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Allegations: Falsely marketing products as 100% plant-based when they contain synthetic, non-plant ingredients
Multiple class-action lawsuits regarding the marketing of Band-Aid bandages were consolidated to be heard together. Click here and here to see the orders consolidating the cases. More information on the lead case is below.
Aronstein et al. v. Kenvue Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
24-cv-4665, D.N.J.
(April 2024)
Band-Aid
Misleadingly marketing products as safe, healthy, sustainable, made with the “best ingredients,” environmentally friendly, and committed to the health of consumers, communities and the planet when they contain harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs)
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Allegations: Falsely marketing products as 100% plant-based when they contain synthetic, non-plant ingredients
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as plant based
Allegations: Failing to warn consumers that regularly using the product causes the proliferation of certain cancer-causing bacteria
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “Preservative-Free”
Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that products were safe when they contained, or were at risk of containing, the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain high levels of the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Falsely marketing that phenylephrine products treat congestion and other cold and flu symptoms
Allegations: Falsely marketing that phenylephrine products treat congestion and other cold and flu symptoms
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion and other sinus issues
Allegations: Falsely marketing that phenylephrine products treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that phenylephrine products treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines are decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing the products treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely advertising sunscreens as waterproof
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing medicines as decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing medicines as nasal decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines relieve nasal congestion and sinus pressure
Allegations: Falsely marketing medicines as nasal decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing that phenylephrine products treat congestion and other cold and flu symptoms
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines relieve nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing medicines as decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing medicines as decongestants
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal decongestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat sinus pressure and nasal congestion
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat congestion and other sinus issues
Allegations: Falsely marketing that medicines treat nasal decongestion
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as specially made for babies when they contain the same formulation as the adult versions
Allegations: Falsely advertising that products provide faster relief than other acetaminophen products
Allegations: Misleadingly labeling products as containing no trans fats and being safe for human consumption when the spreads contain partially hydrogenated oils, which are trans fats that increase the risk…
Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Products contain more melatonin than advertised
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing medicines as “non-drowsy” when an ingredient in them causes drowsiness
Allegations: Marketing products as safe without disclosing that they contain a harmful heavy metal
Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain the carcinogen benzophenone
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products “help[] ease occasional gas & stomach discomfort” associated with colic and hiccups in newborns when none of the ingredients have been shown to provide the…
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that Tylenol rapid release products work faster than other products when they don’t
Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain the carcinogen benzophenone
Allegations: Falsely representing that products smooth, nourish, soften, repair and revive hair without disclosing that ingredients in the products cause significant hair loss and irritate the scalp
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products will smooth, nourish, soften, repair and revive hair without disclosing that they contain an ingredient – DMDM hydantoin – that causes hair loss and scalp irritation
Allegations: Misleadingly advertising that supplements prevent, treat, cure and mitigate lactose intolerance without FDA approval to make such claims
Allegations: Failing to disclose sunscreens contain the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that powders contain a dangerous ingredient
Allegations: Failing to disclose sunscreens contain the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: False natural claims
Allegations: Failing to disclose sunscreens contain the carcinogen benzene
Allegations: Falsely marketing the products are safe and “free of asbestos”
Allegations: False natural and chemical-free claims
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