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Litigation

Dec. 14, 2012

Judge denies Avon's request to toss suit

A federal judge denied cosmetics company Avon Products Inc.'s effort to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of testing foreign-market products on animals despite the company's claims that it tests none of its products on animals.

By Ben Adlin
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal judge denied cosmetics company Avon Products Inc.'s effort to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of testing foreign-market products on animals despite the company's claims that it tests none of its products on animals. Plaintiff Marina Beltran filed a putative class action in March alleging that Avon employs animal testing for its overseas products, some of which are marketed in countries that she claims require the testing. Ha...

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