Civil Litigation
Mar. 30, 2026
Ex-Ben & Jerry's chair sues Unilever over alleged sham probe, defamation
Former Ben & Jerry's chair Anuradha Mittal sued Unilever, alleging a sham investigation and defamatory statements led to her removal after political disputes tied to the board's Gaza ceasefire stance.
A former chair of the Ben & Jerry's board who clashed with parent company Unilever over her political activism claims in a defamation lawsuit that the company used Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to conduct a sham investigation into her finances as a pretext to remove her.
The company adopted new term limits, and two other board members were also removed, the complaint said.
Anuradha Mittal, who chaired the Ben & Jerry's independent board fro...
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