Cross-Industry Class Action Roundup: Examining the Latest Class Action Trends in Food, Cosmetics and Dietary Supplements

October 16, 2023 9:00am

Sabrina Mizrachi
VP, Litigation & Global Product Regulatory
Estée Lauder Companies

Christine McInerney
Head of Litigation
Nestle Health Science

Amanda Weinberger
Senior Counsel
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery

Mark Brian Levine
Associate General Counsel
Reckitt Benckiser

Ani Gulati
Chief Litigation Counsel
General Mills

Moderator:

David Biderman
Partner
Firmwide Chair, Consumer Products & Services Litigation

Perkins Coie LLP

In our morning roundup, leading in-house counsel from the food, cosmetic, and dietary supplements industries will provide an analysis of the latest class action activity targeting their respective industries. Topics of discussion will include:

  • The latest advertising and labeling practices which are triggering class action claims
    • Healthy
    • Natural
    • Sustainable
    • Health claims vs. structure function
  • Key lessons and takeaways from the latest class litigations
  • Insights on where the next class action hot spots may occur
    • Supplements and illegal drug claims, Li et al v. Amazon (N.D. Cal. 2023)
  • Predicting when you may be a class action target