Sentences with phrase «products company alleging»

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In a similar fashion, the Body Shop got skewered when a magazine article questioned its claims about animal testing, alleged that the company used petrochemicals in some of its «natural» products, and charged that its Trade Not Aid program accounted for less of its supplies than it had claimed.

The company filed a new lawsuit Friday in King County, Wash., Superior Court, against seven owners of websites such as amazonverifiedreviews.com, paidbookreviews.org, and amazonreviewsstar.com, alleging the sites are creating false product reviews and misleading Amazon's customers with flattering, «inauthentic» reviews.

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The Washington Attorney General is seeking at least $ 14 million from the food industry, alleging a trade association broke public disclosure laws by shielding the names of companies that contributed to a campaign against an initiative that would have required food makers to label products with GMOs.

Behind the scenes, though, an explosive court case was brewing: a proposed $ 1.95 - billion class action lawsuit, alleging that the company's historic shift to frozen products had taken a significant bite out of store owners» cash registers.

In a recent post on Reddit, alleged BMO employee xxmatty87xx posted a screenshot of a supposed «company wide» email distributed by the bank's wealth management product operations on March 28, 2018.

Food industry companies are shifting marketing strategies to promote various health benefits of their products and lawyers are heavily scrutinizing these claims in an attempt to gain a quick payday from a class action that alleges deceptive advertising or labeling of food products.

Six employees from a unit of US food supplier OSI Group have been arrested by Chinese authorities for alleged involvement in the sale of expired meat products to fast food companies.

The lawsuit alleged that Hampton Creek was in violation of FDA regulations surrounding the word «mayonnaise» and any variations, including its flagship product's use of «mayo,» because the company did not include eggs in the product.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed an administrative complaint against Britax Child Safety Inc. alleging that the company has not recalled a jogging stroller that allegedly has design defects that pose a hazard to children and adults.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed an administrative complaint against Britax Child Safety Inc. alleging that the company has not recalled a jogging stroller that allegedly has design defects that pose a hazard to children and adults.

For example, an inventor may allege that another company has manufactured a product that falls within the scope of his patent.

Stephanie Douglas of Louisiana is the latest individual to join the class - action - lawsuit train against pet food manufacturer Blue Buffalo Company, alleging false or misleading advertising based on the company's product laCompany, alleging false or misleading advertising based on the company's product lacompany's product labeling.

(06/01/2009) Major international companies are unwittingly driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest through their purchases of leather, beef and other products supplied from the Brazil cattle industry, alleges a new report from Greenpeace.

The lawsuit alleges that requiring the tobacco companies to add these warnings to their product will violate their free speech rights; cost millions of dollars to print; and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

Danone alleges that Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha and chairman of the joint venture, had set up 20 of his own rogue companies producing the exact same products as the joint venture, using the joint venture's suppliers and distributors — but keeping all the money for himself.

Major cosmetics companies have recently been hit with false advertising lawsuits alleging that they misled customers about testing on animals and marketed skincare products in a way that made them sound like drugs approved by the FDA.

In other work, Henning Moelle has been acting as international lead counsel for the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal in product liability claims for alleged birth defects caused by thalidomide.

In a complex products liability action involving alleged PCB contamination of a state office building, the Appellate Practice Group joined forces with litigation counsel to convert a $ 60 million judgment to a defense verdict for a large, multinational company.

Although the We - Vibe maker maintains that users consented to the conduct alleged in the complaint and that it disclosed the collection of data in its privacy policy, this settlement highlights the importance of drafting company - and product - specific privacy policy disclosures as opposed to pro forma policies that use generalized statements.

Attorneys in our Class Action Practice represent «household name» corporations in defense of consumer and false advertising class actions; Big Four accounting firms and corporate issuers in securities class actions; companies who have been accused of improperly disclosing customer data; employers alleged to have violated labor and employment laws; and industrial manufacturers in products liability class and mass tort actions, among others.

Can people overseas (not US citizens) who also bought the identical product by the same US company, and suffered the same alleged defect, join the US case, or do they have to file in their own country as a separate case?

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.

One could even alleged, a la Rouge One, that you designed a product that was intentionally defective [1] and hold you and your company liable for that, although this would be an usual fact pattern and very hard for a victim of the defective product to prove.

