January 01, 2024
Food and beverage attorneys have no shortage of interesting litigation to follow in 2024, from Starbucks' sprawling fight with employees who are determined to organize, to claims over heavy metals and "forever chemicals" contaminating food, and McDonald's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of no-poach clauses in franchisee agreements.
September 13, 2023
Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. urged a California federal judge Tuesday to toss a proposed class action alleging that the company mislabels its "Green Goodness" smoothies as made with 100% fruit juice when they actually contain harmful chemicals, saying the suit "stretches the bounds of liability beyond reason."
July 14, 2023
A proposed class of buyers is suing Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. in California federal court, alleging that it misleads consumers with the labels of its "Green Goodness" smoothies by claiming they're made with 100% fruit juice, when in reality they contain artificial and toxic "forever chemicals."