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They weren't forced to pay out because their chicken was prepared according to Islamic Law. They were forced to pay out because they falsely advertised their product.
In fact, you usually screw it up with stuff you have an agenda about.
"Ted Kazynski arrested for mailing packages" would be right up your alley.
You are on the ball.
First, McDonald's wasn't "forced" it was a mutual agreement.
Second, the McDonald's restaurant claimed their chicken was prepared according to Islamic law and it wasn't. Seems open and shut to me.
If a restaurant advertised it was kosher and it was not, guests would be entitled to sue.
They weren't forced to pay out because their chicken was prepared according to Islamic Law. They were forced to pay out because they falsely advertised their product.
You know you're just confusing the islamophobes, right?
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!
Well if McDonalds advertised it, then they clearly are wrong..
They weren't forced to pay out because their chicken was prepared according to Islamic Law. They were forced to pay out because they falsely advertised their product.
I'm unaware of laws in this country which mandates truth in advertising...
We dont live in Canada where they exist..
And for the record, McDonalds was wrong, but there is no truth in advertising in america, leading your synopsis completely false.
Advertising is regulated by the authority of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States administrative agency, to prohibit "unfair and deceptive acts or practices in commerce."[13] While it makes laymen's sense to assume that being deceptive is being unfair, deceptiveness in practice has been treated separately by the FTC, leaving unfairness to refer only to other types.[14] All commercial acts may be deceptive, not just advertising, but noncommercial activity such as advertising for political candidates is not subject to prosecution under the FTC Act. The 50 states have similar statutes, which generally are very similar to that of the FTC and in many cases copied so closely that they are known as "Little FTC Acts." While the terms "false" and "deceptive" are essentially the same for most, being deceptive is not the same as producing deception. What is illegal is the potential to deceive, which is interpreted to occur when consumers see the advertising to be stating to them, explicitly or implicitly, a claim that they may not realize is false and material. The latter means that the claim, if relied on for making a purchasing decision, is likely to be harmful by adversely affecting that decision. If an ad is implicitly false, evidence must be obtained for what consumers saw the ad saying, and for the materiality of that, and for the true facts about the advertised item, but no evidence is required that actual deception occurred, or that reliance occurred, or that the advertiser intended to deceive or knew that the claim was false.
You obviously do not know anything about Dearborn. It is a city with one of the highest populations of Arabs in the United States. McDonald's is obviously trying to cash in on the demographic and in doing so they falsely advertised that their sandwiches made at this branch were to the Islamic standard (Halal). Except this wasn't true, hence why they were sued and the Muslim community of Dearborn won the case.
They weren't forced to pay out because their chicken was prepared according to Islamic Law. They were forced to pay out because they falsely advertised their product.
Bingo!
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