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In Re Hydroxycut Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

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Case Number:

3:09-md-02087

Court:

California Southern

Nature of Suit:

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Barry Ted Moskowitz

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April 22, 2014
Hydroxycut Users Settle For Less In $14M False Ad MDL Deal

The maker of recalled weight-loss supplement Hydroxycut and several retailers who sold the product have reached a $14 million settlement resolving a host of false advertising class actions, according to court documents filed Monday, replacing a significantly larger deal that the court rejected last year.
January 28, 2014
Hydroxycut False Ad Claims Must Be Clarified, Judge Says

A California judge on Monday gave purchasers of the recalled weight-loss supplement Hydroxycut a chance to firm up claims that nine retailers colluded in a false advertising campaign, but warned that the retailers aren't secondarily liable for simply repeating the manufacturer's statements.
November 19, 2013
$25M Hydroxycut Settlement Denied In False Ad MDL

A California federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant final approval of a $25.3 million settlement to resolve multidistrict litigation over recalled dietary supplement Hydroxycut products, finding that the $14 million cy pres distribution fund didn't satisfy standards set forth by the Ninth Circuit.
August 29, 2011
Hydroxycut Marketing Action, Injury Suits Stay Alive

A California federal judge has rejected Kerr Investment Holding Corp.'s bid to toss a proposed consolidated false marketing class action and tagalong personal injury suits over dietary supplement Hydroxycut for lack of personal jurisdiction, according to an order released Monday.
June 01, 2011
Hydroxycut MDL Claims Fall Short, Judge Says

A California federal judge on Tuesday partially granted Iovate Health Sciences USA Inc.'s bid to drop claims in the multidistrict litigation against the company over alleged health problems caused by dietary supplement Hydroxycut, but allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint.