Captain Obvious
02-19-2015, 09:01 AM
There aren't enough lawyers on the planet to go after all of the deceptive advertising in the market. It's really a lawless society out there in this respect.
http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/02/jim-beam-subject-of-latest-deceptive-whiskey-lawsu_021915it/
In the latest example of a lawsuit directed at allegedly deceptive labeling and marketing practices in the American whiskey industry, Scott Welk has filed suit in California (http://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/622246/jim-beam-bourbon-isn-t-handcrafted-consumers-claim-) against Jim Beam. Represented by Kazerouni Law Group and Hyde & Swigert, Welk alleges that the claim Jim Beam is “handcrafted” is false (http://inudocs.buffalotrace.com/BeamClassAction.pdf) because the whiskey is made through largely automated procedures.
A similar lawsuit was filed against Maker’s Mark (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2014/12/deceptive-whiskey-lawsuits-run-off-the-rails_121514/) last year, also alleging that the “handcrafted” claim, among others, made by the company on its label was false because of automation in the production process. Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark are both owned by Beam Suntory, and both the Beam and Maker’s Mark lawsuits were filed in California by Kazerouni and Hyde & Swigert (http://legalnewsline.com/issues/class-action/254077-class-action-lawsuit-says-makers-mark-whiskey-isnt-homemade).
Beyond the two California lawsuits aimed at brands within the same parent company and pursued by the same lawyers, similar lawsuits have been filed (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/01/templeton-rye-lawsuits-move-to-mediation_012215/) against Templeton Rye, a controversial whiskey bottler often at the center of deceptive whiskey complaints (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2014/07/the-case-against-templeton-rye_071814/), and whiskey bottler Angel’s Envy (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/02/angels-envy-targeted-in-deceptive-whiskey-lawsuit_020915/).
http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/02/jim-beam-subject-of-latest-deceptive-whiskey-lawsu_021915it/
In the latest example of a lawsuit directed at allegedly deceptive labeling and marketing practices in the American whiskey industry, Scott Welk has filed suit in California (http://www.law360.com/foodbeverage/articles/622246/jim-beam-bourbon-isn-t-handcrafted-consumers-claim-) against Jim Beam. Represented by Kazerouni Law Group and Hyde & Swigert, Welk alleges that the claim Jim Beam is “handcrafted” is false (http://inudocs.buffalotrace.com/BeamClassAction.pdf) because the whiskey is made through largely automated procedures.
A similar lawsuit was filed against Maker’s Mark (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2014/12/deceptive-whiskey-lawsuits-run-off-the-rails_121514/) last year, also alleging that the “handcrafted” claim, among others, made by the company on its label was false because of automation in the production process. Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark are both owned by Beam Suntory, and both the Beam and Maker’s Mark lawsuits were filed in California by Kazerouni and Hyde & Swigert (http://legalnewsline.com/issues/class-action/254077-class-action-lawsuit-says-makers-mark-whiskey-isnt-homemade).
Beyond the two California lawsuits aimed at brands within the same parent company and pursued by the same lawyers, similar lawsuits have been filed (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/01/templeton-rye-lawsuits-move-to-mediation_012215/) against Templeton Rye, a controversial whiskey bottler often at the center of deceptive whiskey complaints (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2014/07/the-case-against-templeton-rye_071814/), and whiskey bottler Angel’s Envy (http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/02/angels-envy-targeted-in-deceptive-whiskey-lawsuit_020915/).