THIS NEWSLETTER AIMS to keep those in the food industry up to speed on developments in food labeling and nutritional content litigation. RECENT SIGNIFICANT RULINGS - Motion to Dismiss Granted in Part, Denied in Part...more
Food for Thought reports on significant court decisions affecting the food industry. The focus of this edition is on several food-related cases pertaining to class certification; particularly, on district court decisions...more
Two recent decisions by Federal Court Judge Lucy Koh in the Northern District of California have strengthened the position of defendants facing “all natural” food labeling class actions in California by making it even harder...more
For the second time in as many months, the Northern District of California has decertified a damages class in a food labeling class action because the plaintiff’s damages model was incapable of measuring only those damages...more
In This Issue: - RECENT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS AND RULINGS ..Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Reasonable Consumer Standard ..Class Partly Decertified in Dole "All Natural" Case ...more