbaum KT Health has agreed to settle claims that it falsely advertised the benefits of using KT Tape. KT Health advertised that the athletic...
03 Jan, 2018 Proposed Class Action Over "Real Butter" Claim By Jeff Greenbaum A consumer just brought a proposed class action against Schwan's Co., the maker of Mrs. Smith's pies, alleging that its "real butter"...