Seventh Circuit Revives Deceptive Labeling Claims Against Parmesan Cheese Manufacturers and Retailers

On December 7, 2020, the Seventh Circuit joined three other circuits—the First, Second, and Ninth—in holding that an accurate fine-print list of ingredients does not foreclose, as a matter of law, a claim that an ambiguous front label deceives reasonable consumers. Consumer plaintiffs filed five consolidated class action complaints in a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) proceeding in the Northern District of Illinois, asserting deceptive labeling claims under ten states’ consumer protection...
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