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Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Reynolds Wrap maker must face lawsuit over 'Made in USA' claim
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The maker of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil must face a proposed class action claiming it misled consumers who wanted to "buy American," by falsely claiming that its foil was "Made in USA," a U.S. judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said consumers can try to prove that Reynolds Consumer Products violated New York state consumer protection laws by using false and misleading packaging for its namesake foil. Reynolds and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. According to the complaint filed last March, substantially all bauxite in Reynolds' foil comes from outside the United States, where little of the ore is produced, and much of it is eventually transformed into aluminum outside the United States. This made Reynolds' "Foil Made in USA" claim false and misleading to reasonable consumers, because they would spend more on products "made in America," the complaint said The plaintiff, Anaya Washington of Bronx, New York, said she bought Reynolds Wrap at Target and other stores, believing the brand as trustworthy and familiar as Kleenex and Vaseline, and wouldn't have bought the foil had she knows where it came from. In seeking a dismissal, Reynolds said Washington relied on generic "overpayment" accusations rather than show harm. It also called the case "another lawyer-driven class action seeking to profit from a truthful 'Made in the USA' statement." But the judge said Washington plausibly alleged she paid more than she would have but for the "Foil Made in USA" label. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million of damages. Many lawsuits accuse companies of using imprecise labeling that induces shoppers to pay more, including through appeals to their patriotism. In 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a "Made in USA Labeling Rule" to protect businesses and consumers from being misled over product origins. U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is encouraging global businesses to manufacture more products in the United States. Washington's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The case is Washington v Reynolds Consumer Products LLC, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 24-02327.
Reuters
03-03-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Reynolds Wrap maker must face lawsuit over 'Made in USA' claim
NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - The maker of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil must face a proposed class action claiming it misled consumers by saying the foil is "Made in USA" though much of the raw material and manufacturing comes from elsewhere, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said consumers who wanted to "buy American" can try to prove that Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN.O), opens new tab violated New York state consumer protection laws by using false and misleading packaging to induce them to buy its namesake foil. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.
NBC Sports
28-01-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Inside the pool-report process, which wasn't activated as to the key play in Bills-Chiefs
All players and coaches must face reporters after each and every game, no matter how gut-wrenching or heartbreaking the outcome may have been. Game officials, however, remained cocooned. With one exception. The pool report process. Amazingly, there was no pool report after Sunday's AFC Championship from referee Clete Blakeman or any other member of the crew regarding the critical fourth-down spot when the Bills led, 22-21, in the fourth quarter. As explained on Monday, none of the reporters covering the game in person asked for a pool report. Which is of course causing some to believe that the reporters are in on the effort to cover up the effort to help the Chiefs. Which is ludicrous — but it's also impossible to tell people to stop believing that which they firmly believe. (As the last 10 years of American political discourse have proven, over and over again.) The story has shined a light on the pool report process, especially since the NFC Championship, a 55-23 blowout win by the Eagle, prompted a pool report regarding the repeated encroachment fouls by Washington and the warning that a touchdown eventually would be awarded under the 'palpably unfair act' rule. So we asked the league to explain the process for triggering a pool report. Here's the response, from league spokesperson Michael Signora: 'A media member at the game can request a pool report to make inquiries about rules interpretations. When that occurs, the media member tells one of the pool reporters assigned by the Pro Football Writers of America that they are requesting a pool report and what the subject is. The PFWA assigns pool reporters for each team from their local media contingent, so there are always several at every game. The home club communications director is informed, since they will need to distribute the transcript, and I am informed, so I can let the referee know what the subject of the interview will be.' Can the league decline the request? Per Signora, 'We have never declined a pool report request that I'm aware of.' (This implies that, in theory, a request could be declined.) In this case, there absolutely should have been a pool report. Even though one of the reporters at the game must affirmatively request it, the league should have realized that, in this specific case, transparency in the explanation of the mechanics of the call and its outcome were critical. Without any effort to explain what happened and how it happened, the tinfoil-hat crowd has even more reason to apply another layer of Reynolds Wrap to their pre-chromed domes. And I've got the emails to prove it.
