Stanley ‘heavy metals’ class action: When silence is not so golden

A heavy metals controversy shows why brands should carefully assess claims made in adverts—including that which is unsaid, warns Jennifer Fried of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner.

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