Legal Opinion
In re Oreck Corp. Halo Vacuum & Air Purifiers Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 17, 2012No. Nos. ML 12-2317 CAS (JEMx), CV11-5321-CAS(JEMx), EDCV11-1082-CAS(JEMx), CV11-8725-CAS(JEMx), CV12-949-CAS(JEMx), CV12-950-CAS(JEMx), CV12-951-CAS(JEMx)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*488Proceedings: (In Chambers:) ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTION AND APPOINTING LEAD INTERIM CLASS COUNSEL
CHRISTINA A. SNYDER, Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On February 3, 2012, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”) centralized and transferred six related cases to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407.1 The gravamen of plaintiffs’ complaints is that defendant falsely represented in its marketing materials that the use of Halo vacuum cleaners and XL Professional, ProShield, and ProShield Plus air purifiers has certain health benefits, germ-killing properties, and allergy-prevention…
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