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Enzo Forcellati v. Hylands Inc et al

  1. October 17, 2016

    Hyland's To Pay Refunds, $2.9M In Fees To End False Ad Row

    Hyland's Inc. will reimburse customers for certain children's medicines and pay $2.9 million in attorneys' fees to resolve a class action accusing the company of falsely advertising the products were effective in treating cold and flu symptoms, according to documents filed Friday in California federal court.

  2. February 18, 2016

    Hyland's Halts Theory Swap In Snake Oil Suit

    Consumers behind a proposed class action accusing Hyland's Inc. of selling bogus cold and flu remedies propped up by the "pseudoscience" of homeopathy can't abruptly abandon that theory to more broadly characterize the treatments as mere placebos, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  3. January 06, 2016

    Hyland's False Ad Suit Always About Fake Drugs, Class Says

    Consumers suing Hyland’s Inc. over what they say are falsely labeled cold and flu products that don’t actually work have told a California federal judge that despite the company’s contention they’ve shifted their argument away from homeopathy, the class action has been about ineffective “placebo” products all along.

  4. December 14, 2015

    Hyland's Says False Advertising Class Can't Change Argument

    Consumers in a false advertising suit who argue that certain Hyland's Inc. products don't work because homeopathy is a pseudoscience can't now switch their argument to say the drugs are fake after a similar class action lost at trial, the company told a California federal judge on Friday.

  5. October 21, 2015

    Trial Will Be About Fake Drugs, Not Homeopathy, Class Says

    Consumers heading into a false advertising class action against Hyland's Inc. urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to let the homeopathic remedy company focus the trial on the general merits of homeopathy, saying their case narrowly focuses on six specific Hyland's products they say are ineffective.

  6. October 16, 2015

    Homeopathic Co. Says Buyers Bear Burden At Upcoming Trial

    Homeopathic maker Hyland's Inc. told a California federal court Friday to keep the burden of showing its remedies are totally ineffective on the class of consumers in an upcoming false advertising trial, while the consumers told the court they need not prove the effects were more than placebo.

  7. January 13, 2015

    Cold Medicine Co. Can't Escape False Ad Suit

    A California federal judge on Monday denied Hylands Inc.'s bid to escape a class action alleging that it misrepresents that its homeopathic products fight colds and influenza quickly and effectively, saying that the claims aren't preempted by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

  8. April 10, 2014

    Class Cert. Granted In Cold Medicine Marketing Row

    A California federal judge on Wednesday certified a nationwide class of consumers in a suit claiming Hyland's Inc. misrepresented that its homeopathic products fight colds and flus quickly and effectively, while they allegedly actually have no medicinal value.