Brown v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc., No. 11-cv-03082 (N.D. Cal.): The Court granted partial summary judgment to Plaintiffs in this putative consumer class action asserting violations of California CLRA, UCL, and COPA based on allegations that Defendants sold two lines of cosmetics using the word “organic” on their labels, although they contained less than
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Judgment Entered After Summary Judgment Victory in Juice False Advertising Suit
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Major v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., No. 5:12-cv-03067 (N.D. Cal.): As we previously reported here, a federal judge recently granted Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denied as moot Plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a putative class action alleging that Defendant’s “100% Juice” labels were deceptive, given that they contained “No Sugar…
Court Grants Summary Judgment on Antioxidant Claims
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Khasin v. The Hershey Co., No. 5:12cv01862 (N.D. Cal.): In this putative class action alleging claims under California’s UCL, FAL, CLRA, and unjust enrichment claiming Defendant made misrepresentations about its products spanning antioxidant claims, nutrient content claims without the proper disclosures, health claims, sugar free claims, unlawful serving sizes, improperly listing polyglycerol polyrincoleic acid, and…