{"id":127,"date":"2020-12-08T17:54:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/?p=127"},"modified":"2020-12-08T17:54:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:54:46","slug":"fashion-companies-targeted-by-animal-rights-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/2020\/12\/08\/fashion-companies-targeted-by-animal-rights-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Companies Targeted by Animal Rights Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/michellecpardo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michelle C. Pardo<\/a>, partner and team lead for the Fashion\/Retail\/Consumer Branded Products Industry Group, is quoted in a <em>Fashion Law <\/em>article about animal rights groups focusing litigation on certain fashion companies.<\/p>\n<p>From the publication:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is threatening Louis Vuitton with a lawsuit over allegedly \u201cfalse claims\u201d that the company\u2019s chairman and CEO made in an interview in September. According to a letter addressed to Louis Vuitton chairman and CEO Michael Burke on Monday, legal counsel for the animal rights group \u201cdemands\u201d that Burke \u201cimmediately end [his] false representations that the animals used for Louis Vuitton products \u2018are humanely farmed.\u2019\u201d Such comments amount to \u201cfraud,\u201d PETA Foundation deputy general counsel Jared Goodman asserts, citing a potential \u201cconsumer fraud action\u201d against the luxury goods company as a result. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u201cIn recent years, animal rights groups have focused their litigation efforts on companies that they perceive are popular with consumers and are delivering messages to consumers about positive animal welfare, environmental stewardship and the production of ethically-sourced products,\u201d according to [Ms. Pardo]. \u201cAnimal rights groups view this type of labeling and marketing as a threat to their mission. If consumers feel good about the products that they buy, they are less likely to abandon meat, dairy and other products\u201d \u2013 including exotic-skinned luxury handbags \u2013 \u201cthat are eschewed by many animal rights activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefashionlaw.com\/peta-is-threatening-to-sue-louis-vuitton-over-humanely-farmed-animal-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the full article, visit the<em> Fashion Law <\/em>website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle C. Pardo, partner and team lead for the Fashion\/Retail\/Consumer Branded Products Industry Group, is quoted in a Fashion Law article about animal rights groups focusing litigation on certain fashion companies. From the publication: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is threatening Louis Vuitton with a lawsuit over allegedly \u201cfalse claims\u201d that the company\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/2020\/12\/08\/fashion-companies-targeted-by-animal-rights-groups\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fashion Companies Targeted by Animal Rights Groups&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[6,16,78],"ppma_author":[79],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion-jewelry-apparel-accessories","tag-fashion","tag-luxury","tag-michelle-pardo"],"authors":[{"term_id":79,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","author_category":"1","last_name":"Sullivan","first_name":"Margaret","job_title":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\">Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fashionretailbrandedconsumergoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}