In another major win for California consumers, George S. Azadian and Ani Azadian have recently settled a price-switching class action case against Starbucks Corp. This case (Sarah Martin, et al. v. Starbucks Corp., et al., Case No. BC582335) alleged that Starbucks was overcharging customers for some breakfast sandwiches. Preliminary approval for the settlement was granted… Read More
Lunada Biomedical, Inc. (Lunada) has recently agreed to pay a $40 million settlement to resolve a federal false advertising case related to Amberen, a dietary supplement. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lunada – the marketing company responsible for Amberen’s ads – made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about this supplement for menopausal women over… Read More
In 2015, federal authorities received at least 3 million complaints from consumers regarding allegedly illegal business practices, according to a recent announcement from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This represents a nearly 17 percent increase from the number of consumer complaints filed with the FTC in 2014, when roughly 2.5 million consumers filed complaints with… Read More