Magistrate Won’t Dismiss Suit Claiming U.S. Sake Falsely Advertised As Made In Japan

(June 15, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge granted in part and denied in part a U.S. company’s motion to dismiss a consumer’s putative class action accusing it of marketing Japanese sake liquor in a manner that would deceive consumers into believing that it is from Japan when it is actually manufactured in California....