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False advertising-based antitrust claims against Facebook survive motion to dismiss

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14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets.

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Kentucky bourbon distilled in Indiana?

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Fresh Bourbon allegedly falsely advertises that Fresh Bourbon is the “first black-owned bourbon distillery in Kentucky,” and makes other related false claims, which is allegedly false because it’s not a distillery, which requires both federal (TTB) and Kentucky (KABC) licenses. POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.,

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gold buyer's "up to 90%" payment claims were plausibly misleading

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The parties compete in the market for buying gold from ordinary people. The Today Show received the highest offer from Defendant, which offered 90% of market value. The Today Show received the highest offer from Defendant, which offered 90% of market value.

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Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

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Further, internal communications showed that Gerber actively endeavored to make an allergy claim with these ads: Gerber asked its advertisers in a “communications brief” to “[c]reate a strong link between GSG. Gerber’s marketing team described “being challenged to find ways to push the envelope with bringing the allergy message forward.”

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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

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This is fine, but it deviates from courts’ efforts over the years to come up with multi-factor variations specific to keyword advertising. For example, 9th Circuit courts used the “Internet trinity” factors in the 2000s, and then switched in 2011 to a unique four-factor test from the Network Automation. LoanStreet v.

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"One a Day" plausibly misleads when consumers need to take more than one to get full benefit

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10-CV-1662, 2011 WL 13224118 (E.D. July 22, 2011)). Bayer AG, No. 17-CV-647, 2017 WL 3168525 (N.D. July 26, 2017), vacated and remanded, 742 F. App’x 325 (9th Cir. 2018); and Howard v. Bayer Corp., But, under Mantikas v. Kellogg Co., 3d 633 (2d Cir. The interpretation “one serving a day,” by contrast, was “a stretch.” “An

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

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But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. In light of the size of the food market, that’s a bit hard to credit. So, did Industria satisfy Lexmark ?