On January 3, 2017, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to grant class certification, finding that, at the class certification stage, Rule 23 does not require plaintiffs to demonstrate that there is an...more
1/13/2017
/ Administrative Feasibility ,
All Natural ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
ConAgra ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
FRCP 23 ,
GMO ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Putative Class Actions
On January 5, 2016, in Torrent v. Yakult U.S.A., Inc., U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney denied the plaintiff’s motion to certify a class of Yakult yogurt consumers who were allegedly misled by Yakult’s packaging and...more