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How long until pasta boxes come with a terms of service agreement?
Barilla is being sued in the US for allegedly misleading consumers into thinking its pasta is made in Italy, rather than New York and Iowa. Why go to court over a miscommunication around noodles? The Washington Post writes:
Rebecca Tushnet, a professor at Harvard Law School, ... said consumers have been steadily filing false-advertising suits against companies selling products in grocery stores because it is one of the last forums in society that is not bogged down by legal forms or contracts in which consumers sign away their rights to sue.
I have a feeling pasta boxes are about to start looking like a Dr. Bronner’s bottle.
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