Food, Beverage, and Alcohol Class Action
- Representing one of North America’s largest food companies as part of its national product labeling class action defense team:
- Defeated class certification in a putative consumer class action challenging purported origin claims on kettle chips products.
- Obtained summary judgment in a consumer class action challenging nutrient content labeling on spray food products.
- Obtained complete dismissals of putative class actions raising an array of natural/ artificial, citric acid, flavor, ingredient, and PFAS and other alleged contaminants claims on food products.
- Defending against putative consumer class actions challenging purported sustainability, environmental marketing, health, ingredient, and other food labeling claims.
- Representing a renowned global beverage company as part of its national labeling class action defense team, including against putative class claims challenging flavor and ingredient representation and purported PFAS and other contaminants allegations.
- Representing a global casual dining restaurant and sports bar chain against putative nationwide class claims challenging the chain’s boneless wings product.
- Providing ongoing litigation defense and regulatory counsel to alcohol, food, and beverage manufacturers, producers, and retailers regarding regulatory compliance, claim substantiation, and risk mitigation concerning a broad spectrum of labeling and marketing claims.
Complex Commercial and Intellectual Property Litigation
- Trial counsel for a global manufacturing services company in a successful federal bench trial against a multinational conglomerate in a breach of contract action, securing a multimillion-dollar award of damages and costs.
- Trial counsel for a global pet supplements brand in separate lawsuits challenging the advertising and labeling of competitors’ products.