CATrends: Deceptive ‘Plant-Based’ Claims
A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
University of Rochester
Case Name (Date)
Fiacco et al. v. University of Rochester
24-cv-10777, N.D.N.Y.
(Aug. 2023)
Product/Service
University of Rochester
Allegations
Misrepresenting that the school safeguards students’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in May 2023
Status
Transferred to multidistrict litigation (In Re: MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3083)
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