Miller v. Peter Thomas Roth, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KARI MILLER, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-00698 WHA

v.

PETER THOMAS ROTH, LLC, et al., ORDER DENYING MOTION

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

Defendants.

15 INTRODUCTION In this false advertising action about cosmetics, plaintiffs move to certify four classes. For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED AS MOOT WITHOUT PREJUDICE. STATEMENT Defendants Peter Thomas Roth, Designs, Global, and Labs LLC (“PTR Labs”) market specialty skincare products. Two of their product lines, the Water Drench and Rose Stem Cell, are at issue here. The Water Drench Products contain hyaluronic acid which, as PTR Labs advertises, attracts and retains up to one thousand times its weight in water from moisture in the atmosphere. PTR Labs also advertise the Rose Stem Cell line with the buzzwords “bio repair,” “reparative,” “rejuvenates,” and “regenerates,” (Dkt. No. 65 at 2, 3, 10). Plaintiff…