Consumer-Law Records

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Only Lowell v. Lyft is squarely ADA-based and it affirmed dismissal, showing courts require plaintiffs to prove remedy effectiveness. Other comparables (ECOA, Wells Fargo, Chase Point) are only tangentially instructive on ADA accessibility pleading standards.

ADA accessibility rulings are split: Lowell v. Lyft affirmed dismissal for lack of proven effective modification, while Holmes v. Bax affirmed ADA claims at summary judgment. S.D. Fla. is a high-volume ADA Title III venue with mixed dismissal outcomes.

TransUnion has a demonstrated pattern of FCRA exposure, including a $40M Ninth Circuit verdict and an $8.3M E.D. Pa. settlement in this same theory/court, but Minano and Trotman show courts readily dismiss individual FCRA counts (e.g., no private right under §1681i(a)(5), §1681c-2, §1681s-2(a)(8)) absent concrete injury pleading.

False advertising class claims face certification risk similar to Guthrie v. Transamerica, where individualized reliance/communication issues defeated class treatment; Citizens of Humanity shows 'Made in USA'-style labeling suits can also fail on the merits. No comparable ruling squarely involves a small consumer-goods defendant like Project 7.

No comparables are direct false-advertising rulings; closest analogues (Guthrie, Citizens of Humanity) show consumer-labeling claims often fail at class cert or probable-cause stage due to individualized reliance issues, while Cetorelli and Dougherty show consumer-protection claims can survive MTD when deception is well-pled.

Analogous consumer-labeling suits show mixed results: Guthrie affirmed denial of class cert for individualized UCL claims and Citizens of Humanity's 'Made in USA' claims failed on probable cause, while Cetorelli upheld deceptive-practices liability and treble damages. No case here is a direct food-mislabeling false-ad precedent, so read is speculative.

Comparables are largely off-theory (data breach, arbitration, labor law), but Citizens of Humanity v. Donboli shows 'Made in USA'/labeling false-advertising theories are often found to lack probable cause once litigated, while Cetorelli v. Duell shows deceptive-practice claims can succeed and even treble when facts are concrete. No close FTC/state-GBL false-advertising ruling in this set to anchor confidently.