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Class Action Motion to Dismiss Product Packaging

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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PFAS Lawsuit Against Hershey Faces Legal Pushback Over Scientific Claims

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In October 2024, Grizzly Research LLC issued the so-called Grizzly Report, which shared the results from its testing at four different laboratories across the United States, Germany, and China to compare the presence of per-...more

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Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup - July 2023

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Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. - Alexis Slaten v. Christian Dior, Inc., No. 23-cv-00409-JSC (N.D. Cal. – May 12, 2023): The...more

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Courts Continue to Let the Air Out of Slack-Fill Litigation: Another Class Action Dismissed

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Over the past several years, federal courts have rarely allowed slack-fill class actions to survive beyond the motion to dismiss phase. Whether the plaintiffs allege that the packaging is misleading or that the slack-fill is...more

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Court Gives Vanilla Ice Cream False Advertising Claims a Frosty Reception

Judge Louis L. Stanton of the Southern District of New York recently granted defendant Wegmans Food Markets’motion to dismiss claims alleging that Wegmans falsely labels its vanilla ice cream. Plaintiffs sued Wegmans for...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – August 2019

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and settlements affecting the agribusiness, food, beverage, and cosmetics industry. Here you’ll find information about cases...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

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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Blue Diamond and WhiteWave Win Dismissal of Injunctive Relief Claim for Almond Milk Products

A recent decision from the Southern District of New York demonstrates the challenges consumers face in seeking injunctive relief on behalf of a class. On October 21, 2015, in Albert et al. v. Blue Diamond Growers, et al.,...more

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