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Environmental

Mar. 23, 2010

Judge: Fiji Suit Doesn't Hold Water

A San Francisco judge threw out a proposed class action that alleged FIJI Water Co. falsely marketed its bottled water as being environmentally friendly.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has thrown out a potential class action suit against Fiji Water Co. alleging that it falsely marketed its bottled water as being environmentally friendly.

The case was one of the first of its kind to take aim at the growing number of companies that tout their products - sometimes inaccurately - as "green."

Attorneys for pla...

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