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Preliminary approval granted for settlement of Frosted Mini-Wheats false ad claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 10 2013
A federal court in California has rendered its reluctant approval of a preliminary settlement in class litigation against Kellogg Co., alleging that
San Francisco City attorney sues Monster Beverage
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 10 2013
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a consumer-fraud lawsuit on behalf of the people of the State of California against Monster
NAD finds anti-wrinkle serum’s prescription comparison unsupported
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 25 2013
The National Advertising Review Board, a self-regulatory appellate unit of the advertising industry's National Advertising Division (NAD), has
Vermont AG signals interest in food marketing to kids
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 19 2013
Vermont Attorney General (AG) Bill Sorrell will reportedly join other state AGs for a conference on "the current state of food industry marketing to
Outdoor food advertising allegedly linked to obesity risk
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 15 2013
A recent study has reportedly identified "a relationship between the percentage of outdoor food advertising and overweightobesity." Lenard Lesser
Markey requests FTC investigation of energy-drink claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- December 7 2012
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has written a November 30, 2012, letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Jon Leibowitz asking the agency to investigate advertising claims made by energy-drink manufacturers
Food fight for Nickelodeon
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- December 7 2012
In the ongoing battle over whether the government should regulate food ads targeting children, the Food Marketing Workgroup (FMW), a coalition of more than 80 health groups and nutritionists, is putting pressure on Nickelodeon and its parent company, Viacom, to adopt nutrition guidelines for foods marketed to children, particularly foods that license Nickelodeon characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer
7UP sodas with antioxidants to disappear from store shelves
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- November 16 2012
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group has reportedly announced that it will remove its 7UP products with antioxidants from the market by early 2013
Whole Foods claims lack of control over retail stores in motion to quash Skinny Girls subpoena
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 29 2012
According to a news source, Whole Foods Market Inc. is seeking to stop its deposition in consumer fraud litigation filed against Skinny Girl Cocktails LLC, arguing that it does not own or operate Whole Foods retail stores nor does it “decide which suppliers, food brokers or distributors are to be used by Whole Foods Market retail locations.”
Objections filed to settlement of Nutella misleading ad claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 22 2012
In advance of a July 9, 2012, hearing before a federal court in New Jersey to approve the settlement of claims that Ferrero USA, Inc. misled consumers about nutritive value in its ads for Nutella, a hazelnut spread purportedly containing high fat and sugar levels, a number of class members have filed objections that challenge class notice, most of the settlement terms and the fee award to plaintiffs’ counsel
