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ARTICLE · 30 APRIL 2021

When A Net Weight Disclosure Is Not Enough

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Putative class members sued Unilever in connection with antiperspirant and deodorant products they purchased at a number of retail stores in California.

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Putative class members sued Unilever in connection with antiperspirant and deodorant products they purchased at a number of retail stores in California.  They alleged that, because of the size of the packaging, plaintiffs believed they were "getting more product for a similar price as compared to other brands of stick deodorant which were in smaller packages."  They believed this because, when they got the products home, they discovered "a significant amount of empty space on both the top and bottom of the products, i.e., "nonfunctional slack fill."  According to the plaintiffs, this "slack fill" was not apparent when they examined the products prior to purchase because the packaging was opaque.  

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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