Food and Beverage Class Actions: Litigating False Advertising, Labeling, Slack-Fill Packaging or Food Safety Claims
Navigating Issues of Ascertainability, Predominance, Preemption, Standing and More
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide class litigators with a deep dive into pursuing and defending against class action lawsuits targeting the food and beverage industry businesses. The panel will review recent court rulings in class suits against food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and retailers based on false advertising, mislabeling, slack-fill packaging, and food safety violations. The panel will offer their perspectives and insights, outlining practical strategies for plaintiff and defense counsel to address both the merits of the claims and certification as a class action.
Outline
- Food and beverage class actions: latest legal trends and developments
- False advertising
- Mislabeling
- Slack-fill packaging
- Food safety
- Litigation strategies: plaintiff and defense perspective
- At certification
- At trial
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Strategies and tactics for plaintiffs' counsel in pursuing food and beverage class actions
- Defense counsel approaches to prevail at certification and trial in food and beverage class claims
- Latest legislative and case law developments impacting food and beverage claims
Faculty
Robert E. Boone, III
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Mr. Boone is the Leader of the Firm's Class and Derivative Actions Client Service Group. His practice focuses... | Read More
Mr. Boone is the Leader of the Firm's Class and Derivative Actions Client Service Group. His practice focuses on defending financial institutions and manufacturers against consumer class actions, complex commercial disputes and product liability/tort litigation in federal and state courts nationwide. He represents food manufacturers against slack fill claim and authored the article, Defending Food Packaging Design Against Slack Fill Claims.
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Robert D. Phillips, Jr.
Partner
Alston & Bird
Mr. Phillips is a business litigator with nearly 40 years of experience assisting numerous companies in high-stakes... | Read More
Mr. Phillips is a business litigator with nearly 40 years of experience assisting numerous companies in high-stakes class actions and other litigation related to unfair competition, false advertising, privacy issues, product liability, labor and employment, life insurance, financial services, trade secret litigation and food labeling. His counsel extends to litigation involving financial products, consumer products, life insurance and annuity sales, advertising and labeling cases against manufacturers and retailers, employment issues, antitrust and product liability. In addition to serving clients throughout California, he serves as lead counsel in national class actions in jurisdictions across the country and has won numerous cases in state, federal and appellate courts.
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Charles C. Sipos
Partner
Perkins Coie
Mr. Sipos litigates complex commercial cases, with a focus on class action litigation and an emphasis on defending... | Read More
Mr. Sipos litigates complex commercial cases, with a focus on class action litigation and an emphasis on defending consumer protection class actions against food and beverage companies. He has successfully defended numerous class actions for food industry clients in courts nationwide, including in California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Florida and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Ninth and Seventh Circuits. He has presented arguments resulting in dismissals and summary judgment based on federal preemption, lack of standing, primary jurisdiction, failure to allege damages and related defenses. In addition to his litigation representation, he counsels food industry clients on federal regulatory matters, risk analysis for advertising and labeling claims, and administration of food recalls. He is a frequent speaker and author invited to offer insight on emerging issues in food litigation.
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