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Jury Awards Tea Drinkers $2.36 Million in Made in USA Dispute
In 2020, plaintiffs filed a class action complaint in California federal court against Bigelow Tea, alleging that the company falsely represents that its teas are made in the United States, when the tea leaves are…
Lawsuit Turns the Heat up on Celsius Influencer Campaign
Feeling a little sluggish, a woman in California went onto Instagram to see what other people were doing to give themselves a little energy boost. When she learned that three of the influencers she followed – Devon…
Two Class Actions Take a ShOt at Substantiation for Lemme’s GLP-1 Daily Supplement
Two new class action complaints, both captioned Robins v. Lemme Inc., were filed in in California Superior Court and the Southern District of New York on February 19 and March 9, respectively. The complaints bring…
Advertising Lessons from the World of Pickleball
I’ll start by admitting that I don’t know anything about the game of pickleball. Using the word “basketball” as an example and working backwards by breaking the word “pickleball” into its component parts, I can make an…
SDNY Reverses its Position on “Carbon Neutral” Lawsuit
In January, we reported that a judge in the Southern District of New York refused to dismiss a class action alleging that “carbon neutral” claims on bottles of Evian water were misleading. The judge determined that the…