This week, the Ninth Circuit held that state law mislabeling claims were not preempted at the pleading stage simply because the plaintiff failed to allege use of an FDA-approved sampling process when testing the product’s nutritional content. Scheibe v. ProSupps USA, LLC, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 1430272 (9th Cir. Jun. 23, 2025). Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Limits FDCA’s Preclusive Sweep at Pleading Stage in Food Mislabeling Case
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For Peet’s Sake! Court Calls Out Class Action Plaintiffs’ Bar’s Failure to Properly Vet Named Plaintiffs in CIPA Suit
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Last month, a California federal court highlighted one of the “serious problems that the class action plaintiffs’ bar desperately needs to rectify”: “the failure to properly vet named plaintiffs.” Lineberry v. Addshoppers, Inc., 23-cv-01996-VC, 2025 WL 1533136 (N.D. Cal. May 29, 2025).Continue Reading For Peet’s Sake! Court Calls Out Class Action Plaintiffs’ Bar’s Failure to Properly Vet Named Plaintiffs in CIPA Suit