· 5/19/2023
Pepper Lawson Horizon International Group, LLC v. Texas Southern University
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- holding that claims under the UCL, FAL, and CLRA “require[] that [plaintiffs] ‘show that 12 members of the public are likely to be deceived’” (citation omitted)
- noting that a product is misleading if the front of the packaging is plausibly deceptive
- applying the typical pleading 23 standard in reviewing a Federal Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss UCL, FAL, and CLRA claims 24 resting upon an allegedly misleading statement made on product’s label
- advising litigants to “draft their questions for consumers 18 surveys with utmost care”
- affirming dismissal of UCL, FAL, and CLRA at motion to dismiss stage
- affirming dismissal of claim where product label contained the word “nature”
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