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Notable Ruling Roundup - August 2024

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Our notable ruling roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. Montiquento Corbett, et al. v. Pharmacare U.S., Inc., No. 3:21-cv-00137-JES-AHG (E.D. Cal. –...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Barilla's Pasta Under Fire: Class Action Certified Based on Misleading Label Intimating “Italian” Origin

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On May 28, 2024, Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, certified a class of consumers in an action against Barilla Foods....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - May 2024

In Cheapside Minerals, Ltd. v. Devon Energy Production Co., L.P., 94 F.4th 492 (5th Cir. 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed an unresolved question regarding the local controversy exception under...more

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Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 6 – Mitigating Class Action Exposure

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Listen to Episode 6 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, partner Dan Silverman talks to host Shahin Rothermel about mitigating class action exposure. Check out the episode....more

Perkins Coie

Notable Ruling Roundup - February 2024

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Our notable ruling roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. - Deena Indiviglio v. B&G Foods, Inc., No. 7:22-cv-09545-VB (S.D.N.Y. – December 29, 2023): The...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supply Demanded: Ninth Circuit Confirms Classwide Damages Models Must Account for Supply-Side Factors

In a decision issued earlier this year, Mier v. CVS Health, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 19472 (9th Cir. 2023), the Ninth Circuit held (per our research, for the first time) that class-wide damages models must be based on conjoint...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q3 - Catching the Class Action Waive(r)

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2023. In this edition, a mistake is just a mistake, “99.99%” isn’t 100% clear, and faxes aren’t always...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q2 – Ascertainability Lives!

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2023. In this edition, essential oils may need therapy, an ever-growing library goes nowhere, and one...more

ArentFox Schiff

Consumer Class Puts Foot Down on Foot Locker’s Alleged False Advertising

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A class action complaint filed recently against Foot Locker, Inc. in New York alleges that the footwear retailer is misleading consumers into believing that products are scarce or about to sell out, when that is not in fact...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - May 2023

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FTC Lays Out Some AI Ad Essentials - But specific guidance isn’t here yet, so...let’s be careful out there....more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2022 Q4 – A “Healthy” Dose of Litigation

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2022. In this edition, class actions gain an international flair, insurers have cures for COVID cases,...more

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Velveeta Packaging Misleads Consumers on Cook Time, Suit Alleges

A Florida woman has filed a putative class action against Kraft Heinz Foods Co. alleging the company misleads consumers as to the cook time of its Velveeta-brand microwavable macaroni and cheese product. Ramirez v. Kraft...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Burned Again: District Court Dismisses Putative Class Action Alleging Sunscreen Adulteration Due to Lack of Article III Standing

In this age of mass manufacturing, each unit in a product line is usually the same as every other.  But manufacturing isn’t perfect.  Sometimes, for various reasons, some units in a product line will deviate from the...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Summer 2021

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Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021. In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more

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Ninth Circuit Decertifies Class in Coca-Cola False Advertising Case

On August 31, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an unpublished order revoking class certification of a consumer class in a Coca-Cola labeling case. The plaintiffs alleged that Coke’s advertising slogan...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Judge Looks “Kind”ly Upon Certifying Class in Snack Bar Advertising Suit

In a recent opinion out of the Southern District of New York, Judge William H. Pauley III certified three classes of plaintiffs in New York, California, and Florida who allege that KIND LLC, the manufacturer of KIND Bars,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Did You See That? Defeating Class Certification Where Class Members Did Not See the Challenged Advertisement

In putative class actions alleging false advertising, plaintiffs often argue that class certification is appropriate because the language being challenged appeared on the defendant’s marketing materials or product label,...more

Alston & Bird

Food & Beverage Digest – March 2021

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, the Ninth Circuit gets krabby,...more

King & Spalding

Court Certifies Class Despite Plaintiff’s Admission that She Consistently Purchased the Product Years Before the Allegedly...

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On November 9, 2020, Judge Jeffrey Miller of the Southern District of California certified a class of California citizens alleging that Kroger violated various California consumer protection laws by mislabeling its...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Injunction Defunction: The Second Circuit Extinguishes Injunctive Relief as a Remedy for Consumer False Advertising Claims

Last week, the Second Circuit issued an important published decision holding that previously injured consumers who seek to challenge product labeling lack constitutional standing to pursue claims for injunctive relief, and...more

King & Spalding

California Federal Court Decertifies Class After Plaintiff Testified at Trial That He Could Not Remember Whether He Purchased...

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On May 4, the Northern District of California decertified a class of California consumers who had purchased Prevagen brain health supplements manufactured by defendant Quincy Bioscience, LLC (“Quincy”) after finding that the...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Class Action Ascertainability in the Eleventh Circuit: What Makes the Cut?

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On March 19, 2020, Magistrate Judge Goodman recommended certifying a Florida class of purchasers of Prevagen, a memory-enhancement product developed by Quincy Bioscience, LLC....more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

The Fun Did Stop for Pringles False Advertising Class Action

On January 31, 2020, Southern District of New York Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Plaintiff Matthew Marotto’s motion for reconsideration of an order denying class certification in his lawsuit against Pringles potato chip...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Court Sets High Bar For Class Certification In False Advertising Cases

The California Court of Appeal recently made it more difficult for plaintiffs to certify class actions based on false advertising or fraud. In Downey v. Public Storage, Inc., Case No. B291662, ___Cal.App.5th___ (Feb. 6,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2020 Class Action Outlook

Several pending rulings at the circuit court level have the potential to significantly influence class action law in 2020. Of greatest note, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit may determine the future of...more

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