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Litigation

Jan. 10, 2015

Plaintiffs struggle with class certification in food labeling lawsuits

In labeling cases filed in the Northern District of California, federal judges have yet to approve of an adequate method of demonstrating how much customers were damaged by buying allegedly overvalued products.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


How do you isolate the value a shopper paid for an "all natural" claim on almond milk or a passion fruit juice label? Consumer attorneys and experts are finding it a difficult task. In labeling cases filed in the Northern District of California, dubbed the 'food court' because of the wave of lawsuits there, federal judges have yet to approve of an adequate method for demonstrating how much ...

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