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IN RE: KIND LLC "HEALTHY AND ALL NATURAL" LITIGATION

  1. September 12, 2022

    Kind Bar Buyers' False Ad Class Action Decertified, Tossed

    A New York federal judge on Friday decertified Florida, California and New York classes of consumers who allege Kind LLC mislabeled its snack bars as "all natural" and handed Kind a summary judgment win in the multidistrict litigation, finding that the consumers failed to show reasonable buyers were deceived by the labels.

  2. March 24, 2021

    Kind Bar Consumers Win Cert. In 'All Natural' Labeling MDL

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday certified New York, California and Florida classes of damages-seeking consumers in multidistrict litigation accusing Kind LLC of mislabeling its snack bars as "non-GMO" and "all natural," but refused to certify injunctive-relief classes.

  3. September 11, 2018

    Kind Fights Bid To Restart Snack Bar False Labeling Suit

    Kind LLC asked a New York federal court to hit the snooze button on multidistrict litigation alleging its snack products are mislabeled as "non-GMO" and "all natural," saying the consumers' argument that the stayed case should be restarted due to regulatory foot-dragging was without factual basis.

  4. August 15, 2018

    Consumers Seek To Restart Kind Bar False Labeling Suit

    Consumers in a proposed class action claiming that Kind LLC falsely advertises its products as non-GMO on Wednesday asked a federal New York judge to unpause the litigation, saying there's no telling when the federal government will set a national standard for genetically modified food disclosures.

  5. March 05, 2018

    Kind Bar False Labeling Claims Curbed For USDA Guidance

    A New York federal judge on Friday put false labeling claims against Kind LLC in limbo while the government determines a national standard for genetically modified food disclosures, lumping consumers' state claims that it falsely advertised its products as non-GMO in a temporary hold with their "all natural" claims until August.

  6. January 01, 2018

    Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2018

    Food manufacturers that tout their products’ healthfulness will remain a subject of scrutiny in 2018, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally expected to offer up regulatory guidance on the use of words like “healthy” and “natural” on packaging. Also in 2018, more foodborne-illness suits may reach a jury, diet soda makers will get dragged into proposed class actions and slack-fill suits may see some closure.

  7. September 15, 2017

    Trump's 'One In, Two Out' Rule Pops Up In Kind Bar Battle

    President Donald Trump's requirement that two regulations be erased for every one implemented reared its head in a false labeling suit targeting Kind LLC on Friday, with snack bar buyers telling Manhattan U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III the directive makes waiting for federal guidance no longer feasible.

  8. June 02, 2017

    Snack Maker Says Federal Law Bars GMO Labeling Suit

    Kind LLC asked a New York federal judge on Friday to toss state law claims challenging its use of non-GMO labeling on its snack products, saying the issue was preempted by a federal law ordering a national standard of GMO disclosure.

  9. April 21, 2016

    Kind Pushes For Dismissal Of 'Natural' Labeling MDL

    Kind LLC on Wednesday pressed for either a pause or outright dismissal of multidistrict litigation over allegedly false labels on its snack bars, telling a New York federal judge the consumers have failed to explain why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's forthcoming definition of "natural" wouldn't apply. 

  10. April 07, 2016

    Kind Bar 'Natural' Suit Can't Wait For FDA, Consumers Say

    Consumers suing Kind LLC over the health profile of its trendy snack bars urged a New York federal court Wednesday not to halt their multidistrict litigation, even as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration begins a long-awaited push to define "natural" for food.

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