IN RE HYDROXYCUT MARKETING & SALES PRACTICES LIT.

Case No. 09md2087 BTM (CAB). S.D. Cal. No. 09cv1088.

801 F.Supp.2d 993 (2011)

In re HYDROXYCUT MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION. Andrew Dremak, on behalf of himself, all others similarly situated and the general public, Plaintiff, v. Iovate Health Sciences Group, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

May 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd D. Carpenter , Tonna K. Farrar , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint, PC, Harold M. Hewell , Hewell Law Firm, Timothy Gordon Blood , Thomas Joseph O'Reardon, II , Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, Gayle M. Blatt , Wendy Michelle Behan , Casey, Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt & Penfield LLP, Luis Enrique Lorenzana , Mazzarella Caldarelli LLP, Alexander M. Schack , Geoffrey Spreter , The Law Offices of Alexander M. Schack, San Diego, CA, Patricia N. Syverson , Andrew S. Friedman , Elaine A. Ryan , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman and Balint PC, Phoenix, AZ, William Charles Wright , The Wright Law Office, West Palm Beach, FL, Michael C. Dodge , Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C., G. Kevin Buchanan , Melissa J. Bellan , Buchanan & Bellan, LLP, Dallas, TX, Roger W. Orlando , The Orlando Firm PC, Decatur, GA, Bruce Daniel Greenberg , Jason Elliot Macias , Jennifer Sarnelli , Lite, Depalma, Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, E. Kirk Wood, Jr. , Wood Law Firm LLC, Calvin Carter Clay , Tom E. Dutton , Pittman Dutton & Hellums PC, Jon C. Conlin , Annesley H. Degaris , Stephen R. Hunt, Jr. , Jon Collins Conlin , Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris PC, Birmingham, AL, Ralph C. Hardesty , Hardesty & Associates, Robert D. Kreisman , Kreisman Law Offices, Eric David Freed , Freed & Weiss LLC, Jonathan Nachsin , Jonathan Nachsin, P.C., Richard J. Rosenblum , Rubin and Machado, Chicago, IL, Jay M. Wolman , Saba B. Hashem , D'Angelo & Hashem, LLC, Boston, MA, Brian J. Devine , Kenneth M. Seeger , Seeger Salvas , Timothy M. Hamilton , Clarissa Elaine Kearns , Walker Hamilton & Koenig LLP, Aleksey G. Tovarian , Law Offices of Aleksey G. Tovarian, Amelia D. Winchester , David R. Ongaro , Ongaro Burtt LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jonathan Shub , Seeger Weiss LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Gene J. Stonebarger , Stonebarger Law, APC, Folsom, CA, Glenn Charles McGovern , Law Office of Glenn C. McGovern, Michael S. Brandner, Jr. , Brandner Law Firm, LLC, Metairie, LA, Stephen S. Kreller , The Kreller Law Firm, Allan Berger , Allan Berger and Associates, New Orleans, LA, Douglass Alan Kreis , Aylstock Witkin Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Neil Duane Overholtz , Aylstock Witkin & Sasser, Pensacola, FL, Howard Mitchell Bushman , Lance A. Harke , Sarah Clasby Engel , Harkey & Clasky LLP, Miami, FL, Allen Woods , Larry D. Woods , W. Patrick Thurman , Law Offices of Woods & Woods, Nashville, TN, Joseph G. Stewart, Jr. , Joseph Gordon Stewart Jr. PC, Gregory L. Davis , Montgomery, AL, Barry M. Hill , Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley, Wheeling, WV, Omar Mark Zamora , Law Offices of O. Mark Zamora, Atlanta, GA, Harry F. Bell, Jr. , Roger L. Lambert , The Bell Law Firm, Charleston, WV, Graham B. Lippsmith , Howard B. Miller , Thomas V. Girardi , Girardi and Keese, A. Illyas Akbari , Kate Elizabeth Gillespie , Roger D. Drake , Ronald L. M. Goldman , Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC, Mark Paul Estrella , Miriam L. Schimmel , Sue J. Kim , Initiative Legal Group, APC, Carla V. Minnard , Carolin Shining , Roland Lee Coleman, Jr. , Simona A. Farrise , Farrise Firm PC, Los Angeles, CA, Anne Andrews , John C. Thornton , Andrews and Thornton, Daniel M. Hodes , Hodes Milman LLP, Irvine, CA, Ellen Relkin , Weitz and Luxenberg, Cherry Hill, NJ, Joseph Lawrence Dunn , The Senators Ret Law Firm, Santa Ana, CA, Gale D. Pearson , Pearson, Randall, Schumacher & Labore, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Thomas E. Rockett, III , Law Offices of Thomas E. Rockett III, Brea, CA, Richard Joshua Hood , Andrus Hood & Wagstaff PC, Denver, CO, Stephen A. Corr , Mellon Webster & Shelly, Doylestown, PA, Fred Thompson, III , Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Ann E. Brown-Graff , Brad J. Brady , Brady and O'Shea, Larry D. Helvey , Larry Helvey Law Firm, Cedar Rapids, IA, Mark W. Davis , Martin Daniel Crump , Trevor Bruce Rockstad , Davis & Crump PC, Leslie Hancock Lang , Gulfport, MS, Bradley H. Mallett , Darrell Wayne Downs , R. Stratton Taylor , Taylor Burrage Foster Mallett Downs Ramsey & Russell, Claremore, OK, Geoffrey Patton Culbertson , Nicholas H. Patton , Patton Tidwell & Schroeder, LLP, Texarkana, TX, Patricia L. Peden , Law Office of Patricia L. Peden, Emeryville, CA, Donald A. Ecklund , James E. Cecchi , Lindsey H. Taylor , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, PC, Roseland, NJ, Scott D. Perlmuter , Thomas D. Robenalt , Novak, Robenalt & Pavlik, Cleveland, OH, Philip Bohrer , Bohrer Law Firm, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, John T. Boundas , Williams Kherkher et al. , Houston, TX, Steve Pell , Steve Pell Law Offices, Ventura, CA, Ross T. Anderson , The Rex Carr Law Firm, LLC, East Saint Louis, IL, Peter Bumerts , Law Office of Peter Bumerts, Santa Rosa, CA, John R.S. McFarlane , Milberg LLP, Patrick J. Sheehan, Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC, Christopher A. Seeger , Christopher Matthew Van De Kieft , Jeffrey S. Grand , Seeger Weiss LLP, Kendra Yun Joo Goldhirsch , Weitz & Luxenburg PC, Theodore Oshman , Oshman & Mirisola LLP, David B. Satisky , Belluck & Fox, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Steve E. Snow , Russell Springs, KY, pro se.

