The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently weighed in with an amicus brief in an interesting class action appeal in the Ninth Circuit. See Brazil v. Dole P
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Another Artificial All Natural Class Action Rejected
We have posted before about the plaintiffs’ bar ongoing war on innocuous product labels, especially the popular “natural” claims –seeking t…
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Class Certification Denied in Drug Case
A federal court rejected a proposed class action in which plaintiffs alleged that a drug maker misstated the frequency of potential side effects. See …
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Federal Court Decertifies “Natural” Damages Class Action- Naturally
A federal court last week ordered decertification of a damages class action challenging “all natural” fruit labels, due to deficiencies wi…
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Yet Another Artificial “Natural” Class Action Shot Down in the Food Court
A federal court has found numerous issues precluding class certification of three proposed class actions challenging the labels of defendant’s food pr…
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Class Plaintiffs Ordered to Brief Damages Theory Under Comcast
We have posted about the impact of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426, 1435 (2013). As the Supreme Court reemphasized in Comcast, in order for …
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Comcast Requirement of Class-wide Damages Dooms Class
A California federal court has denied class certification to a putative class of consumers who bought food products marketed as healthy, which alleged…
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Juice Class Decertified at Close of Discovery
A federal court recently decertified a class action filed on behalf of juice buyers, recognizing the grave ascertainability problems in the case alleg…
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D.C. Circuit Applies Comcast Guidance to Class Certification
Readers will recall our posts about Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S. Ct. 1426 (2013), and the majority’s ruing that Rule 23 requires proof that damage…
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DRI Class Action Seminar Underway
Your humble blogger is attending the DRI CLE seminar on class actions in our nation’s capital, organized by my pal Jeff Holmstrand and my partner Tim …
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