Cannabis Products, Class Action, Product Labels

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 13

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/29/2025

Court Takes a Bite Out of Smartfood Popcorn False Ad But Leaves a Big Portion - Smart plaintiffs will take note of a federal court's concern in reviewing the class action pleadings against PepsiCo's Smartfood Popcorn....more

Point of Sale Newsletter - January 2020

Benesch on 1/15/2020

Enacted in 1991 to stem the tide of telemarketing calls, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restricts “the making of telemarketing calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or...more

Court Stays CBD Class Action Until FDA Rolls Out Regulation

Carlton Fields on 1/8/2020

A class action lawsuit alleging that Green Roads of Florida LLC misrepresented the amount of CBD contained in various products has been stayed pursuant to the primary jurisdiction doctrine because the plaintiffs’ claims...more

CBD Industry Experiences Wave of New Consumer Lawsuits

Stinson LLP on 1/7/2020

The cannabidiol (CBD) industry has been on the receiving end of over a half dozen new consumer class actions in recent weeks, which is likely only the beginning for the emerging industry....more

Cannabis Companies Face Increasing Consumer Protection Scrutiny

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 12/11/2019

Even as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its interim rule for the domestic production of hemp, the last few months should stand as a strong reminder to the industry: in addition to complying with new rules and...more

CBD Industry Beware: The False Labeling Class Action Has Arrived

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/1/2019

Last week, in what may be the first of its kind, a putative class of Massachusetts consumers filed a false labeling class action complaint against Global Widget LLC, d/b/a Hemp Bombs (“Hemp Bombs”) (Ahumada v. Global Widget...more