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Litigation Minute: Companies Selling Products in California Must Justify Environmental Marketing Claims

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When companies make advertising claims (including websites, social media, print, and product labels) that a product is beneficial to or not harmful to the natural environment, California law requires those companies to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Manufacturers of “All Natural” Products Face Mounting Litigation

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Lawsuits against Tom’s of Maine (Tom’s) and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Colgate), the parent company of Tom’s, have made news of late and raise concerns over representations about “natural” products on package labeling. ...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Are You Talking To A Bot? – New CA Law Makes Disclosure the Best Option

Welcome to July. While the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) is certainly one of the most important pieces of privacy legislation affecting many businesses today, we want to remind our readers of another California...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Appellate Panel Upholds Validity of Pricing Statute

Siding with the government, a California appellate panel held that section 17501 of the Business & Professions Code was not unconstitutionally vague on its face or as applied to national retailers accused of deceptive...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

"Assuming" the Obvious: Exclusion for “Assumption of Liability in a Contract” Does Not Apply to Breach of Professional Services

In what it described as a case of first impression, the Northern District of California ruled that a professional liability policy that excluded the insured’s “assumption of liability obligations in a contract or agreement”...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Implausibility Wins the Day: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Deception Claims Against “Sugar” Lip Balm

The Ninth Circuit has upheld dismissal of a class action complaint on Twombly/Iqbal plausibility grounds, noting that the standard has its roots in “judicial experience and common sense.” In Ebner v. Fresh, Inc., — F.3d —-,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

False Advertising Suit Regarding Plum Organics Mighty 4 Puree Pouches Dismissed

On November 2, 2015, Judge Alsup of the Northern District of California dismissed a consumer class action against food manufacturer Plum Organics for failure to state a claim. In Workman et al. v. Plum Inc., D/B/A Plum...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #4

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Application of VPPA to Free App - The latest decision interpreting the application of the Video Privacy Protection Act in the context of twenty-first century technology provides positive news for...more

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