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[[Rubio's|Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.]], settled a 2006 class-action lawsuit for selling "lobster burritos" and "lobster tacos" that were in fact made with squat lobster.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horsley |first=Scott |date=July 3, 2005 |title=Testing a 'Lobster Impostor' Charge |url=https://www.npr.org/2005/07/03/4728361/testing-a-lobster-impostor-charge |access-date=February 9, 2024 |work=NPR}}</ref> The company agreed to change the name to "langostino lobster".<ref name="Fish fraud">{{cite web |url=http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/files/pdf-global/07CSlangWC.pdf |title=Fish fraud: no matter what you call it, 'squat' isn't lobster |first=Catherine |last=Schmidt |date=2007 |work=Maine Sea Grant College Program |publisher=[[University of Maine]] |access-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Testing a 'Lobster Impostor' Charge | website=NPR | date=3 July 2005 | url=https://www.npr.org/2005/07/03/4728361/testing-a-lobster-impostor-charge | access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>
 
In February 2016, [[Red Lobster (restaurant)|Red Lobster]] was revealed to have been using a mix of lobster and less-expensive langostino for its lobster bisque.<ref>{{Cite web |urllast=http://www.delish.com/food-news/a45936/cheap-fish-lobster-subsitute/Bellomo |titlefirst=Rheanna |date=10 February 2016 |title=What You Need to Know Before You Eat Lobster This Valentine's Day|date |url=http://www.delish.com/food-news/a45936/cheap-fish-lobster-subsitute/ 10 February 2016|website=Delish}}</ref>
 
A 2016 study of American restaurants tested the “lobster” served and found that many were in fact langostino or seafood that were not spiny lobsters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perlman |first=Merrill |date=June 18, 2018 |title=Crawfish aren’t actually fish. Here’s how they got their name. |url=https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/crawfish-crayfish-crawdad.php |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref>

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