Principal Law:

California False Advertising Law

8 Cases found

Blackburn v. Etsy, Inc.

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted with leave to amend statutory claims. [ 10/12/2023 ]
Description: Greenwashing lawsuit alleging that Etsy made false representations regarding its offsetting of carbon emissions from its shipping activities.

People v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Notice of entry filed of order granting petition for coordination. [ 02/07/2024 ]
Description: State of California's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies alleging that the defendants' concealed and misrepresented the risks of climate change and delayed a societal response to address climate change.

People v. Southern California Gas Co.

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Attorney general and SoCalGas agreed to consent judgment. [ 08/11/2023 ]
Description: Action alleging that defendant misled consumers about the environmental attributes of natural gas.

Berrin v. Delta Air Lines Inc.

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/30/2023 ]
Description: Greenwashing class action lawsuit alleging that Delta misrepresented itself as a carbon-neutral airline.

Peterson v. Glad Products Co.

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 07/17/2023 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing of "recyclable" trash bags.

Woolard v. Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/28/2022 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit claiming that defendants made misleading representations that trash bags were recyclable.

Swartz v. Coca-Cola Co.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Second amended complaint filed. [ 08/17/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Coca-Cola's advertising, marketing, and sale of water in plastic bottles labeled as "100% recyclable" constitutes unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices.

Last Beach Cleanup v. TerraCycle, Inc.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Settlement agreement announced. [ 11/15/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that defendants engage in unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices by marketing products and packaging made from single-use plastics and other difficult-to-recycle materials as recyclable.