false-advertising

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-959 CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. Third Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending Response Waived advertising-campaign circuit-split consumer-deception false-advertising jury-inference lanham-act Whether a jury hearing a false advertising case under the Lanham Act should be barred from inferring consumer deception and reliance upon finding that…
25A708 CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. Third Circuit 2025-12-17 Application circuit-split consumer-deception false-advertising lanham-act trademark-law willful-misrepresentation Whether a federal appellate court can reject a presumption of consumer deception in a Lanham Act false advertising case when a campaign is demonstrabl…
22-7060 Zachary James McAlexander v. D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection corporate-liability due-process false-advertising first-amendment seventh-amendment standing Why is the right to petition the government for grievances not being honored in this case, along with others, in accordance with the First Amendment a…
22-447 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. California California 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (4) civil-penalties civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-notice false-advertising free-speech speech-chilling statutory-interpretation unfair-competition-law Whether a robust fair notice standard applies to California's Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law
21-415 Carmen Electra, et al. v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc., dba New York Dolls Gentlemen's Club, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied celebrity commercial-identity commercial-interest false-advertising identity-misuse image-rights lanham-act legal-standing public-prominence trademark-misuse Must an individual prove they have a commercial interest in their identity, or must a person prove they are recognizable, publicly prominent, or a cel…
21-195 Belmora LLC, et al. v. Bayer Consumer Care AG, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied Amici (1) false-advertising false-association lanham-act statute-of-limitations trademark-registration trademark-territoriality Whether the Lanham Act's zone of interests extends to the foreign owner of a foreign trademark that has not registered or used the mark in the United …
20-220 VBS Distribution, Inc., et al. v. Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived actual-injury article-three circuit-split civil-rights due-process false-advertising lanham-act standing uniform-application Whether a plaintiff in a false-advertising case must demonstrate 'actual injury' to state a claim under the Lanham Act
19-988 Living Essentials, LLC, et al. v. Washington Washington 2020-02-06 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) central-hudson commercial-speech consumer-protection false-advertising federal-trade-commission first-amendment free-speech prior-substantiation substantiation-doctrine washington-state-law Whether the prior substantiation doctrine violates the First Amendment
19-152 Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-08-01 Denied false-advertising federal-circuit food-drug-cosmetic-act international-trade-commission lanham-act pom-wonderful-v-coca-cola tariff-act tariff-act-1930 trade-practices unfair-competition unfair-trade-practices When a manufacturer files a Lanham Act claim under the Tariff Act for competitive injuries caused by unfair trade practices, is the claim barred as a …
18-8517 Roderick Jermaine Hall v. Sprint Corporation Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP antitrust civil-rights consumer-protection contract-disclosure contract-law disability-rights disclosure-requirements due-process false-advertising federal-regulations network-management service-limitations telecommunications telecommunications-law Whether Sprint failed to disclose information about network management practices for its Unlimited Freedom Plan and Apple iPhone 7 Plus
18-6660 Mustafa Hasan Arif v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-usc-52-57 advertising-law civil-procedure criminal-intent false-advertising first-circuit intent-to-defraud intent-to-harm non-prescription-drugs statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether petitioner was wrongly prosecuted under the Wire Fraud statute
18-304 Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. v. Jennifer Davidson Ninth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied article-iii-standing consumer-protection consumer-standing deception declaratory-judgment false-advertising future-harm injunctive-relief product-misrepresentation standing Whether a consumer who has used a product and determined that a representation concerning that product is allegedly misleading can plausibly allege a …