P&G Agrees to $30M Settlement in Align Supplement Suit

Oct. 3, 2017, 3:39 PM UTC

Procter & Gamble Co. agreed to pay up to $30 million and make ad changes to settle a consumer class suit alleging it deceptively touted its Align probiotic supplement as “clinically proven” to aid digestion (Rikos v. Procter & Gamble Co., S.D. Ohio, No. 11-00226, motion for preliminary approval filed 9/29/17).

The settlement came after seven years of litigation and shortly before trial was to start, according to a motion for preliminary approval filed Sept. 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

P&G also agreed to refrain from making the “clinically proven” advertising ...

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