New Calif. Packaging Law Cuts Companies Some Slack

By William Tarantino and Megan Ault (April 2, 2019, 3:03 PM EDT) -- California's food and consumer product companies recently got some welcome relief from the onerous provisions of California's slack-fill law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12606. This law, which has been the basis of an increasing number of consumer class action and civil enforcement actions, has posed numerous compliance challenges for companies striving to understand exactly how "full" their packages need to be to avoid litigation....

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