January 06, 2022
A Florida federal court on Thursday granted a joint request for a stay in a $1 billion proposed class action accusing Herbalife Ltd. and top distributors of using a fraudulent seminar scheme to bait new distributors, pending final approval of a settlement agreement recently announced in a closely related case in California.
September 28, 2021
A Florida federal judge trimmed a majority of claims, including racketeering allegations, from a $1 billion proposed class action accusing top Herbalife Ltd. distributors of selling new distributors on pricey sales seminars that ultimately had "nothing to do with success at Herbalife."
June 29, 2021
A Florida federal judge asked Tuesday for additional briefing in a proposed $1 billion class suit against Herbalife Ltd. distributors after expressing concern that the plaintiffs' racketeering and fraud claims might not pass muster.
August 22, 2018
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday left former Herbalife distributors' putative $1 billion class action against the nutrition supplement company and 44 of its top distributors mostly intact in the face of defense bids to compel arbitration or transfer the case.
May 15, 2018
Former distributors for nutrition supplement company Herbalife Ltd. urged a Florida federal court Monday to deny a bid to move their Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit, which could result in up to $1 billion in damages, to Central California, arguing Florida is the dispute's "nerve center."
February 21, 2018
Former distributors for global nutrition supplement company Herbalife Ltd. are urging a Florida federal court to deny the company's bid to force their potentially $1 billion racketeering suit into arbitration, arguing a unilaterally imposed arbitration clause is unenforceable and inapplicable.
September 21, 2017
Global nutrition supplement company Herbalife Ltd. and 44 of its top distributors have been hit with a putative class action in Florida federal court that plaintiffs say has the potential to result in up to $1 billion in damages on allegations the company is using a pyramid scheme to bait consumers with the "promise of riches."