A New Jersey woman named Stacy Holk was distressed to find that the Snapple she bought in 2007 contained high-fructose corn syrup, despite Snapple's "all natural" labeling. A federal district court judge tossed her claims, but the Third Circuit concluded that the FDA's informal policy governing the phrase "all natural" didn't preempt Holk's suit.

In a closely-watched case that rested on the meaning of the word "make," the First Circuit concluded that the SEC couldn't accuse two brokers of making false statements just because they gave clients allegedly misleading prospectuses that they had no role in drafting.

Snapple's lawyers at Baker Botts put aside the question of whether high fructose corn syrup is a natural ingredient, instead arguing that the plaintiffs couldn't show class members paid a premium as a result of Snapple's "all natural" labeling. The judge agreed.

The publishers of Lance Armstrong’s autobiographical books have moved to dismiss a proposed class action asserting that they misled consumers into believing they were buying an honest narrative of the disgraced cyclist's life.