Jul 09, 2018 · A trio of plaintiffs filed the case in February 2016, alleging that Dr. Oz and related corporate entities promoted products such as Labrada Garcinia Cambogia Dual Action Fat Buster and Labrada
In 2016, the FTC and the Maine AG settled a lawsuit against Portland-based Direct Alternatives and its principles, Anthony Dill and Staci Dill. The defendants in that case raked in millions by selling purported weight loss products Puranol, Pur-Hoodia Plus, PH Plus, Acai Fresh, AF Plus, and Final Trim. But they didn’t do it alone. The companies and defendants named in the legal charges are barred from making any other weight-loss claims about dietary supplements, food or drugs unless they have reliable scientific evidence 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.” On Wednesday, a New York federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing of neglecting to perform its due diligence in preventing the sale of weight loss supplements comprising a dangerous and prohibited ingredient called sibutramine” by third party vendors. Meridia® is a prescription diet medication used to treat. A trio of plaintiffs filed the case in February 2016, alleging that Dr. Oz and related corporate entities promoted products such as Labrada Garcinia Cambogia Dual Action Fat Buster and Labrada
30 Apr 2020 Belviq, the brand name of lorcaserin, is a prescription weight-loss pill for alleged breach of implied warranty, deceptive acts, false advertising,
Jan 22, 2015 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 Jul 29, 2004
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
Santa Clara, CA: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against television celebrity Dr. Oz and Labrada Bodybuilding Nutrition Inc., alleging claims that weight loss products made by the defendants are false and misleading. Filed by Vera Woodard of California, the lawsuit states she was tricked into buying a number of nutritional products sold by former bodybuilding champion Lee Labrada' company, because they contained "magic ingredients"purported to be "revolutionary fat February 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Labrada Bodybuilding Nutrition, Dr. Oz, Harpo Productions, Sony, Naturex, and several other defendants for allegedly misleadingly marketing various weight-loss supplements – including Labrada Garcinia Cambogia DUAL ACTION FAT BUSTER, Labrada Green Coffee Bean Extract FAT LOSS OPTIMIZER, Labrada Raspberry Ketones METABOLIC ENHANCER, and Labrada FAT BUSTER FAT LOSS AID – as providing weight loss benefits when, according to plaintiffs
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.”
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. Oct 01, 2010 · The New Jersey Supreme Court handed a victory to both the plaintiffs and advocates of truth in advertising this week when it ruled that lawsuits against the maker of dietary supplement Relacore May 13, 2020 · A New York-based firm and its California client on Tuesday launched a proposed nationwide class action against Noom claiming that the weight-loss behemoth has been bilking trial-period customers
Mar 24, 2016 · A recent putative class action targets the makers of popular weight-loss supplements, including Green Coffee Bean Extract Fat Loss Optimizer, Raspberry Ketones Metabolic Enhancer and Garcinia
You may also contact the Settlement Administrator by emailing [email protected], or by writing to: Weight Loss Class Action Settlement, c/o Classaura Class Action Administration, 1718 Peachtree St The hearing was held to examine the need to protect consumers from false and deceptive advertising of weight-loss products. Lee Labrada, Labrada Bodybuilding Nutrition, Inc., and Labrada Nutritional Systems, Inc., makers of the capsules, moved for dismissal of the action, as did Naturex, Inc., which supplies Labrada with the key ingredient 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