New Complaints for September 21, 2015

Jung v. McCormick & Co., Inc., No. 1:15-cv-01448 (D.D.C.): putative class action alleging violations of the District of Columbia's Consumer Protection Procedures Act and unjust enrichment on claims that Defendant is unlawfully and unjustifiably slack filling its ground black pepper which misleads consumers into thinking the tins contain more pepper.  Complaint. Bittle v. McCormick & Co., Inc., No. 3:15-cv-00989 (S.D. Ill.): putative class action alleging violations of Illinois' Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, fraudulent concealment, unjust enrichment and individual subclasses for each other states' unfair competition statutes on claims that Defendant is unlawfully and unjustifiably slack filling its ground black pepper which misleads consumers into thinking the tins contain more pepper.  Complaint. Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. CTC Food Int'l, Inc., et al., No. RG15784625 (Cal. Super. Ct. – Alameda Cnty): Proposition 65 complaint alleging that Defendants' seaweed products contain lead and cadmium.  Complaint. Sprenger v. Church & Dwight Co., Inc., No. 3:15-cv-01991 (S.D. Cal.): putative class action alleging violations of California's CLRA, Bus. & Prof. Code 17533.7 and UCL on claims that Defendant's health supplements deceive consumers because they are labeled as "Made In The USA" when they include foreign ingredients.  Complaint. As You Sow v. Icrest Int'l LLC, No. RG15-786176 (Alameda Super.):  Proposition 65 complaint alleging that Defendant does not warn consumers that its sushi contains cadmium.  Complaint. Schott v. BLK Brands LLC, No. 15-21404CA01 (Miami-Dade Cty Circuit Ct.): Putative class action alleging a single unjust enrichment claim, alleging that Defendants misrepresent their alkaline bottled water products as having health benefits, such as increasing hydration and promoting alkaline pH balance, that they do not have.  Complaint. Schott v. Lenny & Larry's Inc., No. 15-21402CA01 (Miami-Dade Cty Circuit Ct.): Putative class action alleging a single unjust enrichment claim, alleging that Defendant misrepresents its cookie and other baked goods products as being "vegan" and "all natural," when in fact they contain artificial, synthetic ingredients such as thiamine mononitrate and riboflavin, and are produced in a facility that also processes milk and eggs.  Complaint.