Judge Allows UCL, Other Class Claims Over Water Labeling To Proceed

Mealey's (April 15, 2019, 12:39 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on April 12 denied a beverage company’s motion to dismiss claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other state laws on behalf of a proposed statewide class of purchasers of a sparkling water drinks, holding that consumers adequately pleaded that purchasers of the drinks could likely be deceived into believing that the product contains all natural ingredients (Jessica Augustine, et al. v. Talking Rain Beverage Company Inc., No. 18-cv-2576, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63655)....