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Expert witness lacks standing to appeal

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 24 2012

Nonparty appellate standing has been a surprising hot-button issue over the last year

It’s not all Greek (yogurt)

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2012

Cabot Creamery is facing a consumer class action suit in a California federal court alleging that the company’s Greek yogurt products are not authentic and therefore falsely labeled and advertised

Coppertone’s claims burned consumers, suit alleges

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

A false advertising suit was filed against Merck & Co., the makers of Coppertone sunscreen, alleging the products deceptively promised “full defense” against the sun

Nestlé gets false ad suit dismissed, despite FTC settlement

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 16 2012

A federal court judge granted summary judgment to Nestlé in a class action brought by parents claiming that the company made false and misleading ad claims about its BOOST children’s drink supplement even though the company recently settled similar charges with the Federal Trade Commission

Kraft, Cadbury “stuck” with class action over sugarless gum ads

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 8 2012

Named plaintiff Susan Ivie filed a putative class action against Kraft Foods Global Inc. and Cadbury Adams USA LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Kraft and Cadbury deceived consumers over the health benefits of their sugarless gums, breath mints and other hard candy products

Nutella maker settles class actions asserting false advertising claims

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2012

Laura Rude-Barbato, mother of three children, and Athena Hohenberg, mother of a 4-year-old, filed a class action false advertising lawsuit in a California federal court against Ferrero U.S.A., Inc., the maker of Nutella

Vita Coco coconut water settles class action lawsuit

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2012

All Market, Inc., the maker of Vita Coco coconut water, has reached an agreement to settle a nationwide class action lawsuit for $10 million

Federal court rules Muscle Milk lawsuit needs more muscle

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2012

CytoSport Inc., the makers of Muscle Milk and similar products, succeeded in having a majority of the allegations dismissed from a class action case alleging violations of multiple California consumer protection laws, including false advertising and negligent misrepresentation

Class action hopes to feast on Frito-Lay and Pepsi

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 20 2012

In a recent federal class action lawsuit, Frito-Lay and its parent company PepsiCo were accused of violating federal and California laws by “misbranding” their potato and snack chips as healthy

Court dismisses “percent fat free” meat suits

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2012

A federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit against Kraft Foods and Hormel Foods that claimed the companies mislabeled their products as “98 percent fat free.”