Archives: Class Actions

No More Blurry Searches: 1-800 Contacts Settles Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Search Term Restraints

By Darley Maw and Ann O'Brien on May 21, 2020 Posted in Class Actions

Last week, mega-online retailer 1-800 Contacts settled claims brought by a class action suit in the Central District of Utah alleging that the company was the mastermind of a scheme to prevent competition in the online contact lens market. The plaintiffs, consumer purchasers of contact lenses, alleged that 1-800 Contacts coerced some of its competitors … Continue Reading

COVID-19 Update: Consumer Class Action Filed Over Hand Sanitizer Claims

By Amy Ralph Mudge and Matthew Renick on March 11, 2020 Posted in Class Actions

Earlier this week, we blogged about the FTC and FDA’s joint warning letters to seven companies that claimed their products could treat or cure coronavirus. However, the regulators aren’t the only ones taking action over deceptive advertising practices related to coronavirus. A group of California consumers filed a class action complaint alleging Vi-Jon Inc. “advertised, … Continue Reading

Judge Sours on Natural Class Action Lawsuit Against Starbucks Gummies

By Randal M. Shaheen and Amy Ralph Mudge on March 25, 2019 Posted in Advertising, Class Actions, Food and Beverage Industry

Class action lawsuits alleging misleading advertising of food and beverage products show no sign of abating anytime soon. So we have to give a shout out once in a while when the good guys score a win and common sense appears to prevail. This happened recently in a class action alleging that Starbucks had misleadingly … Continue Reading