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Class Action CLRA False Advertising

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.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2024, Issue 14

Energizer False Advertising Suit Runs Out of Juice at 9th Circuit - The 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a class action lawsuit alleging that Energizer falsely advertised its AA MAX batteries as "up to 50% longer...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Health Halo Trend Continues With Poppi "Gut Healthy" Sodas

Late last month, San Francisco resident Kirstin Cobbs initiated a class action lawsuit against poppi after purchasing its product, poppi prebiotic soda, believing the product to be “gut healthy.” Poppi sodas are packaged in...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2024, Issue 5

Huggies Diaper Evidence Not a Good "Fit" for #1 Claim, NAD Says - Huggies claimed its diapers were the #1 Best Fitting, a broad claim requiring broad evidence against the market—evidence that the National Advertising...more

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Top 10 Legal Issues for 2024 For the Consumer Products Industry

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On August 16, 2022, US Congress enacted Reese’s Law, which aims to protect children from ingestion hazards associated with certain lithium batteries found in consumer electronics. The law stems from the death of 18-month-old...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - June 2023 - 3

The National Advertising Division (NAD) referred the website Smarter-Reviews.com (Smarter Reviews) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on suspicion of publishing advertising disguised as editorial content because it lacks...more

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Ninth Circuit divided panel revives krab mix false advertising class action

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Takeaway: Context matters in false advertising class actions. Factors such as how an allegedly false representation is displayed, where it is displayed, and what else is disclosed on the label or advertisement all can...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Conagra Slips Away from Parkay Oil Spray Serving Size Claims

Conagra Brands recently emerged victorious when Judge William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in its favor, tossing claims that the company disguises the...more

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Consumer class actions – Ninth Circuit holds that federal and not state law controls the award of equitable restitution under...

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Takeaway: Federal courts sitting in diversity are supposed to apply state law. There is a critical distinction, however, between substantive rights created by state law, on the one hand, and remedies (especially equitable...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Ninth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs Not Entitled To Equitable Restitution Under UCL/CLRA If Adequate Remedy At Law Is Available

Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit held that state law cannot expand or confine a federal court’s power to issue equitable restitution because federal courts are bound by traditional equitable principles, which require,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

California Consumers Can’t Escape Federal Jury Trial by Abandoning Available Damages Claims

The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a consumer fraud class action pursuing restitution under California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) because the plaintiff failed to show she lacked an adequate legal remedy. Sonner v....more

Carlton Fields

Court Holds Arbitration Provision Does Not Violate California’s McGill Rule

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The plaintiffs brought a class action suit against Extra Space Storage Inc. for false advertising, unfair competition, and violation of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act. After the case was removed to the U.S....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Must a Plaintiff Choose Between a UCL Claim and a Breach of Warranty Claim? Courts in California Are Split

California has long been considered a hospitable place to bring a class action, and accordingly it’s also been a popular one.  But some class action plaintiffs in the Golden State have encountered an unlikely hurdle:  the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

California Supreme Court Poised to Provide Guidance on Ascertainability in Class Actions

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On May 8, 2019, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument regarding an important issue involving class certification in California state courts: how to apply the requirement of ascertainability in the class...more

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Food for Thought: A Review of 2018 Litigation

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2018 Food Industry Decisions with Bite - Food for Thought is a review of significant court decisions affecting the food, beverage, dietary supplements and personal care products industry. Although many cases in this...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Ninth Circuit Sends Brain-Booster Claim Case Back to District Court

After Ninth Circuit review, it remains to be seen whether a nutritional supplement maker can claim that ginkgo biloba leaf extract and vinpocetine supplements improve “alertness,” “mental clarity, and memory” in the face of...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Pushing the Limits: Preliminary Settlement Entered in Case Against Banana Republic and The Gap after California Court of Appeals...

On January 14, Plaintiffs in the consolidated case of Veera v. Banana Republic, LLC, et al., filed for approval of a preliminary class action settlement after Plaintiffs Veera and Etman successfully argued that “frustration”...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Ninth Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict In Favor of Homeopathic Remedy for Flu-Like Symptoms

On November 8, 2018, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict in a consumer class action deceptive advertising case in favor of Defendants Boiron Inc. and Boiron USA, Inc. (together, “Boiron”), the sellers of a homeopathic...more

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Contradictory testimony dooms class certification of Krazy Glue “slack-fill” class action (C.D. Cal.)

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Takeaway: Creative legal theories are easier to allege than prove. And a putative class representative does not always make the best deponent, especially when it comes to substantiating the key allegations in an unfair and...more

Perkins Coie

Rulings, Orders, Settlements – January 10, 2018

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Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Class Action Involving Organic Baby Formula - Organic Consumers Association v. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00925 (D.D.C.): The Court entered an order granting Defendant’s...more

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Rulings, Orders, Settlements – October 9, 2017

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Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Class Action Involving Healthfulness of Extra Virgin Coconut Oil - Traction v. Viva Labs, Inc., No. 3:16-cv-02772 (S.D. Cal.): The Court issued an order denying Defendant’s motion to dismiss...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Putative Class Complains that Annie’s “Strawberry Fruit Snacks” Lack Strawberries

On August 1, 2017, plaintiff Raymond Alvandi filed a putative class action in California federal court against Annie’s, Inc., seeking damages and injunctive and declaratory relief. Alvandi alleges that Annie’s misrepresented...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | May 2017

Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more

BakerHostetler

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Consumer Claims Challenging Scientific Substantiation

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On April 21, 2017, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of two putative class actions against manufacturers of human growth hormone (HGH) supplements. The actions centered on allegations that the defendant falsely...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Arbitration Clause Cannot Bar Claims for Public Injunctive Relief

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On April 6, the California Supreme Court issued the latest in an ongoing series of cases resisting preemption of California state law under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and again testing the limits of the U.S. Supreme...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

McGILL v. CITIBANK, N.A.

I have received a few questions from employers about the recent California Supreme Court decision in McGill v. Citibank, N.A.. The McGill case isn’t an employment law case, but rather deals with a consumer class action....more

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