Judge Refuses To Dismiss UCL Suit Alleging Pabst Falsely Advertised Beer’s Origin

Mealey's (October 15, 2020, 2:58 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO — A federal judge in California on Sept. 30 denied Pabst Brewing Company LLC’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by falsely advertising that its Olympia Beer is brewed using artesian water from Olympia, Wash., finding that the plaintiff plausibly asserts that a reasonable consumer would likely be deceived by the product labeling (Brendan Peacock v. Pabst Brewing Company, LLC, No. 18-00568, E.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182404)....