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Canada Goose Ruffles Feathers With Claims of Fur Sourcing

Courts are experiencing a recent surge of consumer class action filings alleging that manufacturers are misrepresenting the manner of procurement of materials for their products. These allegations center around claims of...more

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California Plaintiffs Say that Size Matters: Consumer Fraud Class Action Challenges Slack-Fill in Protein Products

According to named plaintiffs in a consumer fraud action filed in December in the Southern District of California, size matters when making it comes to making a purchase. In fact, Plaintiffs claim that the average consumer’s...more

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Divided Fourth Circuit Panel Slices Up Twombly in Table Saw Boycott Suit

Last week, a divided three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit issued a significant decision in a boycott conspiracy case, SD3, LLC v. Black & Decker, No. 14-1746 (4th Cir. Sept. 15, 2015). The suit, at its heart, turns on the...more

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She Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter: Recent California Decision Reinforces the “Reasonable Consumer Standard” in Consumer Class...

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In recent years, California retailers and product manufacturers have been inundated with consumer class action lawsuits. Because the question of whether a given product’s label and related representations are false or...more

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