Unilever asks US judge to dismiss Ben and Jerry’s lawsuit against West Bank sales
It isn’t customary to think of hard-eyed, cynical corporate lawyers as naifs, but clearly Unilever’s legal team fell very short on this one — something that will never, ever be allowed to happen again. [IsraelTimes] Parent company says ice cream maker’s ’insistence on taking sides in the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict’ is untenable, argues it has no authority to file lawsuit
Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, has asked a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the ice cream maker as a court battle over its attempt to boycott Israeli settlements drags on.
The UK conglomerate argued in a Friday court filing that Ben & Jerry’s had overstepped its bounds with the attempted boycott last year and its lawsuit against Unilever.
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-04 |