How a TINA.org Reader Tip Led to a Record Penalty for False Made in USA Claims
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
In December 2013, a federal judge decided it was the end of the road for plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit against Cogent Solutions Group in December 2012 for allegedly claiming that its supplement – Baxyl Hyaluronan – provides joint health and mobility without any support for such claims. The judge, who, in technical terms, granted the company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, determined that the plaintiffs failed to allege several things in their complaint, including:
For more details regarding the judge’s decision, click here to read the official decision.
(Hoffman et al v. Cogent Solutions Group, LLC, Case No. 13-cv-00079, D. NJ.).
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