Consumer Claim Defense

Environmental & Regulatory Compliance Partners Sherry Jackman and Sedina Banks authored an article offering guidance to food and beverage companies on how to avoid and defend against consumer claims lawsuits.

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A massive wave of consumer class actions targeting food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers is sweeping across industries as the plaintiffs' bar aggressively targets product labeling and advertising under California's powerful consumer protection statutes—including the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), Unfair Competition Law (UCL), and False Advertising Law (FAL). These claims, often filed or threatened as putative class actions, challenge everything from product ingredient representations to packaging to "clean" and "natural" claims, even where such claims appear frivolous and unfounded.