Lauren Watts Staniar
November 16, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Billion-Dollar Breakfast Bars: Statutory Damages and Unconstitutional Settlement Pressure Under New York's General Business LawsSome courts have shown a willingness to certify damages classes in labeling cases under §§349 and 350 where the damages claimed would entitle plaintiffs' attorneys and the class to recover $550 for every single New York purchase of a low-priced consumer good like cereal, breakfast bars, or even grass seed.
By Charles C. Sipos and Lauren Watts Staniar
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