Ben & Jerry’s years-long struggle to defend its progressive social mission from parent-company pressure escalated this week, as The Magnum Ice Cream Company accused the brand’s former board chair of ...

By Alexander Marrow and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Ben & Jerry’s years‑long struggle to defend its ...

According to a filing in a U.S. District Court in New York, Magnum said Anuradha Mittal, former chair of Ben & Jerry’s board, ...

In an amended complaint, the ice cream maker claimed “criticizing Trump was now too taboo,” for Unilever.

The ice cream giant accused its parent company of removing its CEO because of his support for the brand’s activism.

In a court filing made public on Tuesday, The Magnum Ice Cream Company told a U.S. District Court in New York that Ben & ...

Ben & Jerry’s was effectively stripped of independent directors from its board, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the ice-cream brand known for its social mission and parent Magnum Ice ...

The complaint is the latest in a string of legal moves by Ben & Jerry’s independent directors against the business’s owner ...

Ben & Jerry’s has accused Unilever, its parent company, of unlawfully removing the ice cream maker’s CEO because of his social and political activism. It’s not the first time Ben & Jerry’s has sued ...

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has concluded that the chair of its Ben & Jerry’s independent board “no longer meets the criteria” to serve after internal investigations, according to a securities filing ...

“The most powerful tool a business has is its voice,” writes the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s.

Since 2024, Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's and its independent board have fought Unilever, and now Magnum, in U.S. District ...