Litigation
Nov. 12, 2013
Food labeling cases getting more skeptical reception
As the explosion of cases claiming food companies mislabel products make its way through the courts, Northern District judges, once thought of as plaintiff-friendly on these matters, are increasingly skeptical.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge in the Northern District recently scolded chip eaters for providing "exceptionally bare legal conclusions" when they tried lumping in 85 other Frito-Lay products to the five they actually purchased in a complaint about "all natural" and "0 trans fat" labels. U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti's order in October allowed only claims on the five purchased Frito-La...
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