(August 19, 2021, 1:52 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appellate panel on Aug. 16 reinstated a California unfair competition law (UCL) claim by a former retail employee who alleges her in putative class complaint that her former employer misuses California’s shoplifting statute to force workers to pay for business losses, finding that the worker adequately alleged that being forced to sign a promissory note exposed her to financial and legal consequences....