July 10, 2015
Johnson & Johnson has settled a proposed class action claiming the company used false advertising for its Benecol butter and margarine substitute, following a Ninth Circuit decision that said the product's "No Trans Fat" label was misleading.
September 19, 2012
Johnson & Johnson did not defraud consumers when advertising that its Benecol butter and margarine substitute reduces cholesterol and contains no trans fat, a California federal judge held Tuesday, dismissing a proposed class action against the pharmaceutical giant.
June 17, 2011
Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary were hit with a putative class action in California on Tuesday accusing the companies of making false health claims about their margarinelike spread Benecol.