December 10, 2015
A class that reached a $20 million settlement in a false advertising suit against Anheuser-Busch over Beck's beer slammed the counsel of a class member who objected to the deal, accusing him of objecting for the sole purpose of receiving a payoff.
December 01, 2015
An attorney representing an objector to a $20 million settlement in a false advertising suit against Anheuser-Busch over Beck's beer asked a Florida federal judge not to sanction him on Monday, urging the judge to reject class counsels' claim he is holding up the deal in hopes of a payoff.
October 21, 2015
A Florida federal judge gave final approval Tuesday of a settlement of up to $20 million to be paid by Anheuser-Busch after it was accused by a putative class of consumers of marketing domestically brewed Beck's beer as a German import, class counsel confirmed.
October 16, 2015
Beer drinkers claiming Anheuser-Busch marketed domestically brewed Beck's beer as a German import lashed out in Florida federal court Thursday at two objectors to the parties' uncapped settlement, claiming their attorneys are stalling the deal in hopes of a payday.
June 19, 2015
Anheuser-Busch LLC agreed to an uncapped settlement to partially refund Beck's beer buyers and change the beer's labels in a proposal filed in Florida federal court on Thursday asking the court to finish off a putative class action claiming the brewer misled consumers into thinking the suds were a German import.
May 01, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Thursday said Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC has been unable to reach a settlement in a proposed class action accusing the company of tricking consumers into thinking Beck's beer is brewed in Germany, and sent the suit to mediation.
September 05, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Friday left standing most of a putative class action suit against Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC, ruling that the consumers' claims that the company misled them into believing their Missouri-brewed Beck's beer was from Germany were adequately pled.