Judge Allows California Law Claims In Vitamin Advertisement Class Action

Mealey's (January 17, 2019, 1:38 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Jan. 14 held that class action claims for violations of California law, including California’s unfair competition law (UCL), were plausibly alleged by purchasers of vitamin supplements but ruled that they could not assert nationwide class action claims under New York law for products not purchased in New York (Darcey L. Sharpe, et al. v. Puritan’s Pride, Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-06717, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6526)....