In re: Simply Orange Juice Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, No. 4:12-md-2361 (W.D. Mo.): The Court denied the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in this consolidated multi-district class action alleging violations of multiple states’ consumer protection statutes as well as various common law claims. The consolidated cases are based on the allegation that Defendant
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Plaintiffs Based on Violations of COPA
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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…
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…