By Ilana Morady
A class action lawsuit filed this month in the Central District of California claims that Frito-Lay has engaged in misleading advertising, unfair competition, and breach of express warranty by marketing Tostitos and SunChips as made with “all natural” ingredients. The heart of the lawsuit centers on the claim that the popular snack foods are not made of …
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By Jeryl L. Olson and Eric E. Boyd
The Department of Energy announced on November 16 that the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven public/private carbon sequestration partnerships throughout the country, had completed an analysis of the capacity of the region to permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. DOE Announcement The analysis indicates that…
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By Ilana Morady
On September 13, 2011, The ChicoBag Company (“ChicoBag”), a reusable bag manufacturer, and Hilex Poly Company (“Hilex Poly”), the nation’s largest one-use plastic bag manufacturer, settled an unfair competition suit brought by Hilex Poly against ChicoBag.
Earlier this year, Hilex Poly filed a complaint in U.S. District Court of the District of South Carolina alleging that ChicoBag…
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By Ilana R. Morady
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds, has been advertising its Natural American Spirit cigarettes as earth friendly, additive-free, and organically grown. Consumer groups have been less than pleased with the company’s “green” marketing. While the tobacco used to make the cigarettes may be grown in an ecologically responsible manner, the “green” claims…
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