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Another Un-natural “Natural” Claim Dismissed
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We have posted before about the disturbing trend of plaintiffs parsing food labels to find something to complain about — not that the product is unhe…
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No Purchase, No Standing
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Earlier this month a federal court reaffirmed that a named class representative in a proposed consumer class action against Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. …
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Class Claim Against Crock-Pot Seems a Crock
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There was an era in television that featured lots of made-for-TV “sporting events,” like Battle of the Network Stars, that were popular with…
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Consumer Fraud Class Claim Over Dietary Supplements Dismissed
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A federal court in Illinois recently ruled that a plaintiff in a putative class action failed to state a claim in his suit challenging the marketing o…
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Another “Natural” Food Claim Falls to Common Sense
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A federal district court recently dismissed a putative class action alleging the defendant food company mislabeled its Florida’s Natural products as 1…
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“Go” Power Defeats Proposed Class Action
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We have posted several times on the disturbing trend of plaintiffs seeking to turn virtually every advertising claim, label statement, or good old fas…
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State Supreme Court Adopts Consumer Expectation Test for Alleged Food Defects
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Our readers know that for nearly 50 years, an ongoing issue in product liability law has been the definition of “defect” within the strict l…
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Consumer Fraud Claim on “All Natural” Beverage Rejected
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One trend we are keeping an eye on here at MassTortDefense is plaintiffs’ aggressive and excessive use of consumer fraud act claims, micro-analyzing e…
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Federal Court Denies Class Certification After Daubert Analysis
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A federal court late last month declined to certify three classes of consumers in litigation claiming that a defect in Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc.’…
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