Federal Judge Dismisses UCL Class Action Against Samsung Without Leave To Amend

Mealey's (December 8, 2021, 11:34 AM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif.  — A California federal judge on Nov. 18 dismissed a putative class action complaint against an electronics manufacturer asserting violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), false advertising law (FAL), misrepresentation and strict liability without leave to amend, finding that granting leave to amend would be “futile” because the plaintiff twice failed to “adequately allege facts under the applicable heightened pleading standard of [Federal] Rule [of Civil Procedure] 9(b)."...