Full Title Name:  COMBINING REFLEXIVE LAW AND FALSE ADVERTISING LAW TO STANDARDIZE “CRUELTY-FREE” LABELING OF COSMETICS

Summary: "Cruelty-free" labeling claims are presently unregulated, resulting in market failure. Consumers make purchasing decisions with incomplete and misleading information and are therefore unable to encourage manufacturers to follow consumer preferences and alter their animal testing practices. Building on scholarship in reflexive law, this Note outlines a strategy for remedying the proliferation of misleading "cruelty-free" claims through standardization. Winders argues that standardization can most effectively and efficiently be achieved through a voluntary third-party certification program that sets a labeling claims, buttressed by traditional false advertising law.