Legal Opinion
Corporate Accountability Lab v. Hershey Company
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 5, 2023No. Civil Action No. 2021-3225Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY LAB, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-3225 (TFH) THE HERSHEY COMPANY, and THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE, INC., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER On October 27, 2021, Corporate Accountability Lab (“CAL”) filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against The Hershey Company (“Hershey”) and The Rainforest Alliance, Inc. for violations of the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“the CPPA”),
D.C. Code § 28-3901, et seq. Compl. ¶¶ 86-92 [ECF No. 1-1]. CAL alleges that the…
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