(December 19, 2017, 12:28 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — After finding that a consumer failed to show that a research group made false misrepresentations about the proven results of its weight loss product, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 15 affirmed a district court’s dismissal of his claims for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other California laws (Alhareth Aloudi v. Intramedic Research Group LLC, No. 16-15876, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25420)....