April 08, 2025
A California federal jury found Tuesday that R.C. Bigelow committed fraud and violated the state's Consumer Legal Remedies Act by placing a label on some tea products touting it as "Manufactured in the USA 100%," awarding a class of Golden State tea buyers $2.36 million in damages.
April 07, 2025
An attorney for a class of tea consumers suing R.C. Bigelow over a "Manufactured in the USA 100%" label that has already been found to be false told a California federal jury during closing arguments Monday that internal emails show that executives were either reckless or intentionally misled the public.
April 04, 2025
An expert testifying for a California class of R.C. Bigelow tea purchasers on Friday told a federal jury considering damages caused by false advertising claims that the class overpaid by 11.3%, or $3.26 million, due to a "Manufactured in the USA 100%" label the judge already found is deceiving.
April 03, 2025
The CEO of R.C. Bigelow repeatedly denied from a California federal court witness stand Thursday that her company deliberately misled consumers by labeling its teas as "manufactured in the USA 100%," saying that the phrase — which a judge has already found to be false — was well-intentioned.
April 02, 2025
A former R.C. Bigelow vice president testified Wednesday in a trial over the labeling of its products as "manufactured in the USA," agreeing that he once told a Bigelow executive he wished his name wasn't connected to the label, which a California federal judge has found to be false.
April 01, 2025
R.C. Bigelow Inc. falsely advertised its foreign-grown teas as "manufactured in the USA" in a deceitful effort to play on customers' patriotic sentiments, counsel for a certified class of Golden State tea buyers told jurors as a damages trial opened in California federal court Tuesday.
February 24, 2025
Counsel for R.C. Bigelow Inc. urged a California federal judge Monday to call off an upcoming class action damages trial over the tea-maker's "manufactured in the USA" labels, saying the proceeding would be a "road to nowhere" because of fatally flawed sales data.
July 09, 2024
A California federal judge held Monday that Bigelow's labels on tea products stating "Manufactured in the USA" are literally false, handing a partial victory to a certified class of tea buyers, leaving only the issues of damages and Bigelow's state of mind when making the statement to a jury.
August 03, 2023
A California federal judge has certified a class of tea buyers in a suit alleging R.C. Bigelow Inc. falsely advertises its tea as "manufactured in the USA, 100% family-owned," while denying the company's bid to strike three expert opinions proffered by the plaintiffs.
November 16, 2020
Bigelow Tea urged a California federal judge Monday to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the company falsely and deceptively advertised its products as made in America, saying consumers would not believe assertions that tea "manufactured" in the U.S. means the raw product was grown domestically.