Federal Judge:  Reasonable Consumer Would Not Be Deceived By Baking Chips’ Packaging

Mealey's (April 10, 2020, 10:54 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Finding that it is not plausible that a reasonable consumer would be deceived by the packaging of Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.’s “Premium Baking Chips Classic White Chips,” a federal judge in California on April 8 granted the chocolate manufacturer’s motion to dismiss without prejudice class action claims brought under California’s unfair competition law (UCL), false advertising law (FAL) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Linda Cheslow, et al. v. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company,  No. 19-07467, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62044)....