It is easy to laugh when you hear about someone suing over ice in their iced coffee or seeking millions because a foot-long sub is not a literal foot long, but the reality is these lawsuits are clogging up our courts. A recently released research paper looks at how food and beverage marketing lawsuits have increased 52 percent in the past four years.
In this episode of Cause For Action, ILR Senior Vice President Oriana Senatore interviews Cary Silverman, one of the authors of The Food Court: Developments In Litigation Targeting Food And Beverage Marketing, and a partner at Shook Hardy and Bacon. Oriana and Cary dive into the report’s findings, how New York overtook California as the nation’s top Food Court, and what’s Cary’s favorite example in the paper.
