Litigation
Nov. 29, 2014
Merck wards off class action over advertising practices
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. successfully warded off a class action over allegedly false advertising practices related to its Coppertone line of sunscreen products.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. successfully warded off a class action over allegedly false advertising practices related to its Coppertone line of sunscreen products.
In tossing the case Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Southern District of California ruled that the plaintiffs overreached and suggested a remedy that would expand Food and Drug Administration labeling requi...
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