July 31, 2012
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday approved a $3 million settlement offer by Ferrero USA Inc. to resolve consumer claims over allegedly misleading ads for its Nutella spread, after class members objected to the proportion of a previous $5.5 million proposal that was earmarked for class counsel.
June 15, 2012
A $5.5 million settlement proposal over allegedly misleading ads for Ferrero USA Inc.'s Nutella spread has prompted a spate of objections from class members, who say it benefits plaintiffs' lawyers much more than it does them, ahead of a July 9 approval hearing in New Jersey federal court.
January 11, 2012
Ferrero USA Inc., the New Jersey-based maker of Nutella, agreed Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to customers and revise its multimedia ad campaign touting the creamy, sweet chocolate hazelnut spread as a healthy breakfast item to settle a class action claiming its ads are misleading.
October 20, 2011
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss or transfer to California a putative class action against Ferrero USA Inc. alleging it falsely marketed Nutella as healthy, rejecting an argument by California-based intervenors that two similar suits were pending there.
August 16, 2011
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Tuesday refused a New Jersey consumer's bid to consolidate three class actions alleging Ferrero USA Inc. falsely marketed its popular Nutella spread as healthy.