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court remands NYC's false advertising case against oil companies to state court

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Here, the city successfully wins remand (and a fee award) in this opinion rejecting removal of its false advertising suit against Exxon, other fossil fuel companies, and their top trade association for violations of New York City’s Consumer Protection Law. Following a similar case, Connecticut v.

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"false association with EPA" claim can be brought by competitor

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For example, it was plausibly false/misleading to advertise that users handling one of the products “need not wear protective equipment.” There’s a magazine for pallets! I can only assume that there actually is a magazine for storage jars out there.] ISK challenged various ad claims; the court focused on a few.

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Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

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Second, a full-page print magazine ad that featured an image of a baby’s face with the sentence: “The Gerber Generation says ‘I love Mommy’s eyes, not her allergies.’ ” Smaller text below this line, next to an image of a GSG canister, stated: If you have allergies in your family, breastfeeding your baby can help reduce their risk.

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Drake and 21 Savage May Have More (Legal) Issues Than Vogue

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The magazine was part of a faux press tour rollout , including a fake NPR Tiny Desk Concert and a fake Saturday Night Live performance. Drake and 21 Savage jointly promoted the fake magazine on their Instagram with the caption: “Me and my brother on newsstands tomorrow!!

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

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One example was the November release of the Her Loss album by artists Drake and 21 Savage which included a fake Vogue magazine cover as part of the album artwork, as well as a fake version of Vogue magazine. On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

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26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. The consent judgment was a lump sum and, Princeton argued, included uncovered claims; most of the images fell within the 2017-18 period.

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50 Cents of Endorsement: gossip blog plausibly D's agent for purposes of false endorsement, right of publicity

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MedSpa repeatedly reposted the photo and shared it for articles published by a magazine and an online blog. Florida law prohibits the unauthorized publication of a person’s name or likeness for a commercial or advertising purpose without express written or oral consent. False advertising: Same. All the claims survived.