Mealey's (June 6, 2022, 1:28 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 3 affirmed the dismissal of a putative consumer class action accusing a flooring company of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other state statutes by misrepresenting its allegedly defective flooring as “durable” and “long lasting,” finding that the putative class brought claims based on “puffery” and otherwise unsupported allegations....