Rodan + Fields Prostaglandin Lash Boost Suit Appears Headed For Settlement
Executive Summary
The San Francisco-based multi-level beauty marketer seems intent on putting an end to a multi-year, consolidated putative class action in California federal court alleging it failed to disclose risks associated with the prostaglandin analog in its Lash Boost conditioning serum.
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