Lance Armstrong’s doping confession made for great television, but it hasn’t provided much fodder for false advertising class actions. Just ask the lawyers at Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd and Nye, Peabody, Stirling, Hale & Miller, who struck out this week with claims that Armstrong deceived consumers by suggesting that he won the Tour de France thanks to energy supplements made by one his sponsors, Torrance, Calif.–based FRS Company.
In a 22-page order issued on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell in Los Angeles granted a motion to dismiss filed by Armstrong and FRS, which were named as codefendants in the case. Katten Muchin Rosenman represents Armstrong. Greenberg Traurig represents FRS.
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