Another day, another class action lawsuit – or so it seems. Litigation continues to spike as plaintiffs’ lawyers look for their next big payout at the expense of consumers.
In fact, food marketing class actions increased from less than 20 in 2008 to nearly 100 in federal courts in 2015. The most recent example is a lawsuit slapped on Pret A Manger for “slack-filling” their sandwiches. The reason most of these slack-fill cases are dismissed early on is that they are full of baloney.
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