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Montway LLC v. Nexus AT LLC, 2026 WL 1552185, No. 25 C 13100, No. 26 C 1056 (N.D. Ill. Jun. 2, 2026)
Although the UCL unfair competition claims got kicked out, federal trademark and false advertising claims survive in this dispute between automotive transportation brokers. They provide “automotive transportation services to a broad range of clients includ...
Farina v. Omari, No. 24-11098 (SDW) (AME), 2026 WL 1552256 (D.N.J. Jun. 2, 2026)
The court grants a motion to dismiss in this defamation/false advertising claim centered on online videos.
“Farina is a consultant in the aesthetic surgery industry and operates through her business Beauty Brokers. Defendant is also a plastic surgery and aesthetics consult...
"A doctrine that was meant to deter deception thus rewards its most sophisticated form: technically accurate fragments presented as universal facts." This student article shows how the Federal Circuit allowed two layers of deceptive advertising: advertising results from p-hacking, without even disclosing the subgroup to which the p-hacking purportedly applies. &nbs...
Vericool World, LLC v. Igloo Products Corp., No. 24-192, 2026 WL 1239879, --- F.4th ---- (9th Cir. May 6, 2026)
Judge Bumatay dissented from this decision extending Dastar to bar Lanham Act false advertising claims over who was “first” to market a biodegradable cooler. Given the citation to Bostock, this seems mostly like a fight about pretending ...