July 16, 2020
Molson Coors delivered some sobering words to rival Anheuser-Busch on Wednesday in their fight over Bud Light ads claiming some Molson Coors-produced beers are made with corn syrup, urging a Wisconsin federal court to consider a permanent injunction to prevent more ads it says are "deliberately deceiving consumers."
October 23, 2019
Anheuser-Busch is seeking to end a lawsuit filed by MillerCoors over Bud Light ads that claim Miller Lite and Coors Light are made with corn syrup, saying it has conducted testing that proves the rival beers actually contain the sweetener.
October 17, 2019
Seven months after MillerCoors filed a false advertising lawsuit over Bud Light ads that claim Miller Lite and Coors Light contain corn syrup, Anheuser-Busch is firing back by accusing the rival of stealing beer recipes and other trade secrets.
October 07, 2019
A Wisconsin federal judge on Monday denied a bid by MillerCoors LLC to get additional documents from Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC in their battle over a group of ads claiming MillerCoors' beers contain corn syrup.
September 04, 2019
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Anheuser-Busch must phase out beer packaging that says Bud Light contains "No Corn Syrup," the latest ruling in a false advertising battle filed over attack ads aimed at rivals Miller Lite and Coors Light.
May 28, 2019
A federal judge sided with MillerCoors last week and ordered Anheuser-Busch to shut down portions of a Bud Light ad campaign that says Miller Lite and Coors Light are made using corn syrup. Here’s what got banned, what didn’t and everything else you need to know about the decision.
April 19, 2019
Bud Light is fighting back against a lawsuit filed by MillerCoors over commercials that say Miller Lite and Coors Light are made with corn syrup, urging a federal judge not to issue an "extraordinary" ruling pulling the "truthful" ads from the air.
March 28, 2019
MillerCoors on Thursday asked a federal judge for an order barring Anheuser-Busch from airing Bud Light commercials that say Miller Lite and Coors Light are made with corn syrup, warning that the ads are causing "disgust" among consumers and doing permanent damage to the company's image.
March 22, 2019
It might be literally true that MillerCoors uses corn syrup to make Miller Lite and Coors Light, as Anheuser-Busch is claiming in advertisements for Bud Light. But for the purposes of an impending legal battle over those ads, it also might not matter.
March 21, 2019
MillerCoors is suing rival Anheuser-Busch over a Super Bowl ad for Bud Light that claimed Miller Lite and Coors Light contained corn syrup, calling it false advertising "designed to frighten consumers."