9th Circ. Sets Sphere Of Liability For Calif. Consumer Laws

By Markus Funk and Charles Sipos (June 27, 2018, 11:44 AM EDT) -- Plaintiffs counsel's theories of liability in putative class actions against food and beverage manufacturers have long pushed against the outer limits of what state consumer protection laws actually address. Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit clarified one such limit in Hodson v. Mars Inc., holding that California consumer protection laws do not impose any independent obligation to label products with information sought by a putative plaintiff unless the plaintiff can show that the labeling information demanded relates to the product's "central function" or advises of some safety hazard....

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