Seventh Circuit Revives Deceptive Labeling Claims Against Parmesan Cheese Manufacturers and Retailers
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21
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...
By: King & Spalding