Walmart
TINA.org investigations into Walmart have revealed that the retail giant repeatedly engaged in false and deceptive Made in USA marketing on its website, and used undisclosed stealth marketing directed at…
Kona Coffee
May 2019: The Bond case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. Also in May, plaintiffs in the Corker case filed an amended complaint bringing similar allegations.
February-March 2019: Two class-action lawsuits were filed against several coffee distributors, wholesalers, and retailers – including Walmart, Costco, Bed Bath & Beyond, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls – for allegedly falsely labeling products as Kona coffee so that consumers think the coffee is grown in the Kona district on the Big Island of Hawaii when, according to plaintiffs, the products contain little to no Kona coffee. Click on the links below to read each complaint.
- Bond et al v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al, Case No. 19-cv-305, W. D. WA.
- Corker et al v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al, Case No. 19-cv-290, W. D. WA.
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February 2020: This case was transferred to federal court. (Case No. 20-cv-288, S.D. Cal.) January 2020: A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Bed Bath & Beyond for allegedly…
Bed Bath & Beyond’s Egyptian Cotton Bed Sheets
October 2017: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled., the reasons for which have not been…
Bed Bath & Beyond’s 100% Egyptian Cotton Bed Linens
In January 2017, another false advertising lawsuit was filed against Bed Bath & Beyond for allegedly falsely labeling Welspun bed linens as being 100% Egyptian Cotton when they were not.…
Bed Bath & Beyond’s 100% Egyptian Cotton Sheets
In October 2016, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Bed Bath & Beyond for allegedly falsely marketing certain Damask sheets as being 100% Egyptian Cotton when such claims are not…
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