Principal Law:

State Law—Fraud

10 Cases found

Dorris v. Danone Waters of America

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: First amended class action complaint filed. [ 01/05/2023 ]
Description: Greenwashing class action lawsuit alleging that manufacturer and seller of Evian Natural Spring Water bottled water made false and misleading representations that the product was “carbon neutral.”

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.

Dwyer v. Allbirds, Inc.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 04/18/2022 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging that shoe company made misleading claims regarding the environmental impacts of its wool shoes as well as misleading animal welfare claims.

Masters v. Obama

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 12/15/2017 ]
Description: Pro se action against President Obama and other defendants alleging that they knowingly lied about the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and damaged the plaintiff's career.

Swartz v. Coca-Cola Co.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted with leave to file an amended complaint. [ 11/18/2022 ]
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.

State v. American Petroleum Institute

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Response filed by appellants to Minnesota's citation of supplemental authority (Third Circuit decision in Hoboken/Delaware cases). [ 08/31/2022 ]
Description: Action brought by Minnesota against members of the fossil fuel industry for allegedly causing climate change harms by misleading the public by downplaying the threat of climate change and the role of their products in causing climate change.

People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Motion to intervene and cross-motion to submit an amicus curiae brief denied. [ 02/27/2020 ]
Description: Action alleging fraudulent scheme by Exxon Mobil Corporation to deceive investors about the company's management of risks posed by climate change regulation.

Barnett v. Chicago Climate Futures Exchange LLC

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Ill. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/14/2011 ]
Description: Lawsuit against founder of Chicago Climate Futures Exchange for allegedly luring companies into buying trading privileges.

United States Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Super. Ct.
Status: Unopposed motion filed by Competitive Enterprise Institute for leave to file notice of supplemental authority in support of its special motion to dismiss, motion for sanctions, and motion for costs and attorney’s fees. [ 10/17/2016 ]
Description: United States Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General sought documents from Competitive Enterprise Institute as part of its investigation of alleged climate change-related fraud on the part of ExxonMobil.