January 11, 2016
A pair of consumers whose proposed class actions accuse Fifth Generation of lying to buyers about the distilling process of its Tito's Handmade Vodka told a California federal judge Friday that the bottle's allegedly false label uniformly tricked customers, making their consumer protection violation claims ripe for certification.
November 20, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday rejected Fifth Generation's bid to escape a proposed class action accusing the company of hiding that its Tito's Handmade Vodka is produced mostly with machines, saying a federal agency's approval of the spirit's label doesn't provide safe harbor protection.
October 29, 2015
A California federal judge said Wednesday it wasn't the right time to consolidate two proposed class actions accusing the maker of Tito's Handmade Vodka of misleading customers because the liquor is actually distilled with machines, saying the two suits had already been deemed similar anyway.
October 13, 2015
The company that distills Tito's Handmade Vodka pressed a California federal court to side with it in a fight over whether the liquor's label can lawfully bear the word "handmade," telling the court that rulings in other cases supported the distiller's position that a California legal doctrine barred a consumer's claims.
October 06, 2015
Plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing Fifth Generation Inc. of concealing the fact that its Tito's Handmade Vodka is produced mostly with machines told a California federal judge on Monday that the regulator action that the company cites as giving it the safe harbor provision was insufficiently formalized.
August 31, 2015
Fifth Generation Inc. urged a California federal judge on Friday to throw out a proposed class action accusing the company of concealing the fact that its Tito's Handmade Vodka is produced mostly with machines, arguing that the suit falls under California's safe harbor provision.
March 20, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected most arguments to toss a proposed class action accusing the makers of Tito's Handmade Vodka of misleading consumers because its vodka is actually made through a highly mechanized process, but said a technical flaw will temporarily stymie the suit.