Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp. (9th Cir. 2021)
A guide to nutritional supplements that professed to be neutral but was allegedly favorable to a competing manufacturer that paid it handsomely for high rankings was commercial speech, largely because the manufacturer's payments gave the guide an economic motivation (apart from merely selling guides) to make the speech. The guide also made false statements insofar as it denied plaintiff's products… Read More