Sarpri S Dawson , Rialto, CA, pro se.

Alexandria Armida Amezcua , Arturo J. Gonzalez , William F. Tarantino , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, Dewitt M. Shy, Jr. , Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Ilona I. Korzha , Joseph A. Boyle , Lauri A. Mazzuchetti , Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, Parsippany, NJ, Ronald E. Tigner , Cozen & O'Connor, Houston, TX, Taylor A. Gates , Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Kenan G. Loomis , Lynnette D. Espy , Cozen & O'Connor, Atlanta, GA, Kristen S. Moore , William S. Cline , Day, Ketterer, Raley, Wright & Rybolt, Canton, OH, Daniel R. Johnson , Tia Christine Ghattas , Cozen & O'Connor, Chicago, IL, James K. Tinney , John H. Tinney , John H. Tinney, Jr. , The Tinney Law Firm, Charleston, WV, John W. McGuinness , Kelley Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, Sherril May Colombo , Wilson Elser , Stephanie Handler , Cozen O'Connor , Miami, FL, Erin McCalmon Bosman , Jae Hong Lee , Morrison and Foerster, Sara J. Triplett , K.C. Swisher , Gordon & Rees LLP, San Diego, CA, Gary S. Chilton , James E. Warner , Holladay & Chilton PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, Paul D. Popeo , Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA, Gray M. Borden , Jere F. White, Jr. , Sara Anne Ford , Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Birmingham, AL, Beverly Klundt Baudouin , David Louis Carrigee , William Bryon Schwartz , Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Michael P. Crooks , Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Madison, WI, Donald A. Ottaunick , Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., Hackensack, NJ, David John Fioccola , Ryan Whitecomb Borho , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Eric F. Gladbach , John P. Hooper , Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY, Michelle H. Lyu , Reed Smith , Los Angeles, CA, Evan B. Caplan , Cozen O'Connor , Eben Flaster , Julie Lemaye Hussey , DLA Piper LLP, Robert Limbacher , Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Walter T. Johnson , Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Defendants.

John K. Trotter , Orange, CA, pro se.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST CONSOLIDATED AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT

BARRY TED MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), 12(b)(6), and 9(b), defendants Iovate Health Sciences, Inc. and Iovate Health Sciences U.S.A., Inc., ("Manufacturer Defendants" or "Iovate") and GNC Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Walgreens Company, CVS Caremark Corp., and Vitamin Shoppe Industries, Inc...

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