The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a putative class action complaint alleging the term “natural” on Fiji Water bottle labels is false and misleading due to alleged microplastics contained in the water, because the plaintiffs failed to provide specific evidence to plausibly establish such contamination.

In a February 20, 2025 order, the District Court for the Northern District of California partially granted a motion to dismiss product liability claims based on theories that the descriptions of baby and infant bottles and cups as “BPA Free” were an affirmative misrepresentation. Miller v. Philips N. Am. LLC, Civil No. 3:24-CV-03781-RFL (N.D. Cal. 20 Feb. 2025).

A federal magistrate judge in the Southern District of Florida recently recommended sanctioning local counsel for allowing out-of-state lead counsel, who was not qualified in Florida and had never made an appearance to move the court for pro hac vice admission, to take the steering wheel as a backseat driver in a patent infringement lawsuit that was quickly dismissed for procedural missteps.