The Kalamazoo, Mich. - based company's products are alleged to cause serious and potentially dangerous side effects such as metal poisoning.

Member of trial team involving multiple pharmaceutical product liability claims for multinational, Fortune 50 pharmaceutical company in various venues throughout Texas and the United States; Trial co-counsel involving alleged marketing and design defect allegations in multiple trials lasting several weeks to several months.

Our advice included: advising the company on the full range of applicable consumer financial services and bank regulatory laws in an effort to ensure efficient and compliant product and service development; the successful defense of a confidential state regulatory inquiry into certain business practices; and negotiating a private resolution to private, civil claims of alleged trademark infringement and cyber theft.

The Gynecare Prolift lawsuit is the first of more than 2,100 filed against the company alleging that product was defective and patients were not warned of the risks.

The company is currently facing about 1,700 lawsuits which allege they failed to warn consumers of the risks involved with using their products despite their knowledge of the health risks the products posed.

He also regularly defends insurance and finance companies in claims by consumers and individuals alleging fraud, breach of contract, or inadequate performance of the insurance policy or financial product, including both individual and class actions.

The Plaintiff ended its relationship with the Defendants in 2012, alleging that the Defendant's Chinese companies were selling clones of the Plaintiff's product in China.

The transvaginal mesh lawsuits allege that companies released a defective product, which could cause severe complications, including internal bleeding, limited mobility, tissue damage and organ perforation.

In a restaurant customer's products liability suit alleging damages from eating contaminated oysters at a Roanoke restaurant, a Roanoke U.S. District Court denies third - party defendant seafood company's motion to strike the third - party plaintiff restaurant's demand for a jury trial.

Representing an investment company specializing in structured financial products against claims of fraudulent transfers and preferences in trustee litigation relating to an alleged Ponzi scheme, and in separate claims by a creditor group for alleged aiding and abetting the Ponzi scheme.

Some examples include a contract dispute where less than the projected product sales were reaped on expensive, luxury medical machines because hospitals didn't want to buy them, environmental / bankruptcy claims alleging fraud where a spun - off company failed because of decreased housing demands, and fraud claims where investors made risky investments without protections and lost big.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Dismissal secured in a federal class action for a global confectionery company in the federal court involving state consumer protection laws and product labeling, alleging certain of the company's gum and hard candy labeling was misleading.

Another private insurance company alleges that IRDA fund option is not independent of the product and does not favor closed - ended insurance schemes.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company mostly sells consumer products, has largely avoided being sucked into the rapidly expanding scandal over the alleged Russian effort to promote internal division in the US before the 2016 elections — unlike other tech giants like Google, Twitter and Facebook, all of which now admit some...

Patently Apple reports that the Cupertino company is suing US - based firm Mobile Star LLC for trademark infringement, alleging that it has been selling counterfeit goods using Apple logos and product images in its listings.

«We allege that AriseBank and its principals sought to raise hundreds of millions from investors by misrepresenting the company as a first - of - its - kind decentralized bank offering its own cryptocurrency to be used for a broad range of customer products and services.

The company just filed a lawsuit alleging that Fitbit products are infringing on multiple Jawbone patents including a method for «reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status» and a «wellness application using data from a data - capable band.»

Just over a week ago, Pocket - lint reported that Huawei and fellow Chinese company ZTE were under investigation by the US government over alleged espionage threats posed to the United States by their products.

Co-director of the SEC's Enforcement Division, Stephanie Avakian, said, «We allege that AriseBank and its principals sought to raise hundreds of millions from investors by misrepresenting the company as a first - of - its - kind decentralized bank offering its own cryptocurrency to be used for a broad range of customer products and services.»

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday (Jan. 5) sued D - Link, alleging that the Taiwanese company and its U.S. subsidiary allowed serious security flaws to exist in its home Wi - Fi routers and internet - connected security cameras, then misled consumers about the safety of the company's products.

The SEC alleges that the CTR token represents an «unregistered investment» and that the founders lied about all aspects of the company and its product.

A recent batch of trademarks filed by alleged Apple shell companies may have just hinted at a bunch of new products and features to be revealed soon, including something called an «Iris Engine.»