On June 19, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in In re GNC Corporation; Triflex Products Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation (No. II), — F.3d –, No. 14-1724, 2015 WL 3798174 (4th Cir. June 19, 2015), handing a significant victory not just to the defendants in that multidistrict false advertising class action litigation, but to dietary
Jan 22, 2015 · In 2012, a class-action lawsuit was filed by several consumers claiming injury from supplements containing the controversial ingredient 1,3-dimethylamylamine, or DMAA. Allegedly, DMAA, which has since been banned by the FDA , can cause liver failure or death if taken in large doses and is actually a derivative of amphetamine. Dr Mehmet Oz is under fire once again for promoting a weight loss supplement on his television show that 'all credible scientific evidence' proves doesn't work, a new class action lawsuit claims. This settlement resolves a class action brought against Obesity Research Institute, LLC, Continuity Products, LLC, Henny den Uijl, and Sandra den Uijl. The complaint alleged that the packaging, labeling, and marketing materials for Lipozene weight loss pills violated California consumer and other laws because it contained false and misleading False Claim(s): Ability to cause weight loss; product marketed as weight loss supplements. (Read more about CCA Industries Class Action Settlement .) Brand Name/Product(s): QVC, Inc., a TV home shopping channel and one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers, has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false and unsubstantiated claims about three types of dietary supplements in violation of an FTC order, and about an anti-cellulite skin cream in violation of the FTC Act.
May 02, 2016 · The company was charged in 2010, however, for their false advertising. POM was found guilty of misconstruing the results of the scientific studies that had been conducted on POMx. Airborne. In 2008 Airborne was found guilty of false advertising over their dietary supplement and had to pay $30 million in a class-action settlement.
Television celebrity Dr. Oz and a company that makes “fat-busting” nutritional supplements promoted on his show were hit with a proposed class action Tuesday in California federal court by Nov 22, 2013 QVC, Inc., a TV home shopping channel and one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers, has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false and unsubstantiated claims about three types of dietary supplements in violation of an FTC order, and about an anti-cellulite skin cream in violation of the FTC Act.
An additional type of false advertising is manipulating the measurement units for a product. For example, we brought a class action lawsuit against Intel alleging that the company fostered a false impression than Pentium IV’s were faster than Pentium III’s, including by labeling Pentium IV’s as having more “GHz” than Pentium III’s, even though many Pentium III processors – in
In addition to lawsuits by the FTC, companies have had to defend themselves against class action lawsuits by consumers for products that fail to live up to their claims. A recent high profile class action lawsuit for false advertising was filed against Red Bull, whose slogan was “Red Bull gives you wings.”
Dr Mehmet Oz is under fire once again for promoting a weight loss supplement on his television show that 'all credible scientific evidence' proves doesn't work, a new class action lawsuit claims.
Acai-containing supplements have been touted as weight-loss aids without any supportive evidence, said the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC stopped Beony International and nine other companies from making these unsubstantiated claims -- including that the acai supplement could facilitate 25 pounds of weight loss per month -- on fake news Jan 04, 2007 Mar 24, 2016
Claudia focuses her practice on the defense of consumer class actions and on complex commercial litigation, including unfair business competition, false advertising, product liability, and privacy matters. She is currently representing numerous consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in false advertising and mislabeling class action lawsuits.
Oct 16, 2019 · Legal action is apparently moving forward involving lawsuits filed by thousands of people who say they suffered serious injuries by taking the once-heralded blood-thinning drug Plavix. Jul 24, 2012 · The supplement maker, meanwhile, says that Alley started their weight-loss program in "early 2010" and had already dropped 70 pounds by the time DWTS began. She went on to lose another 20 pounds Feb 12, 2010 · The outspoken personal trainer and star of NBC's The Biggest Loser has been slapped with her second class-action lawsuit this week for endorsing a weight-loss supplement false advertising