Scrubs maker FIGS gained a win in court this week after a jury found there was no merit to the false advertising and misleading business practices claims brought by rival medical apparel maker Strategic Partners Inc. (SPI).
The lawsuit which was first filed in January 2019 alleged that FIGS co-founders Trina Spear and Heather Hasson were making false claims about their scrubs’ ability to protect the wearer from bacteria or disease.
A jury ruled SPI’s claims against FIGS weren’t valid on Nov. 3. An attorney for SPI—which does business under the moniker Careismatic Brands—told dot.LA the jury ruled that SPI didn’t meet its obligation to prove to the court that FIGS’ alleged false advertising negatively affected a substantial portion of customers.
In a jury verdict viewed by dot.LA Friday, the jury said that FIGS' claims that their scrubs killed bacteria were both not literally false nor deceived a "substantial segment of FIGS' audience of consumers." The jury also ruled that FIGS did not engage in false advertising, and that SPI was not entitled any damages.
In response, FIGS’ chief legal officer Todd Maron said in a statement Friday that “this verdict is a powerful win, not only for FIGS, but for fair competition.” Maron added that, “this marks the end of a nasty, four-year campaign against FIGS, engineered by SPI’s former CEO Mike Singer and based on outright falsehoods. SPI has sued competitors at least twice before in similar situations, and we felt it was important to...
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