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IN RE: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC., PEPPER PRODUCTS MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION

  1. June 05, 2020

    Attys Bag Over $1M From $2.5M McCormick Slack-Fill Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday awarded roughly $1.1 million in attorney fees and expenses as part of a $2.5 million settlement to resolve a consumer class action alleging McCormick & Co. Inc. underfilled pepper sold in grinders and tins.

  2. April 21, 2020

    Class Attys Seek $1M Award In McCormick Slack-Fill Suit

    The attorneys who secured a $2.5 million deal in a D.C. federal court to settle consumer class action claims that McCormick & Co. Inc. underfilled pepper sold in grinders and tins are now seeking an award of $1.09 million in attorney fees and expenses.

  3. January 27, 2020

    McCormick's $2.5M Deal In Slack-Fill Suit Gets Interim Nod

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of a $2.5 million deal proposed by three state consumer classes to settle claims against McCormick & Co. Inc. in multidistrict litigation that accuses the spice manufacturer of underfilling pepper sold in grinders and tins.

  4. July 10, 2019

    3 State Classes Certified In McCormick Slack-Fill Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday granted class certification to three state consumer protection classes with claims against McCormick & Co. Inc., in a multidistrict litigation accusing the company and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of hiding that they had reduced the amount of pepper sold in grinders and tins.

  5. April 10, 2017

    McCormick, Wal-Mart Seek To Grind Up Pepper Antitrust Suit

    McCormick & Co. Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. asked a Washington, D.C., federal court on Friday to boot a reworked proposed class action alleging a conspiracy between McCormick and retailers to deceptively reduce the amount of pepper in its products, saying the claims have no place in an antitrust suit.

  6. October 25, 2016

    McCormick Can't Crush Class Suit Over Pepper Tins Just Yet

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday appeared icy to McCormick & Co. Inc.'s bid to toss a putative false advertising class action over the alleged underfilling of its pepper containers, saying the condiment giant's various legal arguments should wait for the class certification phase.

  7. October 17, 2016

    McCormick Can't Flee Rival's Underfilled-Container Suit

    McCormick & Co. lost a bid Monday to escape a false advertising suit lodged by competitor Watkins Inc. over the alleged underfilling of its pepper containers when a D.C. federal judge concluded a container's size can indeed give consumers a wrong impression about product quantity.

  8. July 20, 2016

    McCormick Tries To Shake False Ad Suit Over Pepper Product

    McCormick pressed a District of Columbia federal court Wednesday to toss a false advertising suit lodged by competitor Watkins Inc. over alleged underfilling of McCormick's pepper containers, saying that selling the seasoning in a certain sized container does not constitute advertising subject to the Lanham Act.