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The FTC has unanimously voted on increasing efforts on enforcing unlawful repair restrictions.
Consumers are encouraged to submit complaints of companies violating certain product warranty laws.
The new Right to Repair efforts come just after an executive order from President Joe Biden encouraged action by the FTC.
The FTC is ramping up its efforts on restoring the Right to Repair movement, thanks to a unanimous vote on Wednesday laying out a new policy statement.
The new policy statement says that the FTC will direct more attention to unlawful repair restrictions imposed by companies that discourage consumers and small businesses from repairing their own devices. That includes using third-party parts or seeking assistance from third-party repair shops like iFixit.
The FTC vows to root out illegal repair restrictions on phones, fridges, tractors and more
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Two lawsuits filed against Mars Wrigley Confectionery US LLC claiming that the company misrepresented the vanilla ice cream put in its Marsâs Dove Vanilla Ice Cream bars were dismissed in a judgment on Wednesday by the Eastern District of New York.Â
The plaintiffs, Mohammed Garadi and Molly Brown, each filed a putative class action complaint, and later amended complaints, against the defendant. They claimed that the labels on the products are misleading because the ice cream is not flavored only with vanilla beans and has high levels of ethyl vanillin, which is used to imitate vanilla. The plaintiffs were seeking both monetary damages and injunctive relief for a class of all consumers who purchased the ice cream bar.