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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ice cream company, known for its liberal and pro-Palestinian stances, claimed that Unilever informed the Board on March 3 that it planned to remove and replace chief executive David Stever ...

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 ...

UK broadcaster the BBC quoted part of the filing. "Unilever has repeatedly threatened Ben & Jerry's personnel, including CEO David Stever, should they fail to comply with Unilever's efforts to ...

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 ...