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Not “Made With” Deception: Court Considers Food Label Contextually, Dismisses Class Action

With Reyes, we move from cheese snacks to mashed potatoes. On the first claim, the court reasons, it’s clear that the mashed potatoes did in fact contain real butter. And besides, the court adds, a reasonable consumer concerned with margarine could look on the back of the product, where margarine was mentioned twice. The court further explains that no reasonable consumer would interpret “made …


Judge Mocks Plaintiffs in Starbucks Underfilling Lawsuit

While dismissing a proposed class action lawsuit against Starbucks for allegedly cheating customers out of a few precious ounces of cold drinks by adding ice, a federal judged mocked the plaintiffs for their apparent lack of common sense. The lawsuit claims Starbucks “systematically defrauds its customers” by adding ice to cold drinks, which means there’s less space for the liquid. To make …