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maintaining outdated article on website about former supplier wasn't false association

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Whole Foods began purchasing small quantities of basil from them and selling the product in Whole Foods Market stores in the San Diego area in 2007. False advertising: Plaintiffs didn’t plausibly plead a false or misleading statement in a commercial advertisement or promotion.

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“it appears difficult for a defendant, innocent or not, to defend himself in a claim for disgorgement of profits"

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29, 2024) Previously, after a bench trial, the court found Albion liable for falsely advertising its caulk dispensing guns as “Made in the USA.” After more evidence, the court found that Albion adequately supported its unclean-hands defense—that Newborn had also made false USA origin claims—until early 2007.

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Cracks in the foundation: Laches and proximate cause defeat auto glass false advertising claim

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In 2007, ANSI approved windshield industry repair standards, the Repair of Laminated Automotive Glass Standards (ROLAGS), that stated windshield cracks up to fourteen inches are repairable. Safelite counterclaimed for trade secret theft not related to advertising. can be safe and is viable.”