May 15, 2025
A California federal judge indicated on Thursday that he'd likely certify a Golden State class of Paul Mitchell customers who allege the hair care products maker deceptively concealed its animal testing in China while touting its U.S. products as cruelty-free.
August 03, 2023
A California federal judge said hair care company John Paul Mitchell can't escape allegations it secretly tested its products on animals but he declined to bar it from adding "cruelty free" to labels, saying "now that consumers know what they know, why would they even think about purchasing the same products from Paul Mitchell again?"
April 18, 2023
Hair product maker John Paul Mitchell Systems asked a California federal court to drop a proposed class action alleging the company secretly tests its products on animals to access the Chinese market, saying the suit boils down to "rank speculation."
February 16, 2023
Customers on Thursday accused hair product maker John Paul Mitchell Systems of submitting products to animal testing to access the Chinese market despite consistently promoting the company as being against testing and marking packaging with "Never Animal Tested" and similar claims.