Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 1, 2021
Nestle defeats mislabeling claim of child slave labor
“Nowhere in the operative complaint does plaintiff identify the product she purchased,” U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz wrote.
Nestle USA defeated a proposed consumer class action accusing it of deceptive labeling regarding child slave labor on cocoa farms.
Nestle USA's counsel from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP moved for dismissal last year, contending the named plaintiff never specified when, where or what product she claimed to have bought.
In his ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge
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