CATrends: Fake Discounts on Fitness Products
When the sale price is the regular price.
Spindel et al. v. Gorton’s Inc.
22-cv-10599, D. Mass.
(April 2022)
Gorton’s Grilled Tilapia
Falsely marketing fish as “sustainably sourced” when the tilapia comes from industrial farms that use unsustainable practices that destroy the environment and are inhumane
Settled
(Voluntarily dismissed)
When the sale price is the regular price.
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
Order puts platforms like Amazon and Walmart on notice.
Advertised “best deal ever” comes with some caveats.
Cecilia D’Anastasio, Bloomberg