Author Archives: Steve Gardner

Nestlé/Gerber again caught conning parents

By Stephen Gardner Nestlé has been sued in California state court for shenanigans involving products of its Gerber division. Nestlé sells a line of products called Gerber Graduates, aimed at parents whose small children have just started eating solid foods. Because parents understandably want to give healthy snacks to their kids, Nestlé wants to grab […]

Whole Foods tries a Hail Mary

By Stephen Gardner According to a story in Food Navigator, Whole Foods filed a motion to dismiss (Download Motion to Dismiss) a lawsuit over the chicanery of its using the FDA-Disapproved term "Evaporated Cane Juice" instead of calling it what it is, "Sugar," because consumers intuitively understand that evaporated cane juice is sugar. I assume Whole Foods will […]

Hain Celestial takes another hit

By Steve Gardner In Astaina v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (download here), and just two days after a district court’s decision in Anderson v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (discussed here), the Ninth Circuit dealt Hain another blow to its efforts to trick consumers into buying products falsely called “natural,” this time involving cosmetics, not food. […]

Another motion to dismiss a food law case bites the dust

by Steve Gardner Earlier this week, in Anderson v Hain (highlights added), Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California issued an opinion on a motion to dismiss that is a good example of the trend to accept consumer pleadings of deception in food labeling. The Northern District judges have considered food deception issues repeatedly […]

Lawsuit seeks to force carmakers to fix hacking vulnerability

by Steve Gardner My firm, the Stanley Law Group, filed a class action today  against Toyota, Ford, and General Motors because of a defect that allows cars to be hacked and control wrested away from the driver. The Complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. You can download the […]