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Class action filed against FDA-targeted companies over “0 g trans fat” claim

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2010

A New York resident has filed a false-advertising class action in a California federal court against the companies that make certain ice cream products labeled with the statement "0 g trans fat."

Federal court dismisses claims in defective Wii class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2010

A federal court in Colorado has dismissed putative class claims based on Washington law filed by residents of other states against Nintendo, alleging that the company's Wii controllers are defective because they slipped out of their hands during play and caused damage in their homes

Defamation verdict against Peruvian scientist in GM maize research dispute to be reviewed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Peru
  • -
  • May 28 2010

According to a news source, the Peruvian Superior Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by a medical sciences biotechnologist convicted of defamation by a lower court for criticizing another scientist whose research allegedly showed that genetically modified (GM) maize had been illegally planted in a valley on the Peruvian coast

Tentative deal reached in defective HDTV litigation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2010

A federal court in New York has conditionally approved a settlement between Sony Corp. and a class of some 350,000 high-definition television (HDTV) purchasers who alleged that the sets have malfunctioning optical blocks that produce characteristic “yellow stains, green haze, and other color anomalies” on their TV screens

Greenhouse gases: lawsuit challenges Washington State executive order to reduce GHG emissions

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation Constitutional Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six state residents in a Washington state court to challenge an executive order issued by Governor Christine Gregoire (D) on May 21, 2010, directing state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Complaint filed against walnut seller for omega-3 health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

A New York resident has filed a putative class action against Diamond Foods, Inc. in a California federal court alleging that the company labeled its walnuts with false claims that “consumption of the omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts promotes heart health and lowers the risk of coronary heart disease.”

District court orders Pelman parties to refile class certification pleadings

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

The U.S. district court judge now presiding over the obesity-related claims in Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp. has ordered the parties to refile a number of documents previously submitted on motions addressing class certification

“Happy Meals” lawsuit filed in California

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2010

Seeking to represent a class of California children younger than age 8 and their parents, the mother of a 6-year-old girl has reportedly filed a putative class action against McDonald’s Corp., alleging that it baits children by advertising its “unhealthy Happy Meals” with toys and thus “has helped create, and continues to exacerbate, a super-sized health crisis in California.”

Ohio AG brings consumer sales practices action against Dannon

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2010

The same day that the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement over alleged deceptive advertising claims for DanActive beverage and Activia yogurt, Ohio’s attorney general filed a lawsuit alleging that The Dannon Co. has violated the state’s Consumer Sales Practices Act (CSPA) by failing to substantiate the health-related claims it makes for the products

Court tosses trans fat lawsuit against hostess, claims preempted

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2010

In a ruling left unchallenged when the appeal period expired, a federal court in California has determined that a plaintiff bringing state-law claims about alleged misleading food labels involving trans fat were preempted by federal law and that he lacked standing as a consumer to bring a claim under the Lanham Act, which protects competitors' interests

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