March 03, 2014
A California federal judge said Friday that the attorneys' fees requested by the plaintiff in a false advertising class action against The J.M. Smucker Co. were "grossly excessive," awarding lawyers a fraction of the $3.3 million they were purportedly owed.
June 21, 2013
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that the lead plaintiff in a false advertising class action against The J.M. Smucker Co. is entitled to an award of millions of dollars in attorneys' fees even though she was removed from the case after filing bankruptcy.
October 26, 2012
A California federal judge on Tuesday booted the lead plaintiff from a class action accusing J.M. Smucker Co. of falsely marketing products full of hydrogenated oils as healthy after her individual claims were settled, against her wishes, by her Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee.
September 13, 2011
A proposed class of J.M. Smucker Co. customers moved for certification Monday in a suit accusing the company of using buzzwords such as "all-vegetable" and "wholesome" to market what are actually unhealthy products full of hydrogenated oils.