Class Certification Denied In UCL Alleging Pabst Falsely Advertised Origin

Mealey's (June 24, 2022, 8:22 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A consumer suing a beer maker 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., failed to show any “real and immediate threat of repeated injury” as the beer has been discontinued, a federal judge in California ruled June 13, denying the consumer’s motion for class certification....