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Economic Harm Claims from Purportedly Contaminated Baby Food Dismissed for Lack of Injury

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Past presentations and posts have addressed the defense of consumer class action cases via motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Briefly, most consumer class action cases are brought in (or removable to)...more

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This Week in the Ninth: Chickens and Subpoenas

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This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions tracing the limits of federal courts’ jurisdiction.  In the first, the Court addressed the Article III requirements that public interest organizations must satisfy in...more

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Lack of Standing Dooms Organizational Plaintiffs’ False Advertising Claims; Such a Challenge Can Be Brought at Any Time

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Challenges based on lack of standing can be brought at any time and, in Friends of the Earth v. Sanderson Farms, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127964 (N.D. Cal. July 31, 2019), the court dismissed a putative class action for...more

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A Sign of Things to Come in TCPA Lawsuits?: Plaintiffs Use Lack of Article III Standing as a Sword to Avoid Federal Jurisdiction

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We reported last month on a case where a defendant had moved to dismiss a plaintiff’s TCPA claim based on lack of Article III standing, only to end up back in the state court from which the case was removed. And just as Jay...more

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

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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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