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Western Sugar Cooperative et al v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company et al

  1. November 20, 2015

    Sugar, Corn Syrup Makers Settle $1B False Ad Row Mid-Trial

    The sugar industry and makers of high-fructose corn syrup announced a mid-trial settlement Friday in their $1.1 billion California federal court battle over whether syrup makers misled consumers by touting their product as a natural sugar equivalent.

  2. November 16, 2015

    Sugar Industry Wraps $1B False Ad Case Against Syrup Rivals

    C&H and other sugar refiners questioned their final witness Monday in their $1.1 billion suit against high fructose corn syrup makers, wrapping up their case-in-chief in a California federal trial over whether corn syrup makers falsely advertised their product as a natural sugar equivalent.

  3. November 13, 2015

    Sugar Refiners Make $1B Damages Claim Against Corn Cos.

    A marketing campaign from high fructose corn syrup manufacturers including Archer-Daniels Midland yielded a price bump worth $1.1 billion, an agricultural economist testified Friday in a California federal false advertising trial brought by the sugar industry against the rival sweetener.

  4. November 10, 2015

    Corn Syrup Has 'Infiltrated' Food, Yale Doctor Tells Jury

    A Yale University medical professor testified for sugar refiners Tuesday in their $1.1 billion California false advertising suit against makers of high fructose corn syrup, saying the relatively new sweetener has "infiltrated foods that people don't expect to be sweet."

  5. November 09, 2015

    Corn Syrup Ads Countered 'Orchestrated Attack,' Jury Hears

    The high-fructose corn syrup industry launched its "sugar is sugar" campaign to combat an "orchestrated attack" of negative publicity by the sugar industry, an Archer Daniels Midland official testified Monday during a trial in a $1.1 billion false advertising suit in California between the sweetener rivals.

  6. November 06, 2015

    Corn Syrup 'Pitbull' Denies Group Is A Front For Industry

    The hired PR "pitbull" for corn refiners denied a nonprofit he operates is a front for the industry's claims that high fructose corn syrup is a natural sugar equivalent during testimony played Friday in a $1.1 billion false advertising trial in California court.

  7. November 04, 2015

    Corn Syrup Not 'Crack,' Jury Told As $1B False Ad Trial Opens

    Archer-Daniels Midland and other high-fructose corn syrup makers defended themselves Wednesday at the start of a $1.1 billion California federal jury trial over claims they falsely advertised their product as a natural sugar equivalent, rejecting sugar makers' claims that corn syrup is the "crack cocaine" of sweeteners.

  8. November 02, 2015

    Sugar Cos. Blast 'Last-Minute' Filing For Corn Syrup Trial

    Sugar companies targeting Archer-Daniels Midland and other high-fructose corn syrup manufacturers said Monday their adversaries waited until too close to the start of an upcoming false advertising trial in California to seek clarification on whether they can use non-expert evidence on the use of the term "natural."

  9. November 02, 2015

    All Eyes On Expert Testimony In Corn Syrup False Ad Trial

    The sugar industry will square off Tuesday against trade group Corn Refiners Association in the first high profile Lanham Act trial over the controversial sweetener high fructose corn syrup. Attorneys say that the trial marks an important false advertising dispute because there is enough lingering scientific controversy over the sweeteners that expert witnesses could play a major role in persuading the jury. Here, Law360 takes a look at the case in advance of the trial.

  10. October 15, 2015

    Corn Syrup Makers Denied Sanctions Over Ex-Squire Atty

    A California federal judge refused to sanction sugar companies accusing corn syrup producers of deceptively referring to their corn syrup as "corn sugar" in an order posted Thursday, rejecting allegations that a former Squire Patton Boggs LLP attorney was working the suit in violation of an order disqualifying the firm.

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