- On July 28, 2020, a New York federal judge dismissed class action claims against Oreo maker Mondelez Global LLC that accused the company of misleading consumers with “always made with
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California Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss False Advertising Class Action Involving Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
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- Numerous class action lawsuits have been filed, mostly by a single firm, involving products that are claimed to contain deceptive and misleading information on their labels regarding vanilla. We have
Judge Dismisses Claims against Wegmans Regarding Vanilla Ice Cream Labeling
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- On July 14, 2020, a New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Wegmans Food Market (“Wegmans”) concerning allegedly deceptive labeling of its vanilla ice cream. The plaintiffs had alleged
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Champion Petfoods Not Liable for Trace Amounts of BPA in Product
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- On July 8, 2020, the District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted Defendant Champion Petfoods’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed a proposed class action which alleged that
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Class Action Alleges Vanilla Soy Milk Is Deceptively Labeled
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- On June 26, 2020, Sheehan & Associates, P.C., on behalf of a proposed class of Plaintiffs, filed a class action lawsuit against Hain Celestial Group, Inc. asserting that the company
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Proposed False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Pret A Manger’s “Natural” Claims are False, Deceptive, and Misleading Because Products Contain GMOs and Synthetic Ingredients (Law360 Subscription Required)
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California Judge Dismisses Proposed Class Action Against Kellogg Vanilla Labeling
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- On June 22, a California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action against Kellogg Sales Company for their Bear Naked Granola V’nilla Almond product. In the complaint, plaintiff Harlan Zaback
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Nestle Denied Summary Judgment In Trans Fat Class Action (subscription to Law360 required)
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- A California federal judge denied Nestle USA Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in a suit that alleged they misled consumers on the trans fat content of Coffee-mate brand creamers. In
9th Circuit Judge Asks What Amount of Added Sugar in a Product Makes the Product Unhealthy, a Question About Which Other Courts Have Ruled There is a Material Issue of Fact in Allowing Similar Cases to Proceed
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9th Circ. Judge Doubts General Mills False Label Claims (subscription to Law360 required)
- Proposed class action lawsuits against Kellogg, Post, and General Mills, with a common lead plaintiff in the
Another Federal Judge Dismisses Putative Class Action Over Chocolate-less White Morsels (subscription to Law360 required)
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- On June 4, a California federal judge dismissed a putative class action complaint challenging Nestle USA, Inc.’s labels on its “Nestle Toll House’s Premier White Morsels.” Prescott, et al. v.