Deceptive Labels Suit Against ‘Healthy’ Snack-Maker Can Proceed, Magistrate Says

( March 11, 2025, 10:51 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge recommended denial in part of a snack-maker’s motion to dismiss a consumer’s putative class suit against it for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by using misleading claims such as “healthier” to deceive consumers into buying its products, which are allegedly high in saturated fat....