Misrepresentation, UCL Claims Clear, Asbestos-Talc Class Tells 9th Circuit

(July 6, 2021, 10:35 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A class sufficiently alleges that consumer talc contained asbestos, that defendants misrepresented the safety of their products as a result and that producing a specific deceptive advertisement is unnecessary under California unfair competition law precedent due to the decades-long nature of the campaign, appellants tell the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a July 1 brief....