Eggs-cluded: Class Certification Reversed for Lack of Classwide Proof of Deception in Egg Labeling Dispute

In Rusoff v. The Happy Group, Inc., No. 24-7706, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision to certify a class of consumers alleging that the “free range” and “pasture raised on over 8 acres” labels on the defendant’s egg cartons were deceptive because the defendant allegedly failed to comply with dominant industry standards for pasture-raised eggs.... By: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP