all - Opinion Summaries

The Evergreen Association, Inc. v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, False Advertising, Health Law
The district court's order granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining Local Law No. 17, which requires pregnancy services...

Ross v. Roberts

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleges that they misappropriated plaintiff's name and identity for their own...

Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms

Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's judgment dismissing this class action is affirmed, where the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, which governs the...

Ferguson v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law, False Advertising
The district court's partial denial of defendants' motion to compel arbitration as to plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief under California’s...

Chapman v. Skype, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a class action alleging that defendant advertises its voice over Internet protocol calling plans as "Unlimited" when, in fact, the plans...

Simpson v. The Kroger Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
Dismissal of plaintiff's action alleging that products sold in defendant's supermarkets, which combine butter with canola oil or olive oil, are...

Carrera v. Bayer Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law
The certification of a class of consumers who purchased defendant's One-A-Day WeightSmart diet supplement in Florida is vacated and remanded, where:...

Zhang v. Superior Court (California Capital Insurance Company)

Commercial Law, Contracts, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Although Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Companies bars private actions for unfair insurance practices under the Unfair Insurance Practices Act...

Watkins v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
The district court's sua sponte order remanding this putative class action to state court is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the court has appellate...

ONY, Inc. v. Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendants' article, and the distribution of selections from it, violates the Lanham Act and...