Anheuser-Busch
Allegations: Preventing consumers from leaving negative reviews on its website and app
Anheuser-Busch Malt Beverages
June 2013: These two cases were transferred to a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in Ohio to be heard with other similar cases. Click here to learn more about the MDL. (In Re: Anheuser-Busch Beer Labeling Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2448)
February 2013: Two class-action lawsuits were filed against Anheuser-Busch in February 2013 alleging that the company mislabels the alcohol content in several of its malt beverages, including Budweiser, Bud Ice, Bud Light Platinum, Michelob, MIchelob Ultra, Hurricane High Gravity Lager, King Cobra, Busch Ice, Natural Ice, Black Crown, and Bud Light Lime. Specifically, the complaints allege that consumers receive watered down beer containing less alcohol than is stated on the beers’ labels. Click on the links below to read each complaint.
- Greenberg et al v. Anheuser-Busch Cos., LLC, Case No. 13-cv-01016, E. D. PA.
- Wilson v. Anheuser-Busch Cos., LLC, Case No. 13-cv-01122, D. N.J.
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Ritas Margarita, Mojito, Rosé, and Sangria Drinks
Allegations: Falsely advertising the alcohol in Ritas drinks
Veza Sur Beer
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that Veza Sur is a craft beer made in Miami with Latin roots when it is not a craft beer and has no authentic Latin roots and…
Bud Light Platinum Hard Seltzer
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that beverages are made with agave to make consumers think they contain agave spirits when the ingredients list reveals they actually contain agave syrup as a sweetener
Cacti Agave Spiked Seltzer
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that beverages are made with agave to make consumers think they contain agave spirits when the ingredients list reveals they actually contain agave syrup as a sweetener
Beck’s Non-Alcoholic Beer
Allegations: Falsely advertising that beverages don’t contain any alcohol
Ritas Beverages
Leffe Beer
Busch Beer
Bud Light Lime-A-Rita
Beck’s Beer
Anheuser-Busch Beers
Kirin® Beer
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