Aveeno® Natural Sunscreen Products

June 2017: This case was administratively closed because the parties reached a settlement agreement and asked for 30 days to memorialize the agreement in writing. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

Later in June, the case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed.

February 2014: An amended complaint making the same allegations (i.e., sunscreen products are marketed as natural when they contain unnatural, synthetic ingredients) was filed.

October 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. for allegedly falsely representing that its products –including the Aveeno® Brand Natural Protection Sunscreen Products – are “natural” when the products actually contained synthetic ingredients. (Langan et al. v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Case No. 13-cv-01470, D. CT.).

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