Category Archives: Ascertainable Class

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Stars Fail to Align for P&G, as Supreme Court Rejects Class Certification Appeal

Readers may recall our coverage in recent months of the challenge by Procter & Gamble (P&G) to an order certifying a multi-state consumer class in a case asserting that P&G falsely advertised its probiotic supplement Align. Last August, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed class certification. In October, the Sixth Circuit stayed its … Continue Reading

SPF 70 Claims Blocked

By Alexander Kaplan and Lee Popkin on January 7, 2016 Posted in Ascertainable Class, Class Actions, Typicality Requirement

A putative class action got burned at the certification stage earlier this month when U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres for the Southern District of Florida found that the proposed class failed to satisfy the ascertainability and typicality requirements. Plaintiff Nathan Dapeer sued Neutrogena, claiming that he and similarly situated consumers had been deceived by … Continue Reading

Staying Natural: Hain Label Dispute Must Wait for Ninth Circuit Decisions

By Alexander Kaplan and Lee Popkin on November 23, 2015 Posted in Ascertainable Class, Class Actions, Labeling Claims

A district judge in the Northern District of California pressed pause on a mislabeling suit involving “natural” claims pending the outcome of two Ninth Circuit appeals. Astiana v. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., et al., No. 11-cv-06342 (PJH) (N.D. Cal.) is a putative class action in which the consumer plaintiffs alleged that Hain misleadingly labeled … Continue Reading

Wasted Away in Margaritaville: With Unascertainable Class, District Court Denies Class Certification in Skinnygirl Margarita Case

By Joelle Milov and Jeff Warshafsky on December 10, 2014 Posted in Ascertainable Class, Class Actions, Deceptive Trade Practices, Labeling Claims

Alleging violations of Illinois statutory and common law, Amy Langendorf brought suit on behalf of “Any and all persons who purchased ‘Skinnygirl’ Margarita spirits in Illinois from March 1, 2009 until the date notice is disseminated” against Skinnygirl Cocktails, LLC, Bethenny Frankel, SGC Global, LLC, and Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. According to Langendorf, … Continue Reading

Courts In 9th Circuit Continue To Split On Ascertainability: “All Natural” Class Action Dies On the Vine But Sexual Energy Supplement Suit Has Staying Power

By Victoria Loughery, Lindsey Olson and Lee Popkin on July 2, 2014 Posted in Ascertainable Class, Class Actions, Labeling Claims

On June 13, 2014, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California, issued an order denying class certification to a putative class of consumers who had purchased ConAgra food products labeled as “natural,” finding that the putative class was unascertainable due to the lack of purchase records or any other reliable … Continue Reading

Third Circuit to Putative Class Action Plaintiffs: No Receipt, No Class Cert

By Rebecca Felsenthal and Victoria Loughery on May 14, 2014 Posted in Ascertainable Class, Class Actions, Deceptive Trade Practices

On May 2nd, the Third Circuit declined to rehear en banc its 2013 decision to reverse class certification in Carrera v. Bayer Corp, which created a big hurdle for would-be plaintiffs bringing suit in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware who fail to keep records of their retail purchases. In Carrera, the plaintiff brought what was … Continue Reading

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