RUSSIAN STANDARD SUES PERNOD FOR “FALSE ADVERTISING”

WSD reported on Friday, Russian Standard Vodka filed a lawsuit last week against Pernod Ricard and Allied Domecq in a New York district court. Russian Standard accuses both companies of falsely advertising that Stoli comes from Russia (Pernod gained Stoli with the Allied Domecq acquisition.) While Pernod claims Stolichnaya is distilled and produced in Russia, Russian Standard alleges it is distilled in Latvia instead. Let’s take a look at the court documents. Russian Standard claims: “Defendants have falsely and misleadingly