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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Hurried Woman Sues Over Cook Time Instructions

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Time is money, and when you’re hungry for mac-and-cheese, a few seconds can be worth millions of dollars. Or at least that’s what a Florida woman suggests in her class action lawsuit against Kraft Heinz over a claim on...more

Bilzin Sumberg

MillerCoors Turns to Lanham Act to Nip Rival’s Ads in the “Bud”

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MillerCoors is suing Bud Light for its unlike-them-we-don’t-use-corn-syrup campaign. Hitting back, MillerCoors filed a lawsuit against Anhauser-Busch last Thursday, asking a federal court to immediately end Bud Light’s...more

Carlton Fields

Belch! Ocean Spray Price Premium Damages Model Passes Comcast Scrutiny

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The Southern District of California certified a food labeling class against Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. based in part upon a price premium damages model developed by an aptly named Dr. Belch....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Confirms Brazil v. Dole Decertification Due to Faulty Damages Model

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In Brazil v. Dole, No. 14-17480 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part three different orders issued by the U.S. District Court for the...more

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No Tea Time for Class Action Plaintiffs: Class Certification Denied for Bigelow Green and Black Tea Drinkers

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Northern District of California Judge William Orrick recently denied class certification in two food misbranding class actions challenging antioxidant claims for Bigelow green and black teas. Khasin v. R.C Bigelow Inc., Case...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

“Food” Courts Confirm That Price Premium Is the Proper Measure of Damages in Misbranding Cases

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The flurry of food mislabeling class actions filed in California federal courts has recently come to a halt under the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Comcast v. Beherend. Comcast requires that putative class action plaintiffs...more

Perkins Coie

California Northern District Judges Split on Sufficiency of Damages Evidence at Class Certification – Will Ninth Circuit Weigh In?...

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Judges in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California are split on the sufficiency of damages evidence at the class certification stage. Jones v. ConAgra Foods, Inc, No. C 12-01633 CRB, 2014 WL 2702726...more

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