Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.’s Origin Plantscription

April 2013: The named plaintiff’s state law claims, the only ones remaining after a motion for class certification was denied in February 2013, were dismissed because the court did not have jurisdiction over the remaining claims. The case was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. to refiling in state court.

June 2012: A class action was filed against Estée Lauder and Origin claiming that they falsely advertised Plantscription as having anti-aging benefits and used a model to endorse the product even though she never used Plantscription.  (Wheeler, et al. v. The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., et al., Case No. 12-cv-882, C.D.Ca.)