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Upcoming Webinars: Product and Earnings Claims in the Time of COVID-19 and Trade Association Antitrust 101
Product and Earnings Claims in the Time of COVID-19 On Wednesday, July 8, we will be holding a webinar for anyone who is currently making or plans to make product claims or earnings claims, anyone new to claims or in…
Court Rejects As Speculative Putative Class Action Complaint Alleging “V’nilla Almond” Granola Is Not Flavored Exclusively From Vanilla Beans
A California federal judge has dismissed a putative class action against Kellogg for failing to back up the plaintiff’s theory that Kellogg’s Bear Naked Granola V’nilla Almond does not include vanilla flavoring derived…
Beginning of a TCPA Clean-Up? FCC Sets Another Robocall Blocking Item for Vote While Addressing Two of Nearly Three Dozen Pending Petitions
On the same day that the FCC set a call blocking declaratory ruling for vote at its July 2020 Open Meeting, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau issued rulings in two long-pending petitions for…
Third CBD False Advertising Case Halted this Year Pending FDA Review
On June 15, the Eastern District of California, Judge Morrison J. England, granted CBD retailer Global Widget, LLC’s (“Global Widget”) request to stay the case of Glass v. Global Widget LLC, Case No. 2:19-cv-01906…
FTC Seeks Rule to Collect Civil Penalties for Made in USA Labeling Violations
Further to ongoing efforts to evaluate and regulate how companies advertise and label that their products are “ Made in the USA, ” last week the FTC issued a staff report and a proposed rule that would include the…