Los Angeles Class Actions Law Blog

When a company alleges that their spread is made with quality ingredients such as skim milk, hazelnuts, and maybe some coco, many mothers would be under the impression they were treating their children to a notorious breakfast spread. Well, it would be a bit of a shock when upon closer inspection those same mothers came to realize that these "quality ingredients" amounted to 200 calories in just two tablespoons. Deceptive advertising is at the center of a class-action lawsuit that was recently settled in California over the chocolate-hazelnut spread, Nutella.

Some mothers in Southern California banned together in fighting back against the deceptive advertising, and it paid off in the form of a class-action settlement. As part of the settlement, the company that makes Nutella is offering customers that purchased the candy-bar-like spread between Jan. 1, 2008 and Feb. 3, 2012 up to $20 refunded upon filing a claim.

Illegal practices on the part of companies, including social media platforms, can defraud in excess of hundreds of individuals in California. Consumers can protect themselves by banning together in a class-action lawsuit.

Often class-action lawsuits come about when parents are concerned about the protection of their minor children, and rightfully so. Facebook is now facing a class-action lawsuit due to their issuance of Facebook credits to minors without properly ensuring, according to the class, that their parents knew the children were purchasing said credits.

It is no secret in California that the economy has hit hard times in recent years. Residents all over California and across the rest of the United States are feeling the painful aftermath of this recession as wallets thin and pockets tighten. Many people are faced with not only job loss and financial cut backs but even foreclosure in some cases.

A lawsuit has been filed against the fraudulent sale of tax liens in New Jersey. A woman that has diligently been fighting to keep possession of her home in the face of foreclosure, along with her daughter, has fought for class-action status in this case.

A consumer class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google on behalf of consumers that maintained their Google accounts after a new privacy policy was enacted on March 1. Class status could be granted to those that updated their Google accounts or owned Google devices with Google accounts from Aug. 19, 2004 to Feb. 29, 1012.

Google used to maintain a privacy policy that stated Google would never provide a consumer's information from one service to another service without the consumer's permission. Now, however, Google is facing class-action lawsuits in multiple states, including California, over changes to their new privacy policy.