8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Nike Sustainability Labeling Class Suit

( November 12, 2025, 1:48 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A putative class complaint by a Missouri woman who sued a clothing maker for allegedly misleading consumers with its labeling and advertisement of a “sustainable” clothing line was properly dismissed with prejudice as the plaintiff had seven months to seek leave to file a second amended complaint after the defendant “point[ed] out glaring pleading deficiencies” and the plaintiff failed “‘to allege facts sufficient to state a claim against [Nike],’” the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, quoting Springdale Educ. Ass’n v. Springdale Sch. Dist....