Unilever’s Weil Gotshal & Manges legal team argued David Stever had voluntarily resigned as chief executive amid a global restructuring that will see Ben & Jerry’s separating from Unilever.

In a lawsuit, the ice cream company accuses parent company of interfering with its social activism. The consumer giant calls ...

U.S.-listed Unilever was in the spotlight this week after subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s accused its parent of ousting its CEO David Stever for his political activism. Ben & Jerry's reportedly said ...

In March, Ben & Jerry’s claimed Unilever fired its chief executive David Stever, who started as a tour guide at the brand’s Waterbury, Vt., factory, over anti-Trump activism. The brand argued ...

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s have stated that chief executive David Stever has been forced out - by parent company Unilever. The London Stock Market-listed conglomerate, which sells and owns ...

Now, the complaint has been amended with an accusation that Unilever has removed Ben & Jerry’s CEO David Stever (accused of “repeatedly acquiesce[ing] to the demands of the Independent Social ...

The lawsuit said that Unilever’s motive for the removal of Stever was due to his “commitment to Ben & Jerry’s Social Mission and Essential Brand Integrity … rather than any genuine ...

The ice cream company also claimed in the complaint that Unilever “repeatedly threatened Ben & Jerry’s personnel, including CEO David Stever, should they fail to comply with Unilever’s ...