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McThis, McThat…it’s Totally Tortelicious…

January 26th, 2010. By LucyC

Welcome to Totally Tortelicious—a review of some of the more bizarre lawsuits making news. Goodness knows there’s no shortage of them.

C’mon…Someone Needs to get Happy… I’ll bet Ronald McDonald is in desperate need of a Happy Meal or likely something a good deal stronger about now, as his employer, the fast food giant McDonald’s, is suing Boston University student, Lauren McClusky over the name of a ch happy meal McThis, McThat...its Totally Tortelicious... arity event she set up when she was in high school and still runs today, the Mc.Fest. Yes, this from the company that recently had the you-know-whats to launch a McItaly campaign…

According to the official website, “Mc.Fest is an annual music festival and fundraiser organized by Lauren McClusky and a team of students and future professionals. It is dedicated to support and promote Special Olympics using music as its driving force. Mc.fest encourages young adults and teenagers to give back to the community.” Maybe Ms. McClusky, who claims she named the event after her family name, should be counselling tired professionals at McDonald’s on the basics of community spirit.

So far, Mc.Fest has raised $30,000 for its cause, according to a report on UPI.com. That sounds threatening to me…

Lawyers at Work….

Attracting the Wrong “Class” of People? A law firm in California is facing a defamation suit over some rather zealous and arguably ill advised advertising it undertook on YouTube. The advertising was in fact a video for a class action it was involved in against Brian Research Labs, the maker of a diet supplement called Procera AVH. It seems the problem is not so much the content, but the medium used to present the content, if I read this right…

In his ruling on the matter, San Francisco Superior Court judge, Harold Kahn, said that the law firm, by using new media, was not speaking to its targeted or specific audience—but any English-speaking individual who has an Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: McDonald's, McFest, Procera AVH
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Week Adjourned: 7.24.09

July 25th, 2009. By LucyC

bacon Week Adjourned: 7.24.09 Another busy week at the bar!

Top Class Actions

The fast food industry came under fire this week in a big way with two class actions filed, one against Denny’s alleging the restaurant chain conceals the amount of sodium in its menu items from its customers, and another against McDonald’s in Illinois over alleged hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination.

Grand Salty Slam? The crux of the Denny’s class action is salt—hundreds, if not thousands of milligrams over the daily recommended intake is being consumed by unsuspecting customers on a daily basis. This is, apparently, putting people who dine at Denny’s on say Moons Over My Hammy or the Super Bird turkey sandwich at greater risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than those who don’t frequent the restaurant. So a consumer watchdog group has filed a class action to force Denny’s to disclose the salt content of their menu items. So much for ignorance is bliss. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Denny's, McDonald's, NCAA, Wal-Mart, Week Adjourned
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