White Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
October 2020: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim finding that reasonable consumers would not be misled into believing that the product contains white chocolate.…
Kelly et al. v. The Hershey Co.
23-cv-2977, M.D. Fla.
(Dec. 2023)
Reese’s shaped candies, including pumpkins, ghosts, bats, footballs, snowmen, and others
Falsely representing on product packaging that several shapes contain carved out artistic designs when there are no carvings on the actual products
Pending
October 2020: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim finding that reasonable consumers would not be misled into believing that the product contains white chocolate.…
February 2018: A federal judge granted The Hershey Company’s motion for summary judgment finding that the named plaintiff failed to show that the allegedly deceptive practice caused him injury because…
Several of this year’s Super Bowl advertisers have run into legal trouble for alleged deceptive marketing.
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Pieces in cups are but fragments of those advertised.