Kroger Sanctioned, Ordered To Provide Certain Documents In Product Safety Dispute

Mealey's (April 28, 2020, 1:04 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal magistrate judge in California on April 23 ordered a grocery chain to provide further responses to certain discovery requests in a lawsuit accusing it of violating California laws, including the unfair competition law (UCL), related to ingredients used in certain bread crumb products and ordered the chain’s counsel to attend ethics and discovery practice courses (Shavonda Hawkins, et al. v. The Kroger Company, No. 15-2320, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72311)....