Commercial speech lawsuit to proceed against major Kansas pet food company

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 449

Last Updated: 3 days, 5 hours ago


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TOPEKA — A federal appellate court revived a portion of a lawsuit that accuses Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Topeka of engaging in false advertising and orchestrating a misinformation campaign about an unsubstantiated animal health risk of pet food manufactured by rivals.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which includes Kansas, disagreed with a lower district court’s decision to dismiss the case against Hill’s filed in 2024 by KetoNatural Pet Foods. A …

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