- 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
Litigation
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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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Finds that Plaintiffs Did Not Suffer a Concrete Harm When They Purchased Allegedly Underfilled Boxes of Chocolate (subscription to Law360 required)
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- On December 9, 2019, the Seventh Circuit found that an Illinois federal district court properly tossed a proposed slack-fill class action against Fannie May, a Chicago-based chocolate maker. In
Ocean Spray Agrees to Settle ‘No Artificial Flavors’ Suit (subscription to Law360 required)
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- A consumer class action lawsuit, first filed in California state court on September 19, 2017 alleged that Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.’s “CranGrape” and “CranApple” beverages were false and misleading under
Grated Parmesan Cheese Companies Can’t Escape Food Fraud Litigation on Excess Cellulose
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- Grated parmesan companies Kraft Heinz Co. and SuperValu Inc. have not been able to end multidistrict litigation that began in 2016, alleging food fraud for excess cellulose as an
Bayer/Monsanto Hit Again With $2 Billion Verdict in Roundup Case
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- This blog has closely followed litigation surrounding allegations that glyphosate has caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a number of plaintiffs. In March, a California jury awarded $80 million in damages to
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California Jury Awards $80 Million Verdict in Glyphosate Case
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- A California plaintiff, who used Roundup on his 56-acre Santa Rosa property and alleged glyphosate caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has been awarded $80 million by a jury in the U.S.
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Second Circuit Remands “Whole Grain” Cheez-It Lawsuit
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- The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York district court erred in ruling that labeling Kellogg’s Cheez-It crackers as “whole grain” was not
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Monsanto Will Appeal Order to pay $289 Million to a Man Whose Cancer a Jury Found was Caused by Occupational Exposure to Roundup Weed Killer
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• As reported by numerous media outlets, a San Francisco jury (in state court) on August 10, 2018 delivered a verdict against Monsanto of $289 million, including $250 million in…
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CA Court Upholds Foie Gras Ban
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- Foie gras is a culinary delicacy made from the fattened liver of a duck or goose. It can be produced through a process called gavage in which the birds are