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The Ninth Circuit ruled that a California federal court improperly certified a class of consumers who claimed that The Happy Group, an egg producer and distributor, falsely advertised its hens as “free range” and “pasture raised on over 8 acres.” The lower court had certified the class based on materiality and damages findings, but the plaintiffs had not shown that consumers were deceived on a class‑wide basis. The appellate decision therefore decertified the class, concluding that the evidence did not support a class action under the court’s standards.

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