Media Coverage
10 May 2013
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Law360
Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Dale Giali (Los Angeles) is quoted on the impact of the Third Circuit upholding the dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that Johnson & Johnson misrepresented the health benefits of its Benecol brand of butter and margarine substitutes on the products' labeling.
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News Release
6 April 2012
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In the first Ninth Circuit decision addressing federal food labeling law preemption and the outer limits of the Ninth Circuit’s 2008 Williams v. Gerber decision, Mayer Brown won an important victory for Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream when a three-judge panel unanimously affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of a consumer class action complaint alleging false advertising of Drumstick and Dibs products. The court ruled that plaintiff’s state law claims were preempted by federal food labeling law and that a reasonable consumer would not be misled by the labels.
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Two courts in California issued decisions on May 26, 2011, on the legal sufficiency of complaints alleging false and deceptive advertising. In both cases, plaintiffs sued on behalf of consumer classes under California’s consumer protection laws. And that’s where the similarity ends.
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Legal Update
20 April 2011
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
A federal district court in California has dismissed some but not all of the claims in a class action against a food manufacturer alleging that the labeling on guacamole and bean dip is deceptive in violation of California consumer protection laws. Henderson v. Gruma Corp., No. 10-04173, 2011 WL 1362188 (C.D. Cal. April 11, 2011).
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Legal Update
7 April 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The wave of false advertising class actions filed against food companies keeps rolling. During the past two weeks, there have been significant developments in three such cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed (in large part) the certification of a class in Fitzpatrick v. General Mills Inc. A federal district court in New Jersey denied Campbell Soup’s motion to dismiss in Smajlaj v. Campbell Soup Co. And a different judge of that same court granted Coca-Cola’s motion to dismiss in Mason v. Coca-Cola.
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News Release
17 March 2011
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Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today the addition of five partners and eight associates in its Intellectual Property practice in Washington, DC, Chicago and New York and three partners and five associates in its Antitrust & Competition group and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Washington, DC and Los Angeles. All previously practiced at Howrey LLP.
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Media Coverage
14 February 2005
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Orange County Business Journal
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Media Coverage
5 February 2005
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The Orange County Register
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Media Coverage
3 February 2005
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Orange County Business Journal
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