Food Litigation Newsletter - May 2015

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In This Issue:

- RECENT SIGNIFICANT RULINGS

..Court Dismisses in Part “Natural” Claims

..Court Enters Partial Dismissal of “Handmade” Claims

..Court Dismisses Injunctive Relief Claim Allows Others to Proceed

..Court Strikes Complaint As “Shotgun Pleading”

..Court Grants Summary Judgment on Antioxidant Claims

- NEW FILINGS

- Excerpt from Court Dismisses in Part “Natural” Claims:

Barron v. Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., No. 0:13-cv-62496 (S.D. Fla.): In a putative class action complaint alleging numerous claims under various states’ consumer protection statutes, based on the allegation that Defendant’s products were misrepresented as “natural” when they contain GMOs and other artificial and synthetic ingredients, the Court granted in part and denied in part Defendant’s motion to dismiss.

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