Wesson Oil False-Ad Deal Gets Nod, Closing 12-Year-Old Lawsuit

At long last, a lawsuit alleging that ConAgra Foods Inc. deceptively called Wesson Oil “100% natural” despite genetically modified ingredients can come to a close.

A reworked class settlement that creates a $3 million fund for claims and expenses but no provides no fee for the plaintiffs’ lawyers got the final nod from a federal judge. Unlike the parties’ first attempted deal, which was thrown out because of concerns that attorneys had colluded to the detriment of the class, this one is fair, Judge Cormac J. Carney of the US District Court for the Central District of California said in ...