Panel Holds Evidence Showed Advertising Could Be False Under UCL, CLRA

Mealey's (January 2, 2019, 12:59 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 26 reversed a summary judgment decision in favor of the sellers of supplements in which a consumer asserted claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), holding that the purchaser showed by a preponderance of evidence that the challenged advertisements could be misleading under the UCL and CLRA (Kathleen Sonner v. Schwabe North American, Inc., et al., No. 17-55261, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 36460)....