Clinique’s Scientific Language Misleads Consumers – Suit
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer lawsuit seeking class-action certification faults the Estee Lauder Companies for scientific language in its Clinique marketing that implies FDA approval, and for performance claims that can’t be true or they’d render the product a drug. Plaintiff’s lawyer says anti-aging marketers are “pushing the envelope.”
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