SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
SAN DIEGO — California consumers won final approval of their $58 million settlement with CoreLogic Credco, which issued allegedly inaccurate credit reports. The settlement includes $14 million in attorney fees.
MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit upheld a New York federal court’s 22-year sentencing of a man who sexually abused his then-girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter. The evidence supported enhancing his sentence because he held a position of trust over the victim, he destroyed text messages and explicit photos he made the girl send, and he failed to even admit to having intercourse with her, though she estimates it happened some 400 times over 18 months.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of consumers’ class action against Mars and Starbucks over Dove Dark Chocolate products, which allegedly misled buyers into believing the chocolates were made without employing child slave labor or contributing to rainforest deforestation. Dismissal was proper because the chocolates do not represent that Rainforest Alliance Certified farms avoid deforestation or the use of child labor.
