
FDA Sends Amazon a Warning Letter
At issue is company’s distribution of products illegally marketed as drugs.
July 2018: This case was sent back to state court because the $5 million amount in controversy requirement for the federal court to have jurisdiction has not been met.
2018: A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Cameron’s Coffee and Distribution Company for allegedly misleadingly marketing its Cameron’s Coffee BetterBrew Eco Coffee Pods as being 100% compostable, environmentally friendly, and generating less waste when, according to the complaint, the pods are only compostable in commercial composting facilities. The lawsuit was originally filed in state court in January 2018 and transferred to federal court in February 2018. (Kelly et al v. Cameron’s Coffee and Distribution Company, Case No. 18-cv-146, W.D. Mo.)
At issue is company’s distribution of products illegally marketed as drugs.
The case may be resolved but what will deceived consumers get out of the deal?
Canned water company signs a landmark endorsement deal with a “hydration assistant.”
The impact of a celebrity endorsement.
Rina Raphael, Los Angeles Times