McDonald's forced to pay $700,000 to Muslims because their chicken sandwich is not prepared according to Islamic law. (states, federal)
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Civil penalties, up to $2,500 for each violation, are allowed when a lawsuit is brought by an authorized government agency. However, the UCL does not permit punitive damages awards
I'm pretty sure $700,000 is far greater than $2,500, and the individual isnt the government.
Anyone who is smart enough knows that McDonald's has it's own brand. In knowing this, why wouldn't he look for a restaurant that may provide this option? If I'm McDonald's Corp, I'd fight this tooth and nail!
Oh lord. He made the choice to open a McDonalds in a Muslim neighborhood. Why would someone open a McDonald's in a Muslim neighborhood and advertise "halal"? Answer: it's good for business. In every Muslim neighborhood every restaurant, meat store and grocery store carry halal products.
Have you ever been to a Hasidic Jew neighborhood where they advertise "kosher"? If a Jew found that a store advertised kosher and didn't practice kosher that Jew would have every right to sue for false advertising.
McDonald's does produce halal products and ships it to the Middle East. McDonald's in the Middle East is the same as McDonald's in a big city. You can fing one every two blocks.
The owner didn't have to make adjustments to provide halal, he just needed to order halal from McDonald's. His problem is that when he ran out he thought he could substitute non-halal meat. Might mean nothing to you, but it means something to a Muslim.
Although not on a religious level, but as an example: If you purchased a handbag advertised as leather, took it home and found it was a very good imitation pleather, would you take it back, complain, demand your money back because you were deceived through false advertising?
The issue is not about "halal" as much as it is about false advertising.
So when the local hotdog show advertises, "World famous hotdogs", they are breaking the law?
What law would that be?
I believe what people are talking about is the material misrepresentation of a product or service in a way that a customer would have only purchased the product or service because it was advertised a certain way but would have abstained from purchasing it if the truth had been known.
1/4 lb burger that only weighs half.
A 100% beef hot dog that is made of turkey.
Free checking that incurs a fee
And so forth.
That's material misrepresentation - just like "this meat is halal" or "our restaurant is glatt kosher."
Civil penalties, up to $2,500 for each violation, are allowed when a lawsuit is brought by an authorized government agency. However, the UCL does not permit punitive damages awards
I'm pretty sure $700,000 is far greater than $2,500, and the individual isnt the government.
Did you really just confuse a settlement with potential civil penalites?
Quick, call McDonalds team of dozens of legal experts and tell them you've solved the whole thing!
So when the local hotdog show advertises, "World famous hotdogs", they are breaking the law?
What law would that be?
You see places advertising "world famous" or world's best" everywhere. That being said, I wouldn't order a hot dog because it was "world famous". I WOULD order it if it claimed to be 90 calories, and if it in fact has 458 calories, it's grounds for a lawsuit.
· it causes or is likely to cause substantial consumer injury which a consumer could not reasonably avoid; and · it is not outweighed by the benefit to consumers.
Which one of these would enter the equasion?
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