Perkins Coie LLP (LexBlog Italy)

In this first of our series of episodes regarding global trends in internal investigations and enforcement, Ilaria Curti, head of the Internal Investigations Group at Portolano Cavallo in Rome, and Perkins Coie Partner Chelsea Curfman discuss how recent amendments to Italy’s anti-corruption laws are starting to affect both when and how companies choose to conduct...

Stay Lifted In Olive Oil False Advertising Suit Koller v. Med Foods, Inc., No. 3:14-cv-2400 (N.D. Cal.): The Court issued an order lifting the stay of this putative class action asserting violations of California’s CLRA, FAL, UCL, and raising claims for fraud and deceit. Plaintiff claims Defendants misled consumers into paying a premium for their...

Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., No. 4:14-cv-2411 (N.D. Cal.):  The Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for class certification in this action alleging Defendant uses inferior bottles for its extra virgin olive oil and falsely markets its oil as “Imported from Italy” when the olives are not grown or pressed in Italy.  The Court certified a...

Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., No. 4:14-cv-02411 (N.D. Cal.): In this putative class action alleging claims arising under various California statutory and common laws, Plaintiff claims that Defendant falsely markets its extra virgin olive oil as “Imported from Italy” when in fact the olives Defendant uses in its products are not grown or pressed...