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Food & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation shares timely insights into litigation developments, emerging arguments and challenges facing food and consumer packaged goods manufacturers and related industries.

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August 22, 2017

New Filings – June 26, 2017

Azimpour v. NBTY, Inc., et al., No. 37-2017-21000 (Cal. Super. Ct. – San Diego Cnty.): copycat putative class action asserting violations of California's UCL, FAL, and CLRA, and a claim for breach of express warranty.

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July 18, 2017

Food Litigation Midyear Review

On August 2, 2017, Perkins Coie will be hosting a 60-minute webcast reviewing the key developments and trends in food litigation.

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June 26, 2017

New Filings – June 19, 2017

Hensel v. Andrea's Fine Foods, Inc., et al., No. 1722-CC01421 (Mo. Cir. Ct. – St.

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June 12, 2017

New Filings – June 12, 2017

Kao, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-2790 (N.D.

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June 5, 2017

Preliminary Settlement Approved in Misleading Coconut Water Suit

Ma, et al. v. Harmless Harvest, Inc., No.

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May 30, 2017

Court Allows Late July Snacks Claims to Proceed

Swearingen v. Late July Snacks, LLC, No. 3:13-cv-04324 (N.D.

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May 25, 2017

Court Dismisses ECJ Claims

Swearingen, et al. v. Healthy Beverage, LLC, et al., No. 3:13-cv-04385 (N.D.

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May 24, 2017

New Filings - May 25, 2017

Brumfield, et al. v. Trader Joe's Company, No.

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May 18, 2017

Food Litigation Year in Review

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Perkins Coie has published its first

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April 18, 2017

New Filings - April 18, 2017

Shane v. Florida Bottling, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-2197 (C.D.

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April 12, 2017

Slack Fill Class Action Time-Barred and Dismissed for Failure to Plead with Specificity

Kline, et al. v. Iovate Health Sciences, U.S.A., Inc., No. 3:15-cv-02387 (S.D.

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April 10, 2017

Dismissal for Failure to Plead Reliance in “Unlawful” UCL Class Action

Swearingen v. Pacific Foods of Oregon, Inc., No. 3:13-cv-04157 (N.D. Cal.): The Court issued an order dismissing this ECJ action, which challenged Defendant's use of the term "evaporated cane juice" on the ingredient lists for its products.

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April 3, 2017

New Filings - April 3, 2017

Consumer Advocacy Grp., Inc. v. Chulada, Inc., et al., No. BC651577: (Cal. Super. Ct.

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March 31, 2017

New Filings - March 31, 2017

Iglesias v. Ferrara Candy Co., et al., No. 3:17-cv-0849 (N.D. Cal.): Putative non-functional slack-fill class action for violation of California's CLRA, FAL, and UCL.

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March 13, 2017

New Filings - March 13, 2017

Erika McCartney v. Pacific West Ingredients LLC, et al., No. CGC-17-556912 (Cal. Super. Ct. – San Francisco Cnty.): Proposition 65 action alleging Defendants failed to warn consumers their Organic Merchants Co.