Insurance Journal » advertising liability http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Tue, 21 May 2013 05:14:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 California DAs, Diet Company Reaches 900K Settlement http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/11/28/272058.htm Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:28:17 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=272058 A group of California prosecutors say they’ve reached a settlement with a weight loss company that claimed people could lose weight by spreading a so-called “sprinkle diet” over their food. District attorneys from nine California counties announced on Monday that …

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]]> Lawyer Sues Microsoft Over Surface Tablet Storage http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/11/16/270900.htm Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:34:26 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=270900 A California lawyer is suing Microsoft Corp., claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn’t have all the storage space the company advertised. Andrew Sokolowski, a lawyer in Los Angeles, claims that he bought a Surface with 32 gigabytes of storage …

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]]> GM Wins Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over Einstein Image http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/10/19/267309.htm Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:40:12 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=267309 A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of Albert Einstein’s image in a magazine ad by General Motors. The 2009 ad for GM’s Terrain vehicle had Einstein’s face on top of a fit, muscular man …

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]]> Southwest Pays Refunds After Computer Glitch http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/08/07/258587.htm Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:55:41 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=258587 Southwest Airlines said Sunday it has begun filing refunds to customers who were accidentally billed multiple times for a single flight, after a half-price online ticket promotion backfired. The special sale designed to celebrate Southwest’s reaching the three million mark …

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]]> McDonald’s Not Smiling Over Happy Meals Lawsuit http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/04/20/195482.htm Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:32:21 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=195482 A lawsuit seeking to stop McDonald’s Corp. from offering toys with Happy Meals must be dismissed because parents can always choose not to buy the meals for their children, the hamburger giant said in a court filing late Monday. The …

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